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In the epic fifth installment in this “compulsively readable” (People) series, Galbraith’s “irresistible hero and heroine” (USA Today) take on the decades-old cold case of a missing doctor, one which may be their grisliest yet.

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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A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2020

“Cormoran Strike, the detective hero of an enjoyable series of books by Robert Galbraith (a pen name for J.K. Rowling), has his most complex adventure yet in Troubled Blood. This hefty volume is stuffed with intrigue, surprise, action, violence, social comedy and romance: “value for money,” as the British say…. Our pseudonymous author sorts everything out by the end with the skill of a world-class storyteller.”―Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal

“Troubled Blood’s” central mystery is a strong one, and watching it unfold over the course of a protracted investigation is one of the novel’s great pleasures...Rowling’s greatest novelistic gifts are her ability to spin wild, intricate plots (witness the astrological elements of this latest book), and to create colorful, highly individual characters who come instantly alive on the page."―Bill Sheehan, Washington Post

"A scrupulous plotter and master of misdirection, Galbraith keeps the pages turning."―Clare Clark, The Guardian

Praise for LETHAL WHITE

"Rowling's wizardry as a writer is on fulsome display in Lethal White ( 3.5/4 stars), a behemoth of a novel that flies by in a flash. This is a crime series deeply rooted in the real world, where brutality and ugliness are leavened by the oh-so-human flaws and virtues of Galbraith's irresistible hero and heroine."―USA Today

"At times you might feel as you did when reading the Harry Potter books, particularly later in the series, when they got longer and looser. You love the plot, and you love being in the company of the characters, and you admire the author's voice and insights and ingenuity, and you relish the chance to relax into a book without feeling rushed or puzzled or shortchanged.... Long live the fertile imagination and prodigious output of J.K. Rowling."―Sarah Lyall, The New York Times

"If you love the intricate, character-driven mysteries written by Tana French and Kate Atkinson, then chances are good that you'll enjoy the ones by Robert Galbraith. . . . Robert Galbraith knows how to tell a story every bit as deftly as does J.K. Rowling. Cormoran Strike, who lost a leg in Afghanistan, may limp painfully through much of the book, but the tale being told never misses a step."―Joyce Sáenz Harris, Dallas Morning News

"Even if the world is the seedy underbelly of contemporary London and not Magical Hogwarts, cracking the cover of a Galbraith novel is like stepping through a portal. You're immersed all at once."―Bustle

"Addictive, murderous fun."
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"Compulsively readable."―People

"One of contemporary crime fiction's most delightful partnerships."―Seattle Times

"Rowling's emotionally intelligent portrayal of her protagonists never overwhelms the whodunit story line."―Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"Rowling deftly circumnavigates all of the tropes and constructs that have long since relegated the male-author-dominated thriller genre to a place of ridicule and sheer inanity."
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Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, bestselling author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy. The four previous Strike novels, The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil and Lethal White, topped the national and international bestseller lists and the series has been adapted for television, produced by Brontë Film and Television.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mulholland Books; Illustrated edition (September 15, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 944 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316498939
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316498937
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.6 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 2.13 x 9.63 inches

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Robert Galbraith’s Cormoran Strike series is classic contemporary crime fiction from a master story-teller, rich in plot, characterisation and detail. Galbraith’s debut into crime fiction garnered acclaim amongst critics and crime fans alike. The first three novels The Cuckoo’s Calling (2013), The Silkworm (2014) and Career of Evil (2015) all topped the national and international bestseller lists and have been adapted for television, produced by Brontë Film and Television. The fourth in the series, Lethal White (2018), is out now.

Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym of J.K. Rowling, bestselling author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy, a novel for adults. After Harry Potter, the author chose crime fiction for her next books, a genre she has always loved as a reader. She wanted to write a contemporary whodunit, with a credible back story.

J.K. Rowling’s original intention for writing as Robert Galbraith was for the books to be judged on their own merit, and to establish Galbraith as a well-regarded name in crime in its own right.

Now Robert Galbraith’s true identity is widely known, J.K. Rowling continues to write the crime series under the Galbraith pseudonym to keep the distinction from her other writing and so people will know what to expect from a Cormoran Strike novel.

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BPJ

Excellent

Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2020

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Thrilling work by an exceptional and courageous writer.

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Lorita P

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Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2020

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A winding tale with ebbs and flows, danger, puzzlement, colorful characters, guesses, a black eye or two, and life and death. Many confessions. Robin and Strike continue their partnership as one client after another provides mystery after mystery. Wonderful writing that draws you in and makes you want to keep reading.

