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Music in Strike

Songs under investigation…. In Troubled Blood, missing doctor Margot Bamborough’s obsession with the album Court and Spark, released the year of her disappearance, crops up in Strike and Robin’s investigation. Margot’s old friend Oonagh Kennedy tells Strike and Robin, “That was Margot’s religion. Joni Mitchell.” Mitchell’s lyrics dealing with the … Continued

Troubled Blood – Designing the Cover

Duncan Spilling, Head of Design, at Little Brown What is the starting point in the cover design process for you? The words come first — what do we want to say about the story, what are the key themes, what mood and atmosphere do we want to evoke? The combination … Continued

Recording the Strike Audiobooks – Sarah Shrubb, Audio Publisher, Little Brown

How do you go about choosing a voice actor for an audiobook? For fiction with a strong protagonist, it’s pretty easy to focus on that character, imagine how they would speak, and then search for an actor who sounds like that. The real skill lies with the actor who has … Continued

Watch Robert Galbraith in conversation with Mark Billingham

In case you missed it, last night to celebrate the release of the fifth Strike novel, Troubled Blood, Robert Galbraith chatted to Mark Billingham in a special Facebook event. Prior to the event fans were asked to vote for which questions they’d like to have answered most, these questions then … Continued

‘Tracks of My Years’ on BBC Radio 2

Coinciding with the publication of the fifth Cormoran Strike novel, Troubled Blood, J.K. Rowling has been sharing the ‘tracks of her years’ with Ken Bruce, on BBC Radio 2.  In the programme she talks about what each of the ten tracks mean to her, the joy of writing the Cormoran … Continued

Troubled Blood takes UK’s number one slot in its first week of publication.

Robert Galbraith’s fifth Cormoran Strike novel, Troubled Blood, has topped the UK Official top 50 book chart in its first week of publication, with higher sales in the first week than any of the previous four Strike books. Not only was it number one in the fiction hardback chart, it … Continued

Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith review – a cosy blast from the past by Clare Clark

For those Strike aficionados long captivated by the will-they-won’t-they relationship between the detective and his agency partner, Robin Ellacott, there is much to be savoured. A year on from Lethal White, both are juggling work with complicated personal lives. Strike’s aunt, who brought him up, is terminally ill; he and … Continued

Troubled Blood out today

Troubled Blood, the fifth instalment in Robert Galbraith’s Strike series is published today. The setting for Troubled Blood takes us from London’s busy streets to St. Mawes, Cornwall, where Strike spent the happier parts of his childhood. While in the area visiting family, he is approached by Anna who is … Continued

Robert Glenister – on reading the Strike audiobooks

Do you enjoy voice work? Yes, I love voice work be it radio, voiceovers and of course audio books.Each presents its own challenges but I have to say that during lockdown it was the one area of this industry that was able to continue to operate as a lot of … Continued

Character Guide – Lethal White

Jasper Chiswell A bullish and entitled MP who comes from a wealthy family.  His country estate in Oxfordshire has fallen into disrepair as he is increasingly short of money.  He’s currently married to Kinvara, and has four children by other women: Freddie (deceased), Izzy, Fizzy, and Raphael. Kinvara Chiswell Jasper’s … Continued