La aclamada primera novela de Robert Galbraith narra la historia de una joven modelo con problemas emocionales que cae desde su balcón de Mayfair en plana noche. Su cuerpo yace en la calle nevada. Todo el mundo asume que ha sido un suicidio excepto su hermano, que contrata los servicios del investigador privado Cormoran Strike para que se encargue del caso. Veterano de guerra con secuelas físicas y psicológicas, la vida de Strike es un desastre. El encargo le da cierto respiro económico, pero cuanto más profundiza en el complejo mundo de la modelo, más oscuro parece todo y más se acerca Strike a un gran peligro. Un elegante misterio impregnado de la atmósfera de Londres, desde las calles más selectas de Mayfair hasta los pubs ocultos el East End o el bullicio del Soho.
Cormoran Strike Serie
La serie Cormoran Strike, escrita bajo el seudónimo de Robert Galbraith, sigue a Cormoran Strike, un veterano de guerra con un pasado turbulento que dirige una agencia de detectives privados en el corazón de Londres. La llegada inesperada de Robin Ellacott como asistente desencadena una colaboración tan improbable como efectiva. Juntos investigan casos de asesinato de alto perfil, se adentran en los secretos de la élite londinense y afrontan retos personales que ponen a prueba su fuerza y lealtad.






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La esposa del novelista Owen Quine está convencida de que su marido se ha marchado a pasar unos días solo, tal como ha hecho en otras ocasiones. Por ello acude al despacho del detective privado Cormoran Strike para encargarle que encuentre a su esposo y lo lleve de vuelta a casa. Sin embargo, Cormoran descubre que tras la ausencia de Quine hay mucho más de lo que su mujer cree. Hace poco, Owen había acabado un manuscrito en el que revelaba los secretos más comprometedores de prácticamente todos sus conocidos. Es evidente que la publicación de la novela arruinaría sus vidas, así que, en teoría, cualquiera de ellos haría lo que fuese por impedir que el libro saliera a la luz. Y cuando la teoría se vuelve realidad con la aparición del cadáver de Quine, los acontecimientos se precipitan. Owen ha sido brutalmente asesinado, con una crueldad que Cormoran no recuerda haber visto nunca. Así pues, detener al culpable se convierte en una tarea urgente, por lo cual Cormoran Strike y Robin Ellacott, su eficaz ayudante, han de recurrir a todo su arrojo y astucia para identificar al asesino y atraparlo lo antes posible. Segunda entrega de la aclamada serie protagonizada por Cormoran Strike y Robin Ellacott, una peculiar pareja que, por su inteligencia y determinación, deleitará a los aficionados a las historias de misterio y suspense.
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Career of Evil
- 592 páginas
- 21 horas de lectura
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 their own hands, and delve 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
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LETHAL WHITE is both a gripping mystery and the page-turning next instalment in the highly acclaimed series featuring Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott, written by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. 'I seen a kid killed . . . He strangled it, up by the horse.' When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike's office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic. 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. And during this labyrinthine investigation, Strike's own life is far from straightforward: his newfound fame as a private eye means he can no longer operate behind the scenes as he once did. 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 more tricky than that . . .
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Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough – who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974. Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike. As Strike and Robin investigate Margot’s disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. And they learn that even cases decades old can prove to be deadly . . .
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PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES'One of crime's most engaging duos' Guardian'Magnificent' Sunday Times'Finely honed, superbly constructed' Daily Mail'Terrific' Daily Express'A blistering piece of crime writing'Sunday Times'The work of a master storyteller'Daily Telegraph'Unputdownable'Daily Express'Highly inventive storytelling'Guardian'Superb . . . an ingenious whodunnit'Sunday Mirror'Come for the twists and turns and stay for the beautifully drawn central relationship'Independent'Outrageously entertaining'Financial Times
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Praise for the Strike series:'The work of a master storyteller'Daily Telegraph'A blistering piece of crime writing'Sunday Times'Unputdownable'Daily Express'One of crime's most engaging duos'Guardian'A page-turner that will keep you up all night'Observer'Superb . . . an ingenious whodunnit'Sunday Mirror'Strike and Robin are just as magnetic as ever'New York Times'Outrageously entertaining'Financial Times
