Book Overview
Published under a pseudonym, J. K. Rowling's brilliant debut mystery introduces Detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates a supermodel's suicide in "one of the best books of the year" (USA Today), the first novel in the brilliant series that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B. Strike. 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, creditors are calling, and after a breakup with his longtime girlfriend, he's living in his office. Then John Bristow walks through his door with a shocking story: His sister, the legendary 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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0316206857
ISBN13:9780316206853
Release Date:April 2014
Publisher:Mulholland Books
Length:480 Pages
Weight:0.96 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 5.6" x 8.2"
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Crime Fiction Literature & Fiction Murder Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Private InvestigatorsCustomer Reviews
3 ratings
Amazing book!!
Published by WhiteRoses , 1 year ago
This book was amazing condition and the story just draws you in. I couldn’t put it down!!!!
Nearly down-and-out detective unravel a murder mystery.
Published by Stephanie B , 2 years ago
The author creates memorable, if somewhat exaggerated, characters, some struggling with poverty and hard luck, contrasting with wealthy and privileged, in a complex murder mystery unravelled by Cormoran Strike and his resourceful temporary secretary. No matter the economic status of each, they all are contending with very human probably problems. The clues from suspicious behaviors and circumstances create some unexpectedly twists and turns that are satisfyingly pulled together in the end.
Really good book
Published by Sarah , 4 years ago
I enjoyed the suspense and the writing style. I ordered the next book in the series.
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