Atticus gets a chance to rehabilitate his reputation as a bodyguard when he is hired to protect a witness in a high-profile tobacco lawsuit.
Sixth in the series (2007), the story involves the aftermath of the climax of Critical Space and follows Atticus and Drama over the next three years as they seek revenge for several attempts on their lives.
While living in hiding with Alena ("Drama" in earlier titles), Atticus witnesses the murder of a neighbor family and kidnapping of their daughter.
In effort to find the missing girl, Atticus must infiltrate the seedy world of international human trafficking.
She is a devotee of Porsches, Life Savers, and Altoids, and she takes center stage in the novel Shooting At Midnight, which reveals Bridie's past as a heroin addict.
Moore first appears as an operative of the SAS, but later leaves the service to become the personal bodyguard of a minor British Royal.
"Drama" is the code-name for a highly talented female assassin who comes to respect Atticus' skills, character, and determination.
"[1][2] "Contact and Cover" (2008) is a short story starring Tracy Hoffman, one of the detectives from A Fistful of Rain.
The second storyline of the series has Dex working a case for Mim Bracca, the star of A Fistful of Rain, thereby establishing its setting as that of the world of Atticus Kodiak.