Kerry Greenwood

Normal service is somewhat suspended today, because yesterday morning I woke up to see the news that Kerry Greenwood has died.

I first read her Phryne Fisher series more than a decade ago now – in the days before the blog and the early days of Kindle ownership and before the TV series appeared on UK screens. Since then I’ve been back to them more times than I can count – as ebooks and audiobooks. And I’ve read new additions to the series as soon as I could get my hands on them. Only a couple of months back I posted about how excited I was that there is a new Phryne coming this year. And now Murder in the Cathedral will be the last.

Seventy is no age at all really, but I hope she knew how much joy her creations – Phryne and the gang and her modern day detective Corinna Chaoman – have brought people. And judging by the obituaries, she made a real difference to people’s actual lives as a legal aid solicitor as well. Thank you and rest well.