The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike)

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Published under a pseudonym, J. K. Rowling's brilliant debut mystery introduces Detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates a supermodel's 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, he's 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 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.
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480 pages

Average rating: 7.31

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Anonymous
Mar 24, 2024
6/10 stars
The story was great with lots of twists and turns. I like a mystery that I haven't figured out by half way through the book. However, it was a little tedious in spots and sometimes the phrasing was a little predictable.
Anonymous
Mar 23, 2024
6/10 stars
1/4/19: I'm changing my review to 3.5 stars rounded down to 3 on reread. I reread this because I need to read the 3rd and 4th in the series, but I've forgotten the first two in the series. Although I still enjoyed the book and all the clues and twists and turns a lot, it's not as good as some other mysteries that I've read before, especially in the first half like I mentioned in my review last time. And again, I wanted more Robin. I mean I guess ...read more
Kajsa B.
Jan 21, 2024
8/10 stars
It's a good book. It doesn't drag on forever, the conclusion comes almost too quickly. I feel like I knew who is the killer was, but the detective really has it more detailed. Psychopath of course.
Anonymous
Dec 27, 2023
6/10 stars
After my last book, this is just what I needed. A light-hearted, easy-to-read story. While it isn't a most original book, the characters are likeable and it is well-written. I would recommend this book to friends that are looking for a couple of days of entertainment.
Rena M Led
Dec 09, 2023
8/10 stars
Great summer read. Page turner. Loved the two main characters. Can’t wait to read the next one.

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