![]() ![]() Rowling should be proud to put her own name on. On Robert Galbraith: although I completely understand a writer’s desire to use a pseudonym and have no complaint whatsoever about that practice, this is one series that J. The tension in this one is also more psychological than gory, which I would also consider a plus. The characters are diverse, interesting, and suspicious, but rarely predictable, which is a great feature for a murder mystery. To add to the fascination, there’s an interesting contrast between the lives of the celebrity victim and her famous acquaintances in comparison with the lives of the willingly underpaid secretary and the detective who finds himself virtually homeless for the duration of this book. Together, Robin and Cormoran create and eliminate a list of suspects, encounter danger as they discover even more truth than they sought, and unearth a murderer’s long-buried secrets. Not only does she dive in to help with the single, practically-hopeless open case, but she stays on at the small detective agency longer than she planned or needed to. She checked her watch again, then decided, in a burst of euphoria, to go up early and show herself keen for a job that did not matter in the slightest.”īut it does prove to matter, and turns into an exciting job for Robin after all. The nondescript black-painted doorway of the office she sought stood to the left of the 12 Bar Cafe the name of the occupant of the office was written on a scrappy piece of lined paper taped beside the buzzer for the second floor. Having allowed her usual margin of time for getting lost, she was a quarter of an hour early. ![]() One of my biggest pet peeves in fiction is characters who feel obviously fabricated–a little too perfect or convenient–so I almost always need to remark on my impression of the characters. ![]() By which I mean, they have their faults and make mistakes, giving them a very real feel. Both Cormoran and Robin have their own separate and complicated love lives, and they’re real, gritty characters. I had a lot of respect for this one, in fact, in which a man and woman could work together with mutual appreciation for each other, without a romantic entanglement getting in the way of the main plot line. I usually need a little romance to get fully invested in new characters, but not every book needs a love story. I love discovering at the end of a great story that there’s more.Ībout the book: Private detective Cormoran Strike is struggling to keep his business afloat despite creditors calling daily for repayments on loans and a new secretary lined up by the temp agency to add to the costs, when the brother of his dead childhood friend approaches, asking for help in proving his celebrity sister’s death was not a suicide.The investigation into the girl’s death is told from the perspectives of both Cormoran and his resourceful secretary, Robin. I wasn’t aware that it was a series when I picked up the first book, but I did like it enough to recently pick up a copy of the second book, The Silkworm. The Cuckoo’s Calling is actually the first book of Galbraith’s Cormoran Strike series, of which I believe there are three now. Today I’m talking about The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith, who is actually J. Hello, book lovers! If you’re searching for your next great read, you’ve come to the right place. ![]()
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