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Abigail

Great book

Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2020

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Thrilling and interesting to read. Has nothing to do with trans rights - the murderer is never described with any such language and the fact that people are so mad - despite never having read the book - is ridiculous. The murderer is a cross-dressing psychopath who uses womens clothes to display a non-threatening image to his victims. That is all.

If you still have a problem with this, and feel threatened and outraged, perhaps you should not be reading horror and true crime novels.

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Britchick

A strong Strike mystery (it's not about crossdressing)

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2020

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I've liked all the Cormoran Strike books so far and this is a strong continuation of the characters and a meaty mystery for Strike and Robin to solve. It's been weirdly described in lots of media reports as centering around a cross-dressing or transgender serial killer - that's simply not true.

One of the central bad guys is a serial killer (already caught and in prison - don't worry that's not a spoiler) who in his killing days occasionally used a woman's coat and wig to appear less intimidating to the victims he was pursuing. He also joked when his trophy jewelry items were found by police that he had them as he liked to crossdress - he does this to tease the relatives of one of his victims in court. However apart from that one malicious joke and that he might have used disguises occasionally when hunting his victims there is no evidence that he is a cross dresser and he's definitely not trans.

You may have decided not to buy any more of JK Rowling's books because you are disappointed with statements she's made about the transgender community. However, this book has been mislabeled as having an evil transgender serial killer when that's simply not true.

For fans of the series, it's not quite as strong a mystery as some of the previous novels but there's a lot of character development for Strike and Robin and is a good mix of new and old characters.

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Holly

A phenomenal book

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2020

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I couldn’t recommend this book highly enough, and truly believe everyone should buy it. It is a fast paced thriller, full of madness, murder and fun.

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Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2020

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This new addition to the Cormoran Strike and Robin series does not disappoint! Find a comfortable spot to read, because you may not be able to put it down until the very end.

I was thrilled to read that Galbraith has no end in sight for this series and is already hard at work on book six!

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Glinda Good

You don't know the devils you know

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2020

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While the main plot that carries Troubled Blood through is about a cold case disappearance, the real story is about family and relationships, and how much of our own stories we know, how much we choose to try and understand, and how much we choose to ignore or pretend doesn't exist or matter.

Strike still has unresolved father rage. I need to go back and read the previous novels, but his character seems slow to change or grow. He has a few moments of clarity in TB, which gave me hope for development. Robin's growth and change are more satisfying. She's understanding how the violence of her past is affecting her present, dealing with her pending divorce, and evaluating her relationship with Strike. I enjoyed watching both characters taking baby steps toward understanding what they want from themselves, and what they expect from other relationships.

As Strike and Robin ferret out details of the life of a woman everyone has assumed was victim of a serial killer, it becomes more and more obvious how fractured and incomplete people's knowledge and understanding of their own life story, and the story of those closest to them -- family, lovers, friends, business acquaintances -- really is. TB is a slow, dense read, but in the end satisfying.

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Harry Bosch meets The Corrections. 944 pages & no transsexuals

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2020

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Be prepared for a long slog. The author takes us through a year in the life of two detectives and all of the cases investigated during that time. In addition, we follow the family drama of the detective protagonists and practically everyone else in the book including miscellaneous characters who populate the backstory. Harry Bosch meets The Corrections.

This epic is populated by representations from all across the human spectrum, a one legged man, a woman making her way back from a brutal rape, a lesbian couple looking for closure on the death of one partner’s mother, all types of developmentally challenged persons including fragile X syndrome, people of all socioeconomic status, more accent variations than I could track, psychopaths at their various levels, and lots of mental illness and personality disorders, in all their various forms. Throw in a heavy dose of multiple types of sexual paraphilia, graphically depicted encounters that end in prostitutes needing medical care, as well as murders and rapes, along with a dose of the Italian mafia and that’s only pieces of this puzzle. There is also the sturm and drang of the two partner’s approach/avoidance to the possibility of romance between them against a background of a divorce for the female, and multiple family challenges for the other, and because well, there isn’t enough to cope with here already, we have to wade into the dynamics of Strike’s ex-lover and his father just to kick it up a notch. Even the weather and Cornish politics gets a starring role.

I’ve never read Rowling before and I bought this particular novel because of all the controversy. I wanted to judge it for myself. My mistake: I thought I was buying a regular detective novel. At 250 pages (on the Kindle) I sadly woke up and saw I was in for what felt like a prison sentence without parole. I finished it because I wanted to prove to myself I could.

