Robert B. Parker..RIP


Author Robert B. Parker died yesterday. It seems as though if you live long enough, all icons seem to fade into dust.

Of the living mystery authors, Robert B. Parker was perhaps and Elmore Leonard executed the type of writing styles I aspire to.

"We were at the other end of life..." Robert B. Parker

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