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The latest installment in the highly acclaimed, internationally bestselling Strike series finds Cormoran and Robin ensnared in another winding, wicked case.
When frantic, disheveled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn’t know quite what to make of the situation. The cocreator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie is desperate to uncover Anomie’s true identity.
Robin decides that the agency can’t help with this—and thinks nothing more of it until a few days later, when she reads the shocking news that Edie has been tasered and then murdered in Highgate Cemetery, the location of The Ink Black Heart.
Robin and her business partner, Cormoran Strike, become drawn into the quest to uncover Anomie’s true identity. But with a complex web of online aliases, business interests and family conflicts to navigate, Strike and Robin find themselves embroiled in a case that stretches their powers of deduction to the limits – and which threatens them in new and horrifying ways . . .
A gripping, fiendishly clever mystery, The Ink Black Heart is a true tour-de-force.
In the seventh installment in the "outrageously entertaining" Strike series, detective duo Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in the trap of a dangerous cult.
Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside.
The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organization that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, and unexplained deaths.
In order to try to rescue Will, Strike's business partner, Robin Ellacott, decides to infiltrate the cult, and she travels to Norfolk to live incognito among its members. But in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there or for the toll it will take on her. . .
Utterly page-turning, The Running Grave moves Strike's and Robin's story forward in this epic, unforgettable seventh installment of the series.
'The work of a master storyteller' Daily Telegraph 'One of crime's
most engaging duos' Guardian ________ Private Detective Cormoran
Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone
to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside.
The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable
organisation that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike
discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister
undertones, and unexplained deaths. In order to try to rescue Will,
Strike's business partner Robin Ellacott decides to infiltrate the
cult and she travels to Norfolk to live incognito amongst them. But
in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there
or for the toll it will take on her . . . Utterly page-turning, The
Running Grave moves Strike and Robin's story forward in the epic,
unforgettable seventh instalment of the series. ________ PRAISE FOR
THE STRIKE NOVELS 'A blistering piece of crime writing' Sunday
Times 'Unputdownable' Daily Express 'A page-turner that will keep
you up all night' Observer 'Superb . . . an ingenious whodunnit'
Sunday Mirror 'Strike and Robin are just as magnetic as ever' New
York Times 'Outrageously entertaining' Financial Times
'The Cuckoo's Calling reminds me why I fell in love with crime
fiction in the first place' VAL MCDERMID ----- Now a major BBC
drama: The Strike series When a troubled model falls to her death
from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has
committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls
in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case.
Strike is a war veteran - wounded both physically and
psychologically - and his life is in disarray. The case gives him a
financial lifeline, but it comes at a personal cost: the more he
delves into the young model's complex world, the darker things get
- and the closer he gets to terrible danger . . . A gripping,
elegant mystery steeped in the atmosphere of London - from the
hushed streets of Mayfair to the backstreet pubs of the East End to
the bustle of Soho - The Cuckoo's Calling is a remarkable book.
Introducing Cormoran Strike, this is the acclaimed first crime
novel by J.K. Rowling, writing under the pseudonym Robert
Galbraith. *** The latest book in the thrilling Strike series,
TROUBLED BLOOD, is out now! *** ----- PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES:
'One of the most unique and compelling detectives I've come across
in years' MARK BILLINGHAM 'The work of a master storyteller' DAILY
TELEGRAPH 'Unputdownable. . . Irresistible' SUNDAY TIMES 'Will keep
you up all night' OBSERVER 'A thoroughly enjoyable classic' PETER
JAMES, SUNDAY EXPRESS
Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough - who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974.
Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. Plus the pair are still battling their feelings for one another, while Robin is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention.
As Strike and Robin investigate Margot's disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. And they learn that even cases decades old can prove to be deadly . . .
A breathtaking, labyrinthine epic, Troubled Blood is the fifth Strike and Robin novel and the most gripping and satisfying yet.
'Deliriously clever' GUARDIAN ----- Now a major BBC drama: The
Strike series When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin
Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's
severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less
surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past
who he thinks could be responsible - and Strike knows that any one
of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality. With the
police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is
not the perpetrator, he and Robin take matters into their own
hands, and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other
three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out
for the two of them... A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected
twists around every corner, Career of Evil is also a gripping story
of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and
professional lives. You will not be able to put this book down. ***
The latest book in the thrilling Strike series, TROUBLED BLOOD, is
out now! *** ----- PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES: 'One of the most
unique and compelling detectives I've come across in years' MARK
BILLINGHAM 'The work of a master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Unputdownable. . . Irresistible' SUNDAY TIMES 'Will keep you up
all night' OBSERVER 'A thoroughly enjoyable classic' PETER JAMES,
SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Hugely absorbing. . . the best Strike novel yet' SUNDAY MIRROR
'Highly inventive storytelling' GUARDIAN 'Outrageously
entertaining' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Come for the twists and turns and
stay for the beautifully drawn central relationship' INDEPENDENT
'Blistering piece of crime writing' SUNDAY TIMES 'Fans will love
it' HEAT ----- *** The latest book in the thrilling Strike series,
TROUBLED BLOOD, is out now! *** When Billy, a troubled young man,
comes to private eye Cormoran Strike's office to ask for his help
investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is
left deeply unsettled. While Billy is obviously mentally
distressed, and cannot remember many concrete details, there is
something sincere about him and his story. But before Strike can
question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic.
