Book : The Cuckoos Calling (cormoran Strike) - Galbraith,...

-Titulo Original : The Cuckoos Calling (cormoran Strike)

-Fabricante :

Mulholland Books

-Descripcion Original:

Published under a pseudonym, J. K. Rowlings brilliant debut mystery introduces Detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates a supermodels suicide in one of the best books of the year (USA Today), the first novel in the brilliant series that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B. Strike. After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, creditors are calling, and after a breakup with his longtime girlfriend, hes living in his office. Then John Bristow walks through his door with a shocking story: His sister, the legendary supermodel Lula Landry -- known to her friends as the Cuckoo -- famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man. You may think you know detectives, but youve never met one quite like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous, but youve never seen them under an investigation like this. Review One of the books of the year. USA Today Robert Galbraith has written a highly entertaining book... Even better, he has introduced an appealing protagonist in Strike, whos sure to be the star of many sequels to come.... its narrative moves forward with propulsive suspense. More important, Strike and his now-permanent assistant, Robin (playing Nora to his Nick, Salander to his Blomkvist), have become a team--a team whose further adventures the reader cannot help eagerly awaiting. Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Rowling switches genres seamlessly...a gritty, absorbing tale. People (3.5 out of 4 stars) [Rowlings] literary gift is on display in this work. She crafts an entertaining story [and] comes up with an ending that Ill admit I was surprised by. . . . A fun read, with a main character you can care about and one youll want to see again in other adventures. Washington Post An extravagant, alien, fascinating world for its characters to explore...great pleasures. Slate About the Author Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potterseries and The Casual Vacancy.