Back cover:
Praise for
robert Galbraith
and the Cormoran Strike series
"One of crime's most engaging duos." - The Guardian
"The work of a master storyteller." - Daily Telegraph
"An absorbing book, pulpy, fast and satisfying." - New York Times Book Review
"Pure pleasure... That's what makes these novels so good: They are clever, tightly plotted mysteries with all of the most pleasurable elements of the genre (good guy, bad guy, clues, twists, murder!), but with stunning emotional and moral shading." - NPR
"Stuffed with intrigue, surprise, action, violence, social comedy and romance: 'value for money,' as the British say." - Wall Street Journal
"A blistering piece of crime writing." - Sunday Times
"Long live the fertile imagination and prodigious output of J.K. Rowling." - New York Times
"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
"Wild, intricate plots and... colorful, highly individual characters who come instantly alive on the page." - Washington Post
"Outrageously entertaining." - Financial Times
"Casts a pervasive, enveloping spell." - Daily Mail
Front flap:
In the seventh inetallmnent in the Strike series, Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in the trap of a dangerous cult.
Private detective Cormoran Strike is cantacted 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 organization that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, and unexplained deaths.
In order to try to rescue Will, Strike's business partner, Robin Ellacott, decides to infiltrate the cult, and she travels to Norfolk to live incognito among its members. But in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there or for the toll it will take on her...
Utterly page-turning, The Running Grave moves Strike's and Robin's story forward in this epic, unforgettable seventh installment of the series.
Back flap:
ROBERT GALBRAITH
is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, bestselling author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy. All six previous Strike novels, The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White, Troubled Blood and The Ink Black Heart, topped the national and international bestseller lists, and the series has been adapted for television, produced by Brontë Film and Television.