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Troubled Blood listen-a-long

Get ready for The Ink Black Heart, with the Troubled Blood listen-a-long In the run-up to The Ink Black Heart releasing on 30th August, remind yourselves what was happening with Strike and Robin in Troubled Blood, before we join them again in investigating another thrilling case.  Every Thursday, an audio … Continued

The Ink Black Heart – Crafting the Cover

Duncan Spilling, head of design at Little Brown, the Robert Galbraith publishers, answers some questions about creating the cover. How many ideas were generated before a final direction came together for The Ink Black Heart?  There were 8 initial ideas to start discussions and then several variations based on a … Continued

The Ink Black Heart

OUT 30th AUGUST When frantic, dishevelled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn’t know quite what to make of the situation. The co-creator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes … Continued

The Ink Black Heart

When frantic, dishevelled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn’t know quite what to make of the situation. The co-creator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym … Continued

On The Road

‘Did you have a good journey? Come up from London?’ ‘Yeah, it was a nice drive,’ said Strike. Troubled Blood, Robert Galbraith The mysteries which Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott investigate take them to dozens of contrasting corners of London, but often the trail leads them out of the capital … Continued

Friendship, Vocation and Victories – Uplifting moments in the Cormoran Strike Novels

‘Well,’ said Robin, taking a large slurp of wine, ‘consider my morale boosted.’ Career of Evil – Robert Galbraith The cases Robin Ellacott and Cormoran Strike investigate lead them both into dark places, so what keeps them going? As spring unfolds hopefully around us, we’re looking at what gives the … Continued

Celebrating Robin Ellacott

‘I like Robin,’ said Ilsa.‘Everyone likes Robin,’ said Strike thickly, through a second mouthful of naan. Career of Evil – Robert Galbraith Robin Ellacott might not be as famous as her partner Cormoran Strike, whose parentage, relationships and involvement in high-profile cases often mean he is besieged by the press … Continued

Charlotte and Strike

Exhausted as Strike was, it took a while for him to fall asleep, and when he did, Charlotte wove in and out of every dream, gorgeous, vituperative and haunted. Robert Galbraith – The Cuckoo’s Calling In the month of romance, we are taking a closer look at the only woman … Continued

Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger return in Strike – Troubled Blood

British actors Tom Burke as ‘Cormoran Strike’ and Holliday Grainger as ‘Robin Ellacott’ are returning for STRIKE – TROUBLED BLOOD, the fifth (4 x 60 minute) story of the major returning TV series for BBC One, HBO and Warner Bros. and based on J.K. Rowling’s best-selling crime novels written under … Continued

Escapism for Strike and Robin

Seven and a half million hearts were beating in close proximity in this heaving old city, and many, after all, would be aching far worse than his. Walking wearily past closing shops, while the heavens turned indigo above him, Strike found solace in vastness and anonymity. Robert Galbraith – The … Continued