Trying to get to the bottom of Billy's story, Strike and Robin
Ellacott - once his assistant, now a partner in the agency - set
off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of
London, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament, and to a
beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside. And
during this labyrinthine investigation, Strike's own life is far
from straightforward: his newfound fame as a private eye means he
can no longer operate behind the scenes as he once did. Plus, his
relationship with his former assistant is more fraught than it ever
has been - Robin is now invaluable to Strike in the business, but
their personal relationship is much, much more tricky than that . .
. Epic and enthralling, Lethal White is the gripping fourth
instalment in the ongoing story of Cormoran Strike and Robin
Ellacott. ----- PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES: 'One of the most
unique and compelling detectives I've come across in years' MARK
BILLINGHAM 'The work of a master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Unputdownable. . . Irresistible' SUNDAY TIMES 'Will keep you up
all night' OBSERVER 'A thoroughly enjoyable classic' PETER JAMES,
SUNDAY EXPRESS
When frantic, dishevelled Edie Ledwell appears in the office
begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn't
know quite what to make of the situation. The co-creator of a
popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a
mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie
is desperate to uncover Anomie's true identity. Robin decides that
the agency can't help with this - and thinks nothing more of it
until a few days later, when she reads the shocking news that Edie
has been tasered and then murdered in Highgate Cemetery, the
location of The Ink Black Heart. Robin and her business partner
Cormoran Strike become drawn into the quest to uncover Anomie's
true identity. But with a complex web of online aliases, business
interests and family conflicts to navigate, Strike and Robin find
themselves embroiled in a case that stretches their powers of
deduction to the limits - and which threatens them in new and
horrifying ways . . . A gripping, fiendishly clever mystery, The
Ink Black Heart is a true tour-de-force.
'Deliriously clever' GUARDIAN ----- Now a major BBC drama: The
Strike series When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin
Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's
severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less
surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past
who he thinks could be responsible - and Strike knows that any one
of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality. With the
police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is
not the perpetrator, he and Robin take matters into their own
hands, and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other
three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out
for the two of them... A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected
twists around every corner, Career of Evil is also a gripping story
of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and
professional lives. You will not be able to put this book down. ***
The latest book in the thrilling Strike series, LETHAL WHITE is out
now! *** ----- PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES: 'One of the most
unique and compelling detectives I've come across in years' MARK
BILLINGHAM 'The work of a master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Unputdownable. . . Irresistible' SUNDAY TIMES 'Will keep you up
all night' OBSERVER 'A thoroughly enjoyable classic' PETER JAMES,
SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Teems with sly humour, witty asides and intelligence ... A
pleasure to read' TIMES ----- Now a major BBC drama: The Strike
series When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in
private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, she just thinks he has
gone off by himself for a few days - as he has done before - and
she wants Strike to find him and bring him home. But as Strike
investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's
disappearance than his wife realises. The novelist has just
completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost
everyone he knows. If the novel were published it would ruin lives
- so there are a lot of people who might want to silence him. And
when Quine is found brutally murdered in bizarre circumstances, it
becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a
ruthless killer, a killer unlike any he has encountered before . .
. A compulsively readable crime novel with twists at every turn,
The Silkworm is the second in the highly acclaimed series featuring
Cormoran Strike and his determined young assistant Robin Ellacott.
*** The latest book in the thrilling Strike series, TROUBLED BLOOD,
is out now! *** ----- PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES: 'One of the
most unique and compelling detectives I've come across in years'
MARK BILLINGHAM 'The work of a master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Unputdownable. . . Irresistible' SUNDAY TIMES 'Will keep you up
all night' OBSERVER 'A thoroughly enjoyable classic' PETER JAMES,
SUNDAY EXPRESS
'The work of a master storyteller' Daily Telegraph Robert
Galbraith's Strike novels are some of the finest examples of
detective fiction of our age. The series has sold well over a
million copies in the UK alone, and has been adapted into a highly
successful television series for the BBC. For the first time,
readers can purchase all five paperbacks in the series in this
exquisite deluxe box set. Featuring: The Cuckoo's Calling The
Silkworm Career of Evil Lethal White Troubled Blood PRAISE FOR THE
STRIKE SERIES 'Magnificent' Sunday Times 'One of crime's most
engaging duos' Guardian 'Reminds me why I fell in love with crime
fiction in the first place' Val McDermid 'One of the most unique
and compelling detectives I've come across in years' Mark
Billingham 'Superbly constructed' Daily Mail
A brilliant debut mystery in a classic vein: Detective Cormoran
Strike investigates a supermodel's suicide.
After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike
is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to
one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up
with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office.
Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His
sister, thelegendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends
as the Cuckoo, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The
police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The
case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties,
rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces
him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and
delusion known to man.
You may think you know detectives, but you've never met one quite
like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous,
but you've never seen them under an investigation like this.
Introducing Cormoran Strike, this is the acclaimed first crime
novel by J.K. Rowling, writing under the pseudonym Robert
Galbraith.
A brilliant debut mystery in a classic vein: Detective Cormoran
Strike investigates a supermodel's suicide.
After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike
is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to
one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up
with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office.
Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His
sister, thelegendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends
as the Cuckoo, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The
police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The
case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties,
rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces
him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and
delusion known to man.
You may think you know detectives, but you've never met one quite
like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous,
but you've never seen them under an investigation like this.
Introducing Cormoran Strike, this is the acclaimed first crime
novel by J.K. Rowling, writing under the pseudonym Robert
Galbraith.
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