The Cuckoo's Calling: Cormoran Strike Book 1

'The Cuckoo's Calling reminds me why I fell in love with crime fiction in the first place' VAL MCDERMID<br/>-----<br/>Now a major BBC drama: The Strike series<br/>When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case.<br/>Strike is a war veteran - wounded both physically and psychologically - and his life is in disarray. The case gives him a financial lifeline, but it comes at a personal cost: the more he delves into the young model's complex world, the darker things get - and the closer he gets to terrible danger . . .<br/>A gripping, elegant mystery steeped in the atmosphere of London - from the hushed streets of Mayfair to the backstreet pubs of the East End to the bustle of Soho - The Cuckoo's Calling is a remarkable book. Introducing Cormoran Strike, this is the acclaimed first crime novel by J.K. Rowling, writing under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.<br/>*** The latest book in the thrilling Strike series, LETHAL WHITE is out now! ***<br/>-----<br/>PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES:<br/>'One of the most unique and compelling detectives I've come across in years' MARK BILLINGHAM<br/>'The work of a master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH<br/>'Unputdownable. . . Irresistible' SUNDAY TIMES<br/>'Will keep you up all night' OBSERVER<br/>'A thoroughly enjoyable classic' PETER JAMES, SUNDAY EXPRESS