I was sadden to learn that Sunday Tony Hillerman has pass away. Just imagine, I was passing thru there to the airport Sunday. Having just read his last published book several weeks ago, I had hoped a few more would come out. Likely he will have one or two that were sitting there ready or partly ready. Hillerman was 83 and a WWII battle veteran. There are not many WWII left it seems. In the article I linked to there is a quote from Elmer Kelton about Hillerman's passing. Kelton is a WWII veteran himself.I have really enjoyed Hillerman's books over the years. His characters of Chee and Leaphorn really come to life and are now part of reading memory. There seemed to be no end to their own imaginary lifes.
As with the passing of Louis L'Amour, my reading choices have again narrowed a good bit. Who will fill the void? McGarrity has been similar to Hillerman and he fills it a good bit but I have been reading him for many years now. I do not even want to think of the void created by the one day passing of Elmer Kelton...though I reread so many of his books that it may not matter.
