The Cuckoo's Calling Lib/E (Cormoran Strike Novels)

Galbraith, Robert

ISBN 10: 1478980834 ISBN 13: 9781478980834

Publisher: Hachette Book Group, 2013

Synopsis

A brilliant 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 now living in his office.

Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy.

Review:

The private eye novel is not dead. It was merely waiting for Robert Galbraith to give it a firm squeeze...I haven't had this much fun with a detective novel in years.

-- "Duane Swierczynski, New York Times bestselling author"

Rowling switches genres seamlessly...A gritty, absorbing tale.

-- "People (3 1/2 out of 4 stars)"

A highly entertaining book...its narrative moves forward with propulsive suspense.

-- "New York Times"

It's a gripping tale set in bustling London, and the author-whether called Galbraith or Rowling - shows superb flair as a mystery writer.

-- "Irish Examiner"

Thoroughly enjoying...The book's real magic is in Rowling's distinctive descriptive prose.

-- "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"

Narrator Robert Glenister is the star...Glenister infuses gruff charm and a poignant edginess into Rowling's wonderfully original detective hero, Cormoran Strike. Glenister's character accents are terrific, and he's a genius with women's voices, which he softens without caricature. Glenister is just right in this noir-ish mystery with a hard-boiled softie at its center. Don't miss it. Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award.

-- "AudioFile"

Combines a complex and compelling sleuth and an equally well-formed and unlikely assistant with a baffling crime...[A] stellar debut.

-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

Plenty of twists...Galbraith's take on contemporary celebrity obsession makes for a grand beach read.

-- "Library Journal (starred review)"

Murderous muggles are up to no good, and it's up to a seemingly unlikely hero to set things right...A quick, fun read. Rowling delivers a set of characters every bit as durable as her Potter people, and a story that, though no more complex than an Inspector Lewis episode, works well on every level.

-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"

Instantly absorbing, featuring a detective facing crumbling circumstances with resolve instead of cliched self-destruction and a lovable sidekick with contagious enthusiasm for detection...Strike bears little resemblance to Jackson Brodie, but Kate Atkinson's fans will appreciate his reliance on deduction and observation along with Galbraith's skilled storytelling.

-- "Booklist"

About this edition

• Publisher: Hachette Book Group
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1478980834
• ISBN 13: 9781478980834
• Binding: Audio CD
• Number of pages: 13