Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3) in Around the World in 80 Books

Dec 04, 2016 Nadine in NY Jones rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, audio, detective-mystery

I didn't figure it out! I was all set to give this 3 stars, because I didn't care for all the time spent inside the killer's head, but then there was the surprise twist, and then the ending, which seems very obvious but I didn't suspect at all (and I should have known it would go that way, because the other two Cormoran Strike mysteries also had obvious killers that I didn't suspect at all), so that was all very satisfying.

I love these because I love Strike. The mystery is just an excuse to spen ...more

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Nov 13, 2015 Jessica rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, england, audio

While much of the book dwells on the Strike/Robin/Matthew triangle and the complex emotional weather system surrounding it, the mystery itself is solid and offers a final twist both unexpected and plausible. I'd also be interested to see a little more exploration of Strike's early years and the unresolved issues there, and this series entry would make a fine jumping-off point for that. ...more

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Oct 28, 2015 Windy rated it it was amazing

Excellent episode in this series. The reader is taken up several garden paths as the author cleverly drops hints about each of the suspects but keeping the true identity hidden until the end.

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Oct 15, 2015 Astrid Lim rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: series, contemporary, lovely-heroine, thriller-mystery, british, twist

Ha! I'm a bit torn. I like the development of the characters, how we were taken to get to know Cormoran and even Robin more through their pasts, but I think the mystery plot is a bit bland. I especially didn't really like the "murderer's point of view" chapters, because it reminds me of James Patterson's books, the ones that have lazy plots. The twist is not as surprising as the previous books, too, even though it's still a decent ending.

Now I'm more interested on the development of Cormoran-Rob ...more

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