Career Of Evil by Robert Galbraith
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quippeThe Blurb On The Back:
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 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 …
The success of Cormoran Strike’s investigations in THE CUCKOO’S CALLING and THE SILKWORM have gained him a regular list of clients and plenty of good publicity. Robin’s undergone training to help him manage the new work, mixing detective courses with preparations for her re-arranged wedding to Matthew in the summer.
Then someone sends Robin a woman’s severed leg.
Strike knows of four people with grudges against him strong enough to send the leg: Terence ‘Digger’ Malley (a gangland boss who Strike helped to bust and who has a history of sending body parts), Noel Brockbank (a violent soldier with a penchant for child abuse who Strike pursued in his Red Cap days), Donald Laing (another soldier – a violent psychopath – who blames Strike for his imprisonment and being drummed out of the service) and Jeff Whittaker (Strike’s former step-father and the man he blames for his mother’s death).
As Strike is forced to confront his past, tensions heighten between him and Robin and the killer continues his grisly work – determined to bring down Strike and everything (and everyone) he cares about …
The third in Robert Galbraith’s (J K Rowling’s) crime thriller series is another entertaining page-turner that delves more into the pasts of both Strike and Robin to up the stakes. I particularly enjoyed learning more about Strike’s time as a Red Cap and the work that he did and I enjoyed his scenes with an old colleague (something I hope will continue in future books). Although I’d guessed Robin’s big secret, Galbraith handles it in a sensitive way and what worked particularly well was the ramifications this continues to have for her, both in her relationship with Strike and with her increasingly odious fiancé Matthew. I can’t be the only person who thought: ‘Don’t do it, Robin!’ as she planned her wedding. Galbraith is particularly good at ramping up the tension between Robin and Strike and while the miscommunication and failure to communicate got frustrating, there is a ring of truth to it as each has their own insecurities and desire to protect the other. The scenes told from the killer’s point of view are genuinely chilling and while I’d guessed his identity before the end, the book is no less thrilling for it. All in all, I found this an entertaining read with a real cliff hanger ending and I can’t wait to read the next one.
The Verdict:
The third in Robert Galbraith’s (J K Rowling’s) crime thriller series is another entertaining page-turner that delves more into the pasts of both Strike and Robin to up the stakes. I particularly enjoyed learning more about Strike’s time as a Red Cap and the work that he did and I enjoyed his scenes with an old colleague (something I hope will continue in future books). Although I’d guessed Robin’s big secret, Galbraith handles it in a sensitive way and what worked particularly well was the ramifications this continues to have for her, both in her relationship with Strike and with her increasingly odious fiancé Matthew. I can’t be the only person who thought: ‘Don’t do it, Robin!’ as she planned her wedding. Galbraith is particularly good at ramping up the tension between Robin and Strike and while the miscommunication and failure to communicate got frustrating, there is a ring of truth to it as each has their own insecurities and desire to protect the other. The scenes told from the killer’s point of view are genuinely chilling and while I’d guessed his identity before the end, the book is no less thrilling for it. All in all, I found this an entertaining read with a real cliff hanger ending and I can’t wait to read the next one.
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 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 …
The success of Cormoran Strike’s investigations in THE CUCKOO’S CALLING and THE SILKWORM have gained him a regular list of clients and plenty of good publicity. Robin’s undergone training to help him manage the new work, mixing detective courses with preparations for her re-arranged wedding to Matthew in the summer.
Then someone sends Robin a woman’s severed leg.
Strike knows of four people with grudges against him strong enough to send the leg: Terence ‘Digger’ Malley (a gangland boss who Strike helped to bust and who has a history of sending body parts), Noel Brockbank (a violent soldier with a penchant for child abuse who Strike pursued in his Red Cap days), Donald Laing (another soldier – a violent psychopath – who blames Strike for his imprisonment and being drummed out of the service) and Jeff Whittaker (Strike’s former step-father and the man he blames for his mother’s death).
As Strike is forced to confront his past, tensions heighten between him and Robin and the killer continues his grisly work – determined to bring down Strike and everything (and everyone) he cares about …
The third in Robert Galbraith’s (J K Rowling’s) crime thriller series is another entertaining page-turner that delves more into the pasts of both Strike and Robin to up the stakes. I particularly enjoyed learning more about Strike’s time as a Red Cap and the work that he did and I enjoyed his scenes with an old colleague (something I hope will continue in future books). Although I’d guessed Robin’s big secret, Galbraith handles it in a sensitive way and what worked particularly well was the ramifications this continues to have for her, both in her relationship with Strike and with her increasingly odious fiancé Matthew. I can’t be the only person who thought: ‘Don’t do it, Robin!’ as she planned her wedding. Galbraith is particularly good at ramping up the tension between Robin and Strike and while the miscommunication and failure to communicate got frustrating, there is a ring of truth to it as each has their own insecurities and desire to protect the other. The scenes told from the killer’s point of view are genuinely chilling and while I’d guessed his identity before the end, the book is no less thrilling for it. All in all, I found this an entertaining read with a real cliff hanger ending and I can’t wait to read the next one.
The Verdict:
The third in Robert Galbraith’s (J K Rowling’s) crime thriller series is another entertaining page-turner that delves more into the pasts of both Strike and Robin to up the stakes. I particularly enjoyed learning more about Strike’s time as a Red Cap and the work that he did and I enjoyed his scenes with an old colleague (something I hope will continue in future books). Although I’d guessed Robin’s big secret, Galbraith handles it in a sensitive way and what worked particularly well was the ramifications this continues to have for her, both in her relationship with Strike and with her increasingly odious fiancé Matthew. I can’t be the only person who thought: ‘Don’t do it, Robin!’ as she planned her wedding. Galbraith is particularly good at ramping up the tension between Robin and Strike and while the miscommunication and failure to communicate got frustrating, there is a ring of truth to it as each has their own insecurities and desire to protect the other. The scenes told from the killer’s point of view are genuinely chilling and while I’d guessed his identity before the end, the book is no less thrilling for it. All in all, I found this an entertaining read with a real cliff hanger ending and I can’t wait to read the next one.
