Turned on Twitter and saw this:

Very sad news: Minnesota Author Vince Flynn Dies At 47 « CBS Minnesota http://t.co/BbmzboxZ9p
- DresdenRose (@DresdenRose) June 19, 2013

Vince Flynn's protagonist Mitch Rapp is one of my favorite heroes in thriller novels. I will miss Flynn's writing and his characters who were starting to feel like family.