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