Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, bestselling author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy. The four previous Strike novels, The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil and Lethal White, topped the national and international bestseller lists and the series has been adapted for television, produced by Brontë Film and Television.
"Addictive, murderous fun."
--Vox
"At times you might feel as you did when reading the Harry Potter
books, particularly later in the series, when they got longer and
looser. You love the plot, and you love being in the company of the
characters, and you admire the author's voice and insights and
ingenuity, and you relish the chance to relax into a book without
feeling rushed or puzzled or shortchanged.... Long live the fertile
imagination and prodigious output of J.K. Rowling."--Sarah Lyall,
The New York Times
"Compulsively readable."--People
"Even if the world is the seedy underbelly of contemporary London
and not Magical Hogwarts, cracking the cover of a Galbraith novel
is like stepping through a portal. You're immersed all at
once."--Bustle
"If you love the intricate, character-driven mysteries written by
Tana French and Kate Atkinson, then chances are good that you'll
enjoy the ones by Robert Galbraith. . . . Robert Galbraith knows
how to tell a story every bit as deftly as does J.K. Rowling.
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 fiction's most delightful
partnerships."--Seattle Times
"Rowling deftly circumnavigates all of the tropes and constructs
that have long since relegated the male-author-dominated thriller
genre to a place of ridicule and sheer inanity."
--Tablet Magazine
"Rowling's emotionally intelligent portrayal of her protagonists
never overwhelms the whodunit story line."--Publishers Weekly,
Starred Review
"Rowling's wizardry as a writer is on fulsome display in Lethal
White ( 3.5/4 stars), a behemoth of a novel that flies by in a
flash. This is a crime series deeply rooted in the real world,
where brutality and ugliness are leavened by the oh-so-human flaws
and virtues of Galbraith's irresistible hero and heroine."--USA
Today
"A scrupulous plotter and master of misdirection, Galbraith keeps
the pages turning."--Clare Clark, The Guardian
"Cormoran Strike, the detective hero of an enjoyable series of
books by Robert Galbraith (a pen name for J.K. Rowling), has his
most complex adventure yet in Troubled Blood. This hefty volume is
stuffed with intrigue, surprise, action, violence, social comedy
and romance: "value for money," as the British say.... Our
pseudonymous author sorts everything out by the end with the skill
of a world-class storyteller."--Tom Nolan, The Wall Street
Journal
"Troubled Blood's" central mystery is a strong one, and watching it
unfold over the course of a protracted investigation is one of the
novel's great pleasures...Rowling's greatest novelistic gifts are
her ability to spin wild, intricate plots (witness the astrological
elements of this latest book), and to create colorful, highly
individual characters who come instantly alive on the page."--Bill
Sheehan, Washington Post
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