Literature - Intriguing Book Characters

Have you ever read a book and felt like you really know the characters? Like they are friends of yours?  Are there characters in books who have got under your skin – for good reasons and for bad! – are their come characters who you want to know more about e.g. what is their back story etc. – are their characters who just seem to be good people who you wish you were more alike?

Well this is the case for me – I can get absorbed into a book and there are people in books who I want to know more about and if they were real would love to have a chat with them.

These characters are:

1. Jack Reacher – created by Lee Child. Reacher as he is known as, is an ex-military policeman who is now a nomad - he travels around America - just going from city to city – only carrying his passport, money and a toothbrush - but no matter where he gets off the bus he always seems to be in the right place at the right time or actually some may say that wherever Reacher goes, trouble always follows him
2. Michael Bennett – created by James Patterson. Bennett is an NYPD Cop who as well as dealing with crime on the streets of New York, also has to cope with 10 children who are all adopted and are a mix of different races. Bennett’s wife died so he brings the kids up alone but does have help from his grandfather Seamus as well as the live in Nanny Mary Catherine. Bennett is good at his job but can also get into scrapes from time to time and put people’s backs up!
3. DI Nick Dixon – created by Damien Boyd. Dixon is a DI in the Somerset & Avon Police in England. In the first book Dixon starts off as a single man who lives with his dog Monty - but as the story continues he becomes involved with a fellow colleague. Dixon is a very good DI and always ends up bringing down the bad guys of the crimes he is investigating – which range from a climber falling to his death to bodies turning up without their heads!
4. Detective Sean Duffy – created by Adrian McKinty. Duffy is a quirky character who works as a detective in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. Duffy always seems to be getting himself into trouble while trying to solve the latest murder that happens on his turf. He gets on very well with his fellow colleagues in his unit but isn’t a favourite with other people on the force – he is very good at ruffling feathers.
5. DCI Maxwell Finlay-Ryan – created by LJ Ross.  Ryan as is known as, is a DCI within the Northumbria Police Force. Ryan has a part he cannot run from and in the first three books gets embroiled in a case which is far bigger than he thinks - but in the middle of it all he meets the love of his life – Anna Taylor.  Ryan is the type of guy who will never give up in getting the bad guy – he is dedicated to his job and getting justice for those who have been murdered.
6. Will Jaeger - created by Bear Grylls. Jaeger is an ex- SAS soldier whose family have been take away from him and now is on a mission to find them and the truth about what happened to them and bringing down those who kidnapped them. Jaeger is determined to get to the truth and will go to the ends of the earth to find it – his mission takes him to the Amazon Jungle to Africa via the Arctic Circle.

All these characters intrigue me and they all have one thing in common – they all fight for what is right and they are all men in uniforms!!!