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Career of Evil is published today

The third novel in the Cormoran Strike series is published today on both sides of the Atlantic.

“Just as magnetic as ever” says The New York Times. The UK Independent hopes “the sardonic Cormoran Strike is here to stay”.

Career of Evil is ingenious and intriguing, with as many twists and turns as the London streets in which it’s played out.

It’s more than just a mystery. It’s also the compelling story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives.

 

 

Ten Things You Should Know About Strike

There’s only 4 days to go until publication of Robert Galbraith’s latest Cormoran Strike novel, Career of Evil, and we’re re-familiarising ourselves with our favourite literary detective. Here are the top ten things you need to know about Cormoran Strike:

His name: People are always calling him ‘Cameron’ but Cormoran was, appropriately for our large hero, a Cornish giant who, according to English folklore, lived on St Michael’s Mount. Strike is his mother’s surname: ‘I’ve been told it’s something to do with corn.’
His parents: Strike’s father is famous seventies singer Jonny Rokeby of The Deadbeats, a fact Strike is reluctant to share. His mother was ‘super-groupie’ Leda Strike.
His upbringing: Strike and his sister Lucy were mostly brought up in Cornwall with their aunt and uncle acting as surrogate parents.
His job: Strike runs his private detective agency from Denmark Street, off Tottenham Court Road in central London, which is a street full of musical instrument/score suppliers (and where the crime bookshop Murder One started out). His office is over the (real) 12 Bar Club.
His flat: when we first meet Strike, he is living on a camp bed in his office, having split up with his fiancee; later, he moves into a tiny flat upstairs.
His military career and injury: Strike wears a prosthetic leg- whilst serving in Afghanistan, he lost half his right leg when the vehicle he was travelling in was blown up. To this day, he finds it difficult to be driven by other people.
His fame: Until the Lula Landry case in The Cuckoo’s Calling, Strike was only famous by proxy because of his father. He gains notoriety from his investigation into the death of the well-known model, and is henceforth known for solving the case.
His favourite pub: The Tottenham on Tottenham Court Road: ‘a serene Victorian atmosphere of gleaming, scrolled dark wood and brass fittings’.
His favourite beer: Doom Bar: ‘the Cornish beer tasted of home, peace and long-gone security’.
His assistant: Robin Ellacott, who arrives as a temp and becomes invaluable to Strike, moving up to become his partner-in-training at the end of The Silkworm. Robin is from Masham in Yorkshire, and has moved down to London with Matthew, an accountant to whom she gets engaged on the day she is fatefully sent to Strike’s office.

 

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Cormoran Strike. Your ten-point briefing

The first three films will reach our TV screens this autumn. Here’s what you need to know about London’s most famous 21st century detective.

His name: People are always calling him ‘Cameron’ but Cormoran was (appropriately for our large hero) a Cornish giant who was said to live on St Michael’s Mount. Strike is his mother’s surname: ‘I’ve been told it’s something to do with corn.’
His parents: Strike’s father is famous seventies singer Jonny Rokeby of The Deadbeats, a fact Strike is reluctant to share. His mother was ‘super-groupie’ Leda Strike.
His upbringing: Strike and his sister Lucy were mostly brought up in Cornwall by their aunt and uncle, who acted as surrogate parents.
His job: Strike runs his private detective agency from Denmark Street, off Tottenham Court Road in central London, a street full of musical instrument/score suppliers (and where the crime bookshop Murder One started out). His office is over the (real) 12 Bar Club.
His flat: when we first meet Strike, he is sleeping on a camp bed in his office, having split up with his fiancée. Later, he moves into a tiny flat upstairs.
His military career and injury: Strike wears a prosthetic limb – while serving in Afghanistan, he lost half his right leg when the vehicle he was travelling in was blown up. He still finds it difficult to be driven by other people.
His fame: Until the Lula Landry case in The Cuckoo’s Calling, Strike was only famous because of his father. His investigation into the death of the well-known model makes his name.
His favourite pub: The Tottenham on Tottenham Court Road: ‘a serene Victorian atmosphere of gleaming, scrolled dark wood and brass fittings’.
His favourite beer: Doom Bar: ‘the Cornish beer tasted of home, peace and long-gone security’.
His assistant: Robin Ellacott. She arrives as a temp, quickly becoming invaluable and, at the end of The Silkworm, Strike’s partner-in-training. Originally from Masham in Yorkshire, Robin moved down to London with her accountant boyfriend, Matthew. The day they get engaged is the fateful first day she is sent to Strike’s office.

Read extract from Career of Evil

You can now read the first chapter from the latest novel in the Cormoran Strike series, Career of Evil. Visit the Career of Evil page now to read this sneak peek. You can also read the second chapter by visiting the Time website.

Career of Evil will be available to buy from the 20th October- preorder now.

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Galbraith speaks about Strike

Writing as Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling speaks revealingly to fellow crime writer Val McDermid about the Cormoran Strike novels.

Listen to this extract from the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival.

Theakston Old Peculier happens to be brewed in Robin Ellacott’s home town of Masham in Yorkshire.

CWA Dagger Award Nomination

The Silkworm has been long listed for the CWA Gold Dagger award. The Gold Dagger is awarded to the best crime novel of the year- the shortlist will be announced on the 30th June.

CWA chair Len Tyler said: “Our judges have had a wonderful time reading all these brilliant books. What a year for crime fiction. These long lists are a great demonstration of how diverse and fascinating the genre is right now. No wonder it’s the most popular type of fiction with UK readers.”

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Is this a Gold Dagger we see before us?

The Silkworm has been long listed for the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger award. (The Gold Dagger is awarded to the best crime novel of the year.)

CWA chair Len Tyler said: “Our judges have had a wonderful time reading all these brilliant books. What a year for crime fiction. These long lists are a great demonstration of how diverse and fascinating the genre is right now. No wonder it’s the most popular type of fiction with UK readers.”

The shortlist will be announced soon.

Career of Evil to be published October 2015

Little, Brown Book Group today announced that the next Cormoran Strike crime novel by Robert Galbraith, Career of Evil, is to be published on 20th October in the US, and 22nd October 2015 in the UK. Little, Brown also revealed the cover for the third book in the series, and further details about the story.

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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Career of Evil

The third Robert Galbraith crime novel, featuring private detective Cormoran Strike, will be published in autumn 2015 by Sphere.  Robert Galbraith’s previous two novels, The Cuckoo’s Calling and The Silkworm, have both been international number 1 bestsellers.  More details to come soon, including publication date.

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The Silkworm tops the charts

The Silkworm was published last Thursday in paperback and has immediately gone to number 1 in the fiction bestseller lists! Click here to find out more.

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