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Sad news but wow 95 ain't bad.

Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March. If you like historical mysteries, I recommend this one. Blurb

First Woman Detective Isabella Goodwin https://wednesdayswomen.com/isabella-goodwin-nypds-first-female-police-detective/

This is a really sweet article about John and Annie Glenn. https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200519/annie-glenn-john-glennrsquos-widow-dies-from-covid-19-at-100

Hope you like it. Thought of another British author you might like-- Jo Bannister. She has been writing a long time and has several series. My favorite is her Castlemere series : A Bleeding of Innocents(1993) Charisma(1994) A Taste for Burning(1995) No Birds Sing(1996) Broken Lines(1998) The Hireling's Tale(1999) Changelings(2000)

Val Mcdermid A great standalone is A Place of Execution. She also has a series that was made into a great British TV series-- Wire in the Blood with Robson Green Tony Hill/Carol Jordan Books The Mermaids Singing(1995) The Wire in the Blood(1997) The Last Temptation(2002) The Torment of Others(2004) Beneath the Bleeding(2007) Fever of the Bone(2009) The Retribution(2011) Cross and Burn(2013) Splinter the Silence(2015) Insidious Intent(2017) How the Dead Speak(2019)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrxTjgFYoU8 The kick if you would like to see it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UszbmubhPE8 No announcer but video is a little better quality

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2020/04/04/tom-dempsey-dies-73-coronavirus-battle/2950040001/ I had never heard of him but he sounds like a prime example of the underdog finding success in America so I wanted to highlight him in this thread.

The saddest thing about Tomie dePaola death and everyone's death who dies during these times is found in this quote : https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/us/author-tomie-depaola-dies-trnd/index.html

David Schramm, Star of ’90s Sitcom ‘Wings,’ Dies at 73. He played Roy Biggins on one of my favorite comedies of all time "Wings" https://www.thewrap.com/david-schramm-star-of-90s-sitcom-wings-dies-at-73/

Take a listen to this if you would like to hear an analysis of what makes a vocalist great and a performance work, as well as a look at music history. Kenny and Dolly singing Islands in the Stream Live

From the map I would also recommend The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

Here is a literature map with suggestions for authors similar to Naomi Novik. https://www.literature-map.com/naomi+novik.html Another suggestion : Mary Robinette Kowal Ghost talkers Kowal's latest is a dazzling alternative history set during the Great War. In the summer of 1916, American heiress Ginger Stuyvesant is engaged to British intelligence officer Benjamin Hartshorne and working in France as a medium in the top secret Spirit Corps, a force that gathers intelligence from fallen soldiers at the moment of death. It is grisly, exhausting work that puts the souls of the mediums in danger of becoming permanently separated from their physical forms, and it is made more dangerous by the discovery that the German army is not only aware of the Spirit Corps but has a double agent assisting them. When Ben is murdered, it falls to Ginger to help him move on by finding his killer and discovering the traitor in the corps while keeping her soul intact. Romance, action, and intrigue propel the plot from Kowal's compelling premise. Ginger's determination to do her duty in the face of lost love and senseless death and her eventual triumph will satisfy fans of Kowal's Glamourist Histories series as well as readers of Naomi Novik and Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan series.--Szwarek, Magan Copyright 2016 Booklist

Tony Horwitz, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, dies at 60

Bill Yoast, Assistant Coach of ‘Remember the Titans’ Team, Dies at 94 https://www.si.com/high-school/2019/05/25/bill-yoast-assistant-coach-tc-williams-remember-titans-team-dies https://alexandrialivingmagazine.com/news/in-memoriam-t-c-williams-coach-bill-yoast/