What I liked:
1) The dialogue is very good.
2) Characterization: Rowling is good at it and endows each person with memorable traits.
3) The writing flows even if the events drag.
4) Many of the psychological observations are absolute gems (I'm a licensed psychotherapist).
5) Character arc:
a) Robin comes off as a decent, empathic person. She has a history that has wounded her. She’s young and her lack of basic entitlement and life skill shows in her uneven handling of men who demean her. The character was realistic but grated on me with her avoidance of even little things that need to be addressed directly. She needed to take a 1980s assertiveness class and given this takes place in the 2000 somethings, I didn’t understand why she wouldn’t be in therapy or something to support her growth. I guess one could say her development is in the questions she’s beginning to ask.

b) Strike is also realistic, but mostly a jerk with nothing to make me want to spend time in his company. He is, down deep, not so different than the criminals he pursues, but has found socially acceptable ways to channel the reaction to his childhood narcissistic injury. He has two speeds, rage and self-pity. In between he intellectualizes. I felt he understood that he was *supposed* to feel, being a very observant type, but he had no idea how to do it, he either had to be told how the expression would look or needed role modeling. For a 29 year old (Robin) to get mixed up with this 41 year old, orally fixated chain smoker, whose previous romantic involvement mimicked marrying the emotional version of his mother, is not a recommendation. I didn’t really see growth here, but again, I haven’t read the previous books. He understands his social mistakes, apologizes to make life easier on himself, and then repeats. Even his interest in Robin seems based on thinking about his future needs vs who she is, although in the final chapter he remembers her birthday, an improvement over the prior year where he had to be reminded.

c) As partners, they agree to communicate better, especially in situations of high danger, but all this takes place while both are drunk and drunken promises don’t count. I guess that will be for future books.

What I didn’t like:
1) Too long. It needs massive editing
2) It suffers from identity confusion. There is (excellent) literary examination of family dynamics, there is the whodunit murder mystery, there is the romantic teaser, and finally, it could easily serve as an instruction book in competing schools of astrology – complete with drawings - which certainly plays no useful part other than to stretch the already insufferable length.
3) While I understand the author is making a statement about the status of women in society and the obstacles faced (which I in general support), and is making a statement regarding women’s safety in general, I really can’t stomach graphic violence or demonstrations of cruelty for its own sake. I don’t believe a really talented writer needs to do that to make a point. Also, the misogyny is constant to the point of overdone.
4) The resolution of the murder mystery didn’t even come close to the perpetrator until the last 5%. Nine hundred 20 pages littered with red herrings and suddenly Cormoran Strike has an epiphany and goes straight to the murder’s house. This irritated me. It almost felt like the author didn’t know who the murder was either - until even she got sick of the whole thing then abruptly ended it while retrospectively twisting the explanation Strike offers to fit the narrative. Convoluted doesn’t begin to describe this.

In summary, the only thing this book lacks is the presence of a transsexual person because, as we say in America, it contains everything but the kitchen sink. Had this been a literary examination of family, I would give it five stars. Had it been a properly edited detective novel, I would give it four stars. As it stands, I give it three, not because it entertained me (my usual measurement) but out of generosity, simply for occupying me for the 13 days it took to read it. If you read for length, you will get your money’s worth as it consumes 944 pages. If you read for resolution of a plot, you will likely be frustrated to the maximum of your tolerance.

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Another brilliant book from JK Rowling

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2020

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This book is fantastic (speaking as someone who has actually read the book, unlike some 'reviewers' on the internet who just want to sabotage ratings and slate the author - thank you, Amazon, for not being like a certain highstreet bookstore who lets people add libellous posts about the author and who have absolutely no intention of reading the book but just want to vent their anger).

This book is a fantastic addition to the series, with another great mystery to solve and one which further develops the relationship between Strike and Robin. It is gripping and full of twists and turns.

It's heavy and there are almost 1,000 pages but that just makes it value for money! Cannot wait for the next book in the series.

Don't just follow the hateful rhetoric online blindly, read the book yourself and you will see that the torrent of abuse levelled at Rowling in respect of this novel is entirely unfounded.

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M. Dowden

Another Great Novel

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2020

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JK Rowling writing under the name of Robert Galbraith gives us another great novel with Cormoran Strike. Of course I know that some will think this is perhaps too long, and we can already see people on here reviewing this before they have even read it. Here then we see Robin going through a rather acrimonious divorce with Matthew, with the wondering still if Cormoran and Robin will get it on. For their detective agency, things though are looking up, with bringing in new detectives to help them solve a number of cases on their books. As this book opens we see Cormoran down in St Mawes, Cornwall as his aunt is dying from aggressive cancer. Down in the local pub so he is approached by a woman, and a new case is started for the agency. On the 11th October 1974 this woman’s mum, a GP, suddenly disappeared, and has never been seen again.

