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Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)

Robert Galbraith

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Oct 27, 2015 Lauren rated it really liked it

Shelves: revenge, british-crime, private-investigator-security, scarred-heroes, serial-killers, mystery, disabled-hero-heroine

Career of Evil
4 Stars

Following his previous successes, business is booming for private investigator Cormoran Strike. That is until his assistant, Robin Ellacott, is sent a severed leg in the post. With the police focusing on the most unlikely suspect, Strike and Robin decide to investigate three other men from Strike's past with both the motive and brutality necessary to commit the crime. As the two close in on the culprit, he may just be closing in on them…

An intense and exciting installment i ...more

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Apr 27, 2022 Lupurk rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook, giallo-thriller, 2022, audiolibro

Pensavo fosse un problema mio, ma confrontandomi con altri vedo che la sensazione è comune: quanto è dispersiva la Rowling/Galbraith in questa serie? Non mi fraintendete, si legge benissimo e andrò avanti perché sono curiosa di vedere come evolve la situazione dei protagonisti, però ragazzi, che fatica per arrivare in fondo! Parte bene, poi si perde nel nulla, a livello di trama giallo-thriller, almeno. Il ritmo è lento, descrittivo. Bello, sì, ma non troppo adatto al genere, per i miei gusti. E ...more

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Dec 19, 2015 Alka rated it liked it

Shelves: kwench

This is the third book in this series. It was too grisly, severed legs and what not. There was nothing new by way of characterisation or story telling. Knowing that it comes from the pen of Rowling, one feels even more disappointed.

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