The Cuckoo's Calling
- Authors: Robert Galbraith
- Series: Book 1 in the Cormoran Strike series
- Type: Novel
- Genres: Mystery
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- Rating: 4.2 based on 79,269 reviews
- Release Date: April 30, 2013
- Print length: 464 pages (Hardcover)
About the book
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).
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.
Fast-paced and sharply drawn, this dazzling detective novel inspired Strike, the BBC crime drama series that has captivated millions of viewers worldwide.
Accolades
Praise for The Cuckoo's Calling
It's really, really good - beautifully written with a terrific plot... It's a terrific read, gripping, original and funny... Please, please give us more of Robert Galbraith and Cormoran Strike. I can't wait for the next
a strong and enticing read... It's a gripping tale set in bustling London, and the author - whether called Galbraith or Rowling - shows superb flair as a mystery writer
Rowling switches genres seamlessly...a gritty, absorbing tale.
An extravagant, alien, fascinating world for its characters to explore...great pleasures.
Robert Galbraith has written a highly entertaining book... Even better, he has introduced an appealing protagonist in Strike, who's sure to be the star of many sequels to come.... its narrative moves forward with propulsive suspense. More important, Strike and his now-permanent assistant, Robin (playing Nora to his Nick, Salander to his Blomkvist), have become a team - a team whose further adventures the reader cannot help eagerly awaiting.
[Rowling's] literary gift is on display in this work. She crafts an entertaining story [and] comes up with an ending that I'll admit I was surprised by... . A fun read, with a main character you can care about and one you'll want to see again in other adventures.
One of the books of the year.
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