The first major cold case for the agency, although this is the main plot if you like behind this tale, it is not the only thing that is covered by this book. We see other cases being solved the family dynamics surrounding Cormoran, his father and his aunt, and something that I am going through at the moment, the deterioration of a close family member, who really you are just waiting to die (something which made me end up taking longer to read this book than I would have). This of course will resonate with a number of people, as will the issues of growing old, general physical sickness, and mental health problems. So, we are given a fully fleshed out story here that takes in many issues, but at the heart is of course the nearly forty year old mystery of what happened to a certain female doctor. Cormoran is given a year to try and solve this case by the client, but things are not that simple, or looking that good. Some of the people who they would like to interview have deceased, the original chief detective on the case was suffering with mental impairment, and when he was eventually replaced, so everything had to gone over from the beginning. With gangsters still around when the disappearance occurred, having to rely on people’s memories from years in the past, and a serial killer operating in the area at the time, so something that is difficult in itself seems to be near nigh impossible.

The mystery plotting is very good, although with careful reading you may be able to solve it, and although I expect a number of people will start mentioning Agatha Christie, I would say really in a few places this made me think of some of Margery Allingham’s novels. Of course with a serial killer mentioned in this tale, and the current showing of the Nilsen drama on TV people will be looking for parallels, although the killer in this story is more depraved, and did more than just murder, and only preyed on women.

What stands out here of course is the characterisation, and the fully thought out scenes, and you will find some great people here, although a number are really quite loathsome. This book does make you think of family, and also whether there is real evil in the world, or just madness. With the original detective on the case, we see his own notes that he kept on the mystery, and thus get an insight into him, and the way he started using astrology to try and save the case, with extracts (including pictures) which shows how wrong he was, but also at the same time how near he was to really solving the case. An intriguing read this is a book that is hard to put down and makes for one of those reads where you can just curl up and read to your heart’s content.

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Thistledown

Wow! That was unbelievable!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 20, 2020

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Read this much awaited book on my kindle over 2 days and was not disappointed. Feeling bereft now that I have finished reading the book. There is no doubt that Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling) is one very talented author. The characters of the two protagonists sprang to life for me through the brilliant writing. I shared their humour and laughed out loud with them. I felt their happiness and smiled for them. I felt their pain and sorrow and cried with and for them. The book had me gripped right from the start to the point that I did little else but read over the two days.

As well as the brilliant story lines, equally captivating for me is the development of the relationship between Strike and Robin. I recommend reading the books in sequence (Book1 The Cuckoo's Calling, Book2 The Silkworm, Book3 Career of Evil, Book4 Lethal White and Book5 Troubled Blood). Robin started as a temporary assistant but Strike soon realises that he functions better with her working alongside him. Strike also admitted to himself that he does not dare put a name to the feelings he has for Robin.

I just wished that I understood all of the Edmund Spenser quotes at the beginning of each chapter. I think that I may have to do a bit of research to enlighten myself.

Sincerely hope the situation surrounding Covid-19 will be under control soon so they can adapt this book for TV Series 5. Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger who starred as the two protagonists in Series 1 to 4 have been really outstanding. What screen chemistry and how endearing are they. They are the two who I imagined when I was reading ‘Troubled Blood’. So fingers crossed that they get casted again.

While I wait for Book 6 to be available (please let that be soon), I am going to re-read Books 1 to 5 - no doubt avidly again because I am so invested in the two principal characters.

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It's arrived

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 15, 2020

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I have ordered the book and on audible to take me through many hours of walking. I will update when i have completed. The book looks and feels awesome!!!

I have completed the book and it is the best one by far. The plot was intricate and captivating - I did not expect the murderer to be who it was. The relationship between Strike and robin matures in this book (No, they do not get together, but wasn't brought to the forefront as inn lethal white). The relationship lasted through turbulent time and evolved through personal struggle and the need to find answers. Robin finally manages to shake off the 'temp' role and is finally recognised for the work she puts in the agency as a partner. I can't wait for the next one and I hope the dramatised version has more than 4 episodes to do due justice to it.

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Unputdownable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 15, 2020

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I'm absolutely hooked, can't put it down. As in was up half the night reading and today very, very tired... Husband tried to make me put it down ... was unsuccessful. Ipad just ran out of charge, total disaster, otherwise would probably be reading right now over my lunch break!

Loving the same super smart storyline, good new idea of a cold case. I was immediately sucked in to wanting to know what happened to this lady and how come.

Strike seems pretty miserable in the first couple of chapters and critical even of his old friend Polworth and his aunt Joan who until now has always seemed like a source of comfort to him. However where I'm at now in the book (about 1/3 of the way through...) they're sharing some good bonding times.

I'm guessing there's no other reviews yet as everyone's still reading and I will update once I'm done, which at this rate will be tomorrow ...

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