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Cormoran Strike #1-4
Cormoran Strike Series Robert Galbraith 4 Book Set
The first four books of the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling): The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, and Lethal White. Highly acclaimed series and now a streaming series on TV.
1800 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2015
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About the author
Robert Galbraith
33 books33k followersThis is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy, a novel for adults.
NOTE: There is more than one author with this name on Goodreads.
Rowling was born to Anne Rowling (née Volant) and Peter James Rowling, a Rolls-Royce aircraft engineer, on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Bristol. Her mother Anne was half-French and half-Scottish. Her parents first met on a train departing from King's Cross Station bound for Arbroath in 1964. They married on 14 March 1965. Her mother's maternal grandfather, Dugald Campbell, was born in Lamlash on the Isle of Arran. Her mother's paternal grandfather, Louis Volant, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for exceptional bravery in defending the village of Courcelles-le-Comte during the First World War.
Rowling's sister Dianne was born at their home when Rowling was 23 months old. The family moved to the nearby village Winterbourne when Rowling was four. She attended St Michael's Primary School, a school founded by abolitionist William Wilberforce and education reformer Hannah More. Her headmaster at St Michael's, Alfred Dunn, has been suggested as the inspiration for the Harry Potter headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
As a child, Rowling often wrote fantasy stories, which she would usually then read to her sister. She recalls that: "I can still remember me telling her a story in which she fell down a rabbit hole and was fed strawberries by the rabbit family inside it. Certainly the first story I ever wrote down (when I was five or six) was about a rabbit called Rabbit. He got the measles and was visited by his friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee." At the age of nine, Rowling moved to Church Cottage in the Gloucestershire village of Tutshill, close to Chepstow, Wales. When she was a young teenager, her great aunt, who Rowling said "taught classics and approved of a thirst for knowledge, even of a questionable kind," gave her a very old copy of Jessica Mitford's autobiography, Hons and Rebels. Mitford became Rowling's heroine, and Rowling subsequently read all of her books.
Rowling has said of her teenage years, in an interview with The New Yorker, "I wasn’t particularly happy. I think it’s a dreadful time of life." She had a difficult homelife; her mother was ill and she had a difficult relationship with her father (she is no longer on speaking terms with him). She attended secondary school at Wyedean School and College, where her mother had worked as a technician in the science department. Rowling said of her adolescence, "Hermione [a bookish, know-it-all Harry Potter character] is loosely based on me. She's a caricature of me when I was eleven, which I'm not particularly proud of." Steve Eddy, who taught Rowling English when she first arrived, remembers her as "not exceptional" but "one of a group of girls who were bright, and quite good at English." Sean Harris, her best friend in the Upper Sixth owned a turquoise Ford Anglia, which she says inspired the one in her books.
NOTE: There is more than one author with this name on Goodreads.
Rowling was born to Anne Rowling (née Volant) and Peter James Rowling, a Rolls-Royce aircraft engineer, on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Bristol. Her mother Anne was half-French and half-Scottish. Her parents first met on a train departing from King's Cross Station bound for Arbroath in 1964. They married on 14 March 1965. Her mother's maternal grandfather, Dugald Campbell, was born in Lamlash on the Isle of Arran. Her mother's paternal grandfather, Louis Volant, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for exceptional bravery in defending the village of Courcelles-le-Comte during the First World War.
Rowling's sister Dianne was born at their home when Rowling was 23 months old. The family moved to the nearby village Winterbourne when Rowling was four. She attended St Michael's Primary School, a school founded by abolitionist William Wilberforce and education reformer Hannah More. Her headmaster at St Michael's, Alfred Dunn, has been suggested as the inspiration for the Harry Potter headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
As a child, Rowling often wrote fantasy stories, which she would usually then read to her sister. She recalls that: "I can still remember me telling her a story in which she fell down a rabbit hole and was fed strawberries by the rabbit family inside it. Certainly the first story I ever wrote down (when I was five or six) was about a rabbit called Rabbit. He got the measles and was visited by his friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee." At the age of nine, Rowling moved to Church Cottage in the Gloucestershire village of Tutshill, close to Chepstow, Wales. When she was a young teenager, her great aunt, who Rowling said "taught classics and approved of a thirst for knowledge, even of a questionable kind," gave her a very old copy of Jessica Mitford's autobiography, Hons and Rebels. Mitford became Rowling's heroine, and Rowling subsequently read all of her books.
Rowling has said of her teenage years, in an interview with The New Yorker, "I wasn’t particularly happy. I think it’s a dreadful time of life." She had a difficult homelife; her mother was ill and she had a difficult relationship with her father (she is no longer on speaking terms with him). She attended secondary school at Wyedean School and College, where her mother had worked as a technician in the science department. Rowling said of her adolescence, "Hermione [a bookish, know-it-all Harry Potter character] is loosely based on me. She's a caricature of me when I was eleven, which I'm not particularly proud of." Steve Eddy, who taught Rowling English when she first arrived, remembers her as "not exceptional" but "one of a group of girls who were bright, and quite good at English." Sean Harris, her best friend in the Upper Sixth owned a turquoise Ford Anglia, which she says inspired the one in her books.
