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It seems such a specific, unglamorous detail for a psychotic delusion.”Īs the mystery elements of Lethal White wind themselves into ever more tangled knots, so the romantic side of the plot also unspools. “It was the detail of the pink blanket that kept nagging at him. “Strike’s incurable predilection for getting to the root of puzzling incidents tended to inconvenience him quite as much as other people,” writes Galbraith. And the child, who might have been murdered, and who Strike can’t forget, despite the fact that nobody is paying him to do any detecting on this one. Still with me? In what Galbraith’s alter ego JK Rowling calls “one of the most challenging books I’ve written”, there is also murder – although it comes a significant way into this 650-page doorstopper – horses, art and lots of disguises and undercover work. Plus, his relationship with his former assistant is more fraught than it ever has been Robin is now invaluable to Strike in the business, but their personal relationship is much, much trickier than that.As the mystery elements wind themselves into ever more tangled knots, so the romantic side of the plot also unspools

His newfound fame as a private eye means he can no longer operate behind the scenes as he once did.

And during this labyrinthine investigation, Strike's own life is far from straightforward. Trying to get to the bottom of Billy's story, Strike and Robin Ellacott - once his assistant, now a partner in the agency - set off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of London, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament, and to a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside. But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. When a troubled young man named Billy asks Cormoran Strike to help him investigate a crime he witnessed as a child, the private eye is left deeply troubled. An unsettling cold case investigation ensnares Cormoran Strike and his partner in a web of dangerous secrets in this #1īestseller, the inspiration for HBO Max's acclaimed series