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The Strike Books

The series of Cormoran Strike books continues to grow, take a look at the series so far. Whether reading or watching for the first time, or reading and watching over again, these stories will never fail to thrill!

Coming Soon

The Hallmarked Man

The title of the eighth Strike novel has been revealed, watch this space for more news about The Hallmarked Man.

2023

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.

2022

The Ink Black Heart

When a frantic, dishevelled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to private detective Robin Ellacott, she decides the agency can’t help her. Robin thinks nothing more of it until a few days later, when she reads the shocking news that Edie has been murdered in Highgate Cemetery, embroiling Robin and Strike in a case that stretches them to the limits.

Troubled Blood Cover

2020

Troubled Blood

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.

Robert Galbraith Lethal White

2018

Lethal White

When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to Strike’s office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, it’s the catalyst for a twisting investigation from the backstreets of London, to the secretive sanctum of Parliament, and a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside.

Robert Galbraith Career of Evil

2015

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. Strike is less surprised, but no less alarmed – who from his past would send such a macabre warning?

The Silkworm cover

2014

The Silkworm

When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. The further he investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine’s disappearance than meets the eye.

The Cuckoo's Calling Book cover

2013

The Cuckoo’s Calling

When a troubled model, Lula Landry, falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and employs private investigator Cormoran Strike to investigate.