The brand new installment in the highly acclaimed international bestselling series, featuring Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott, written by Robert Galbraith, a pseudonym of J.K. Rowling.Praise for the Strike series. There can be no denying J.K. Rowling's formidable talents as a crime writer. ­--Daily Mail The work of a master storyteller.--Daily Telegraph Delivered with panache. --Financial Times A scrupulous plotter and master of misdirection, Galbraith keeps the pages turning. --TheGuardian A blistering piece of crime writing. --Sunday Times Stuffed with intrigue, surprise, action, violence, social comedy and romance: 'value for money, ' as the British say --Wall Street Journal Rowling's greatest novelistic gifts are her ability to spin wild, intricate plots, and to create colorful, highly individual characters who come instantly alive on the page. --Washington Post Rowling's wizardry as a writer is on abundant display...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 Compulsively readable. ―People Addictive, murderous fun. ―Vox