![]() The problem is that the various cases that Strike and Robin are investigating, one of which sees Robin going undercover at the House of Commons, are not quite interesting enough to sustain a volume so much longer than the average whodunnit. Strike remains a compelling hero, with a peculiar charm all his own. Rowling/Galbraith does a brilliant, toe-curling job of portraying the misery of Robin’s marriage, and Matthew, although as objectionable as ever, is a bit more subtly drawn, with the author seeming not quite so determined to steer her readers’ sympathies away from him. Cormoran Strike, who lost a leg in Afghanistan, may limp painfully through much of the book, but the tale being told never misses a step.'- Joyce Sáenz Harris, Dallas Morning News 'One of contemporary crime fictions most delightful partnerships. Strike and Robin all but declare their love for one another, but a year swiftly passes, Robin remains with Matthew, and she and Strike are barely on speakers. Robert Galbraith knows how to tell a story every bit as deftly as does J.K. ![]() ![]() ![]() It begins where the last book (and the television series Strike) left off, with one-legged private detective Strike arriving at his sidekick Robin’s wedding to awful accountant Matthew. I had high hopes that the fourth instalment in JK Rowling’s pseudonymous Cormoran Strike series would justify its presumptuous length - a whopping 650 pages - by being similarly irresistible the previous, generally excellent, books have shown that Rowling can write gripping fiction for adults too.Īs it turns out, the novel is slightly disappointing. A teenage boy I know, on receipt of a Harry Potter novel longer than Anna Karenina, finished the thing within 24 hours. After the tumultuous cliffhanger ending of Career of Evil, Lethal White sees Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott face professional and personal demons in a. ![]()
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