Lorsque le celebre mannequin Lula Landry est trouvee morte, defenestree, dans un quartier chic londonien, l’affaire est vite classee. Suicide. Jusqu’au jour ou John Bristow, le frere de la victime, frappe a la porte du detective prive Cormoran Strike. Cet ex-lieutenant de l’armee, revenu d’Afghanistan ampute d’une jambe, est au bout du rouleau : sa carriere de detective est au point mort et sa vie privee, un naufrage. Aide par une jeune interimaire finaude, virtuose de l’Internet, il reprend l’enquete. De boites de nuit branchees en palaces pour rock stars, Strike va passer de l’autre cote du miroir glamour de la mode et du people pour plonger dans un gouffre de secrets, de trahisons, et de vengeances. Robert Galbraith est le pseudonyme de J.K. Rowling. On se regale vraiment. Nul doute que la creatrice de Harry Potter a non seulement du metier, mais aussi une inspiration tous azimuts. Delphine Peras, Lire.

En arrivant au bureau un matin, Robin – la jeune assistante du detective prive Cormoran Strike – trouve un colis qui lui est personnellement adresse. A l'interieur : la jambe tranchee d'une femme. Pour Cormoran Strike, seuls quatre individus sont capables d’une telle atrocite. Quatre noms tout droit sortis de son propre passe. Persuades que la police fait fausse route, Strike et Robin se lancent dans une enquete perilleuse, traquant un tueur psychopathe et fetichiste aux motivations insoupconnables... Roman noir d’un realisme saisissant, La Carriere du mal nous plonge dans les tenebres des perversions les plus troublantes. Thriller d'une densite psychologique rare, il met aussi en scene un homme et une femme arrives a la croisee des chemins. Les enquetes de Cormoran Strike sont actuellement en cours d’adaptation pour la BBC. Robert Galbraith est le pseudonyme de J.K. Rowling. Une intrigue diabolique. TeleStar.

Cormoran Strike rend visite a sa famille en Cornouailles quand une inconnue l’approche pour lui demander de l’aide. Elle aimerait retrouver sa mere, Margot Bamborough, disparue en 1974 dans des circonstances non elucidees. Strike n’a encore jamais traite une affaire classee, mais, intrigue, il accepte, malgre les chances plutot minces de resoudre une affaire vieille de quarante ans. Le dossier s’ajoute donc aux nombreux cas sur lesquels Strike et son associee Robin travaillent deja, au moment ou cette derniere est empetree dans un divorce inextricable. Les sentiments qu’elle eprouve pour Strike ne facilitent pas non plus l’enquete. Ce cinquieme volume de la serie des Cormoran Strike est incontestablement le meilleur roman de Robert Galbraith a ce jour. Une intrigue a la fois riche, originale et fascinante. A livre ouvert. Robert Galbraith est le pseudonyme de J.K. Rowling, autrice mondialement connue de la serie Harry Potter et d’Une place a prendre (Grasset, 2012). Les cinq premiers volumes des aventures du detective Cormoran Strike se sont vendus a des millions d’exemplaires a travers le monde et l’ont impose comme un des nouveaux maitres du polar. Traduit de l’anglais par Florianne Vidal.

When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, she just thinks he has gone off by himself for a few days - as he has done before - and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home. But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realises. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were published it would ruin lives - so there are a lot of people who might want to silence him. And when Quine is found brutally murdered in bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any he has encountered before... A compulsively readable crime novel with twists at every turn, The Silkworm is the second in the highly acclaimed series featuring Cormoran Strike and his determined young assistant Robin Ellacott.

Now a major BBC drama: The Strike series When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, she just thinks he has gone off by himself for a few days - as he has done before - and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home. But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realises. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were published it would ruin lives - so there are a lot of people who might want to silence him. And when Quine is found brutally murdered in bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any he has encountered before . . . A compulsively readable crime novel with twists at every turn, The Silkworm is the second in the highly acclaimed series featuring Cormoran Strike and his determined young assistant Robin Ellacott.

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 . . . The most epic Robert Galbraith novel yet, LETHAL WHITE is both a gripping mystery and a page-turning next instalment in the ongoing story of Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott.

Winner of the Crime and Thriller British Book of the Year Award 2021 'One of crime's most engaging duos' Guardian 'Magnificent' Sunday Times 'Finely honed, superbly constructed' Daily Mail 'Terrific' Daily Express 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. Plus the pair are still battling their feelings for one another, while Robin is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention. 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 . . . A breathtaking, labyrinthine epic, Troubled Blood is the fifth Strike and Robin novel and the most gripping and satisfying yet. Praise for the Strike series: '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

When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, she just thinks he has gone off by himself for a few days - as he has done before - and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home. But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realises. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were published it would ruin lives - so there are a lot of people who might want to silence him. And when Quine is found brutally murdered in bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any he has encountered before . . . A compulsively readable crime novel with twists at every turn, The Silkworm is the second in the highly acclaimed series featuring Cormoran Strike and his determined young assistant Robin Ellacott.

Billy se rend chez Cormoran Strike pour lui parler d'un meurtre dont il a ete temoin quand il etait enfant : il aurait vu une fillette se faire etrangler. Mais le jeune homme, qui souffre d’une maladie mentale, se sauve avant que Strike ait pu l’interroger plus longuement. Le celebre detective prive et sa partenaire Robin Ellacott decident neanmoins de prendre Billy au serieux et commencent leurs recherches. Depuis les bas-fonds de Londres jusqu'aux plus hautes spheres du Parlement britannique, leurs investigations vont les mener sur un chemin sinueux. Avec Blanc mortel, nouvel episode haletant des aventures de Cormoran Strike et Robin Ellacott, Robert Galbraith nous plonge dans une enquete labyrinthique ou la morale se derobe a mesure que l'on pense approcher de la verite.