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January 24, 2022
Right up there among my favorite crime/mystery series. I realize that the characters of the detectives I read about affect this for me far more than the plots of crime stories. I LOVE Cormoran Strike and Robin.
November 10, 2021
Robert Galbraith, the amazing JK Rowling, is a clever and brilliant author.
I have gone back to these first 4 on audio, the narrator is brilliant also.
I have not read any of her other books, but boy is she wonderful at full and winsome characterisation in the Cormoron Strike series.
The author is very clever at making up names. how does she do it? Such imagination and unapologetic earthiness, in this series.
I have gone back to these first 4 on audio, the narrator is brilliant also.
I have not read any of her other books, but boy is she wonderful at full and winsome characterisation in the Cormoron Strike series.
The author is very clever at making up names. how does she do it? Such imagination and unapologetic earthiness, in this series.
June 21, 2024
Cuckoos Calling was good, I found it to be an excellent if very traditional who-dun-it novel
The Silkworm was weird, in a slightly Salivdor Dahli vibe. Felt slightly psychedelic, off kilter, and unreality.
Career of Evil was dark and gritty, and my favorite of the 4
Lethal White has been a DNF I only got about a quarter of the way in before I jumped over to book 7, I didn't have it on hand when after I read the first 3 books and so I just continued onto book 5 and 6. Book 7 was so prominent in my brain I just couldn't get into the story, although I think I will double back to it at some point even if it's not right now. Or even this year!
The Silkworm was weird, in a slightly Salivdor Dahli vibe. Felt slightly psychedelic, off kilter, and unreality.
Career of Evil was dark and gritty, and my favorite of the 4
Lethal White has been a DNF I only got about a quarter of the way in before I jumped over to book 7, I didn't have it on hand when after I read the first 3 books and so I just continued onto book 5 and 6. Book 7 was so prominent in my brain I just couldn't get into the story, although I think I will double back to it at some point even if it's not right now. Or even this year!
April 3, 2023
Super good! Every one is a winner. The relationship between Coromon and Robin is just enugh to keep you pining for them and hoping that the way is clear one day for them to become more than business partners. The cases are well plotted and have plenty -- more than enough! -- red herrings to keep mystery enthusiasts rivited.
November 10, 2019
I love this series - listened to it for days in a row on audible (very good reader too, by the way) - it would get 5* except I just could not get on with the story line in The Silkworm. Really looking forward to the next book out...
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January 9, 2023I couldn’t finish this book. I continued with this series because I was interested in the relationship between the two main characters, but there is just way too much violence against women and kids depicted. I cannot recommend it.
May 3, 2023
J.K. Rowlings best series! Under her pseudonym, this mystery/thriller/crime series gives all the magic of storytelling that we experienced as kids with Harry Potter in a completely adult world. 10/10 recommend!
January 1, 2024
Great crime mystery series. Each has an independent and thoroughly engaging plot and story line. The books are all fast paced easy to read and hard to put down. Galbreths characters are well formed and entertaining. I can’t wait for the next to come out.
December 31, 2019
Great detective novels.
September 6, 2020
Ela tá cancelada mas os livros são booooooons.
September 20, 2020
Great books by a great author
May 1, 2021
I love Comoran and Robin. The descriptions and language are utterly beautiful to picture. These novels make me happy.
July 1, 2022
Really, really enjoying these audiobooks!! Hope there will be books in this series.
September 20, 2022
I enjoyed all of these books. A good storyteller, good characterisation.interesting plot lines.
July 15, 2023
Riveting read. I find it hard to put these books down. One of the best mystery books I have read.
March 22, 2024
hard to put down these books that show the incredible versatility of JKR
December 27, 2020
Love Cuckoos Calling
Loved the book
I have read this book multiple times over
Never is boring
Sucks you in from the beginning
Loved the book
I have read this book multiple times over
Never is boring
Sucks you in from the beginning
April 7, 2021
What a pleasure! If you like who-dunnits and you like larger -than-life personalities who still have their weaknesses and vulnerabilities too, then this is it! Robert Galbraith aka JK Rowling must write: the personalities grow and experience everyday ups and downs, yet manage to overcome too. There are many facets to their lives which, just as with the Harry Potter series, makes one wait with urgency for the next delivery... simply to be enjoyed!
September 7, 2020
I like this books. Strike is an intriguing character. In my opinion, however, they are far too long. Typical J K Rowling - why use 1 word when 10 will do!!!! Having said that, she spins a good yarn. The BBC adaptations of the books are excellent.
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July 26, 2025Favourite detective series
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