Michael Crichton died today.

In a strange twist, I’m currently reading a book in the excellent Hard Case Crime series by an author named John Lange. It’s a short novel, fast-paced, and I’ve been enjoying it. This morning — before I heard about Crichton — I decided to look up the author and see what else he had done. So I popped his name into Wikipedia and it took me to Crichton’s page. Turns out John Lange is one of his old pseudonyms.

And the name of the book I’m reading?

Grave Descend.

Freaky.