Частный детектив Корморан Страйк навещает свою семью в Корнуолле, когда к нему обращается женщина с просьбой помочь найти ее мать, Марго Бэмборо, которая пропала при загадочных обстоятельствах в 1974 году. Страйк никогда раньше не занимался нераскрытыми делами, не говоря уже о том, что произошло за сорок лет. старый. Но, несмотря на невеликие шансы на успех, он заинтригован и берется за дело; пополнив длинный список дел, над которыми в настоящее время работают он и его партнер по агентству Робин Эллакотт. Плюс пара все еще борется со своими чувствами друг к другу, в то время как Робин также совмещает неприятный развод и нежелательное мужское внимание. Расследуя исчезновение Марго, Страйк и Робин сталкиваются с невероятно сложным делом, в котором участвуют карты Таро, серийный убийца-психопат и свидетели, которым нельзя доверять. И они узнают, что даже случаи, произошедшие десятилетия назад, могут оказаться смертельными. . . Захватывающая, запутанная эпопея «Беспокойная кровь» — пятый роман Страйка и Робина, самый захватывающий и удовлетворяющий на данный момент.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. Plus the pair are still battling their feelings for one another, while Robin is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention. 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 . . . A breathtaking, labyrinthine epic, Troubled Blood is the fifth Strike and Robin novel and the most gripping and satisfying yet.

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. 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 . . . 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.

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...

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... A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, Career of Evil is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives. You will not be able to put this book down.

«Зов кукушки» — криминальный роман Джоан Роулинг 2013 года, опубликованный под псевдонимом Роберт Гэлбрейт. Блестящая загадка в классическом духе: детектив Корморан Страйк расследует самоубийство супермодели. Потеряв ногу в результате взрыва мины в Афганистане, Корморан Страйк едва справляется с работой частного детектива. У Страйка остался один клиент, звонят кредиторы. Он также только что расстался со своей давней девушкой и живет в своем офисе. Затем в его дверь входит Джон Бристоу и рассказывает удивительную историю: его сестра, легендарная супермодель Лула Лэндри, известная своим друзьям как Кукушка, как известно, разбилась насмерть несколькими месяцами ранее. Полиция сочла это самоубийством, но Джон отказывается в это верить. Это дело погружает Страйка в мир красавиц-мультимиллионеров, бойфрендов рок-звезд и отчаянных дизайнеров и знакомит его со всеми видами удовольствий, соблазнов, соблазнений и заблуждений, известных человечеству. Вы можете думать, что разбираетесь в детективах, но вы никогда не встречали такого, как Страйк. Вы можете думать, что знаете о богатых и знаменитых людях, но вы никогда не видели, чтобы они подвергались такому расследованию. The Cuckoo's Calling is a 2013 crime fiction novel by J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. A brilliant mystery in a classic vein: Detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel's suicide. 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, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office. Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, thelegendary 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 you've never met one quite like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous, but you've never seen them under an investigation like this.

Когда Робин Эллакотт доставляют загадочную посылку, она с ужасом обнаруживает, что в ней находится отрубленная нога женщины. Ее босс, частный детектив Корморан Страйк, менее удивлен, но не менее встревожен. По его мнению, есть четыре человека из его прошлого, которые, по его мнению, могут нести ответственность, и Страйк знает, что любой из них способен на длительную и невыразимую жестокость. Поскольку полиция сосредоточена на одном подозреваемом, Страйк все больше уверен, что он не преступник, он и Робин берут дело в свои руки и погружаются в темные и извращенные миры трех других мужчин. Но по мере того, как происходят более ужасающие события, время для них двоих истекает... Дьявольски умная загадка с неожиданными поворотами на каждом шагу, «Карьера зла» — это также захватывающая история мужчины и женщины, находящихся на перепутье личной и профессиональной жизни. Вы не сможете отложить эту книгу.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... A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, Career of Evil is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives. You will not be able to put this book down.

Криминальный роман 2023 года по версии газеты «Санди Таймс» С частным детективом Кормораном Страйком связывается встревоженный отец, чей сын Уилл отправился присоединиться к религиозному культу в глубинке сельской местности Норфолка. Универсальная гуманитарная церковь, на первый взгляд, является мирной организацией. организация, которая выступает за лучший мир. Однако Страйк обнаруживает, что под поверхностью скрываются глубоко зловещие подтексты и необъяснимые смерти. Чтобы попытаться спасти Уилла, деловой партнер Страйка Робин Эллакотт решает проникнуть в секту, и она отправляется в Норфолк, чтобы жить среди них инкогнито. Но при этом она оказывается неготовой к опасностям, которые ее там ждут, и к тем потерям, которые это ей принесет... Потрясающая книга «Бегущая могила» продвигает историю Страйка и Робина вперед в эпической, незабываемой седьмой части серии.THE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside.The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organisation that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, and unexplained deaths.In order to try to rescue Will, Strike’s business partner Robin Ellacott decides to infiltrate the cult and she travels to Norfolk to live incognito amongst them. But in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there or for the toll it will take on her . . .Utterly page-turning, The Running Grave moves Strike and Robin’s story forward in the epic, unforgettable seventh instalment of the series.