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The Running Grave

Cormoran Strike (Tom Burke) and Robin Ellacott (Holliday Grainer) return in The Running Grave, enlisted by the Edensor family to gather evidence to discredit the Universal Humanitarian Church, a religious cult who have indoctrinated their son Will and siphoned off his trust fund.  

Across five episodes, Strike gains valuable insights from former members on the outside, whilst Robin goes undercover at the cult’s secluded headquarters and finds herself facing unprecedented psychological and physical duress on the inside.

The show currently airs on HBO in North America and the previous six series of Strike are available to stream in the UK on BBC iPlayer

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The Running Grave

Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside. In the hope of extracting Will, Robin infiltrates the cult, but very soon the enormity of the danger she faces becomes apparent.

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