Career of Evil

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Author(s):

Robert Galbraith

First Pub:

2015

Genre(s):

Crime; Detective Fiction; Mystery; Thriller

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

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Internal ID:

13847

Series:

<- The Silkworm - Lethal White ->

Cormoran Strike*

#3 of 7

Cormoran Strike*

A Crime Mystery series written by J K Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

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1) The Cuckoo's Calling
2) The Silkworm
3) Career of Evil
4) Lethal White
5) Troubled Blood
6) The Ink Black Heart
7) The Running Grave

First Sentence:

He had not managed to scrub off all her blood.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

"I do," said Robin in a ringing voice, looking straight into the eyes, not of her stony-faced new husband, but of the battered and bloodied man who had just sent her flowers crashing to the floor.

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Added: 05-Feb-2024

Last Updated: 13-Mar-2024

Publications

20-Oct-2015

Hachette Audio

Book on CD

Date Issued:

20-Oct-2015

Format:

Book on CD

Cover Price:

$40.00

Length:

17 hrs 57 min (609 pages)

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

43538

Publisher:

Hachette Audio

ISBN:

1-478-96266-6

ISBN-13:

978-1-478-96266-3

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Robert Glenister - Narration
Ashlee Sasscer - Cover Design
Shutterstock - Cover Images

CAREER OF EVIL
A Cormoran Strike Novel
by 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. ...

Career of Evil is the third book in the highly acclaimed series featuring private detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant, Robin Ellacott. A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, it is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives.

"Robert Galbraith has written a second absorbing whodunit starring detective Cormoran Strike to follow the stealth hit The Cuckoo's Calling. ...Astutely observed, well-paced, and full of Galbraith's trademark acerbic wit, The Silkworm thoroughly engages as a crime novel." -Sue Corbett, People on The Silkworm

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Author(s)

Robert Galbraith

Notes:

This is a pseudonym for J K Rowling.

From amazon.com:

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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