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The Cuckoo's Calling
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
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Shelves: united-kingdom, mystery, series, fiction
In case there was any doubt, JK Rowling is a fabulous writer. I give her credit for putting this out under another name to see how it would do. And it is in a totally different style than Potter or Casual Vacancy. There were a couple times in Casual Vacancy when a certain turn of phrase would sound Rowling/Potteresque, not here. Cormoran Strike is a down-on-his-luck, tough-as-nails, former military police who lost a leg in Afghanistan; a barely acknowledged illegitimate son of a world famous roc ...more
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