Ah. So that's what's happening. It really isn't good enough. Of late the literary high points of my year have been the publication of Pterry's latest in September (ish) and the appearance of Mr. Aaronovitch's work early in the year. To be deprived of the one because of DEATH is bad enough, but to be deprived of both? No it really is not to be borne.
Incidentally, was anyone else amused by the genuine dea* ex machina or maybe, given the Homeric reference, ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεά, ending of Foxglove Summer?
*OK not a full blown Olympian goddess, but good enough.