If it weren't for blogs

The blogs I subscribe to keep me up to date - Give 'em what they want : News for Collection Development and Readers Advisory Librarians noted today that Tony Hillerman has died. Nora Rawlinson offers links to USA Today and the NY Times for the obituaries.

I checked our catalog, being a tech school we don't have much fiction for fun. However in our e-book collection we have Tony Hillerman : a critical companion by John M. Reilly. The summary notes:

Edgar Award-winning writer Tony Hillerman has earned a reputation as a Grand Master of the popular mystery. This is the first full-length examination of his work. One of the most successful contemporary American writers, Hillerman has made his stories of Native American detectives instrumental in understanding modern American life. Through the creation of his Navajo detective characters, Hillerman has given new vigor to the popular genre of mystery with his treatment of the problems of order and identity in modern society. This study examines each of his 13 novels in turn and includes a biographical chapter and a chapter on his innovations in the genre of detective fiction.

The fun thing about the netLibrary books - one can read them from your desk, a few pages at a time. Create your free account (get your netLibrary card) on campus. Explore the wide variety of titles available through our catalog.

-kls