Robert B Parker

I learned today (from a librarian - they are surprisingly knowledgeable in my library, although I must complain about their crime section - thank God for SHOTS) that Robert B Parker passed away at his desk on 18 January.  Confirmed by the web, the best obit is the Telegraph's.  Only just recently started reading a few of his 60 - count 'em - books that he churned out over the years, albeit so far I've found a couple of them like the Curate's Egg, he wrote in a style that I thought had gone out of fashion, and will be looking for more of his novels more diligently.  A Jesse Stone that I took out today will be the next to be read.

I expect that he's currently swapping notes with Chandler.