THE HALLMARKED MAN (2025) **** by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) This paperback edition published by Sphere, 2025, 897pp ISBN: 978-1-4087-2378-4 Blurb: A dismembered corpse is discovered in the vault of a silver shop. The police initially believe it to be that of a convicted armed robber – but not everyone agrees with that theory. One of them is…
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Book Review – THE RUNNING GRAVE (20234) by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)
THE RUNNING GRAVE (2024) **** by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) This paperback edition published by Sphere, 2024, 1,184pp ISBN: 978-1-4087-3097-3 Blurb: Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside. The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organisation…
TV Review – STRIKE: THE INK BLACK HEART (2024)
STRIKE: THE INK BLACK HEART (2024, UK, 4 x 57m) ***½ dist. BBC; pr. co. Bronte Film and TV; d. Susan Tully; w. Tom Edge (based on the novel by J.K. Rowling (as Robert Galbraith)); pr. Alex Rendell; exec pr. Neil Blair, Tom Edge, Ruth Kenley-Letts, J.K. Rowling; ph. (colour | 2.00:1); m. Adrian Johnston;…
Book Review – THE INK BLACK HEART (2022) by Robert Galbraith
THE INK BLACK HEART (2022) **** by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) This paperback edition published by Sphere, 2023, 1,227pp ISBN: 978-0-7515-8419-6 Blurb: When frantic, dishevelled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn’t know quite what to make of the situation. The co-creator of a popular cartoon, The Ink…
TV Review – STRIKE: TROUBLED BLOOD (2022)
STRIKE: TROUBLED BLOOD (2022, UK, 4 x 60m) **** Crime, Drama net. BBC One; pr co. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) / Bronte Film and TV; d. Susan Tully; w. Tom Edge (based on the novel by J.K. Rowling (as Robert Galbraith)); exec pr. Neil Blair, Tom Edge, Ruth Kenley-Letts, J.K. Rowling, Tommy Bulfin; pr. Alex…
Book Review – TROUBLED BLOOD (2020) by Robert Galbraith
TROUBLED BLOOD (2020) **** by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) Published by Sphere, 2020, 927pp ISBN: 978-0-7515-7993-2 Blurb: 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…
TV Review – STRIKE: LETHAL WHITE (2020)
STRIKE: LETHAL WHITE (2020, UK) ***½ Crime, Drama. Mystery net. British Broadcasting Corportation (BBC); pr co. Bronte Film and TV; d. Susan Tully; w. Tom Edge (based on the novel by J.K. Rowling (as Robert Galbraith)); exec pr. Neil Blair, Tommy Bulfin, Tom Edge, Ruth Kenley-Letts, J.K. Rowling; pr. Jackie Larkin; ph. Tomasz Naumiuk (Colour….
Book Review – LETHAL WHITE (2018) by Robert Galbraith
LETHAL WHITE (2018) *** by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) Published by Sphere, 2018, 650pp ISBN: 978-0-7515-7285-8 Blurb: When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike’s office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot remember…
TV Review – STRIKE: CAREER OF EVIL (2018)
Strike: Career of Evil (TV) (2018; UK; Colour; 2 x 60m) **** pr. Jackie Larkin; d. Charles Sturridge; w. Tom Edge; ph. Maja Zamojda; m. Adrian Johnston. Cast: Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, Kerr Logan, Killian Scott, Ben Crompton, Andrew Brooke, Emmanuella Cole, Jessica Gunning, Matt King, Neil Maskell, Kierston Wareing. At the office, Robin receives a package and is horrified to discover it contains a woman’s severed leg. Strike draws up…
Book Review – CAREER OF EVIL (2015) by Robert Galbraith
CAREER OF EVIL by ROBERT GALBRAITH (2017, Sphere, 584pp) **** Blurb: 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…