Career of Evil
On sale
20th October 2015
Price: £10.99
Audies Award, 2016
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ebook / ISBN-13: 9780751563603
***The 7th novel in the Strike series, THE RUNNING GRAVE, is coming in September 2023. Pre-order now and be the first to read it***
‘Deliriously clever’ GUARDIAN
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Now a major BBC drama: The Strike series
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…
A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, Career of Evil is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives. You will not be able to put this book down.
*** The latest book in the thrilling Strike series, TROUBLED BLOOD, is out now! ***
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PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES:
‘One of the most unique and compelling detectives I’ve come across in years‘ MARK BILLINGHAM
‘The work of a master storyteller’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘Unputdownable. . . Irresistible’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Will keep you up all night’ OBSERVER
‘A thoroughly enjoyable classic’ PETER JAMES, SUNDAY EXPRESS
‘Deliriously clever’ GUARDIAN
—–
Now a major BBC drama: The Strike series
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…
A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, Career of Evil is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives. You will not be able to put this book down.
*** The latest book in the thrilling Strike series, TROUBLED BLOOD, is out now! ***
—–
PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES:
‘One of the most unique and compelling detectives I’ve come across in years‘ MARK BILLINGHAM
‘The work of a master storyteller’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘Unputdownable. . . Irresistible’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Will keep you up all night’ OBSERVER
‘A thoroughly enjoyable classic’ PETER JAMES, SUNDAY EXPRESS
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Reviews
Strike is a compelling creation . . . this is terrifically entertaining stuff
A page-turner with legs that will keep you up all night
Fans of the intrepid duo are in for some shocks . . . as readable and exciting as ever
Criminally good stuff
Quirkily different... let's hope the sardonic Strike is here to stay
This one gripped
Strike and Robin are just as magnetic as ever
A book that abounds with ideas
A confident hold on a deliriously clever plot
The real joy of this series comes from the originality of the characters
Thoroughly enjoyable
[A] smart and addictive thriller
Robert Galbraith . . . again demonstrates that rare, inexplicable and indefinable gift: once started, one simply can't put [his] books down
Oozes atmosphere . . . a rollicking good story
The denouement is violent, unexpected and satisfying . . . [an] entertaining novel
