One of the local cab drivers here was just reading one of her books the other week. He drives the handicapped van (for those who are wheelchair bound) and in between pick ups he will take time to read. I know of the series though I haven't gotten round to reading them myself. A shame that she didn't get to finish it. I gather the cancer hit her very hard, very quickly. Something similar happened to my uncle Butch some yrs back. He'd never been sick then they found he had cancer just before Thanksgiving and he died just after Christmas that same year. It proves that you never know just how much time you really do have in this world.
