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Career of Evil

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman’s severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible – and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality.

With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator, he and Robin take matters into their own hands, and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out for the two of them…

Career of Evil is the third in the highly acclaimed series featuring private detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott. A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, it is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives.

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The Career of Evil - Chapter 1&2

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman’s severed leg. Strike is less surprised, but no less alarmed – who from his past would send such a macabre warning?

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Reviews

  • ‘Robert Galbraith . . . again demonstrates that rare, inexplicable and indefinable gift: once started, one simply can’t put [his] books down’

    Literary Review

  • ‘A page-turner with legs that will keep you up all night’

    Observer

  • ‘Strike and Robin are just as magnetic as ever’

    New York Times


Career of Evil TV Series

Career of Evil introduces us to characters from Strike’s past, as well as different parts of the UK; showing the visual contrast on TV, between between the grittiness of London, and the beautiful, former industrial parts of Cumbria.

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