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Robert Glenister
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Robert Galbraith
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Published under a pseudonym, J. K. Rowling’s brilliant debut mystery introduces Detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates a supermodel's suicide in “one of the best books of the year” (USA Today).
After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, creditors are calling, and after a breakup with his longtime girlfriend, he’s living in his office.
Then John Bristow walks through his door with a shocking story: His sister, the legendary supermodel Lula Landry - known to her friends as the Cuckoo - famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man.
You may think you know detectives, but you've never met one quite like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous, but you've never seen them under an investigation like this.
Fast-paced and sharply drawn, this dazzling detective novel inspired Strike, the BBC crime drama series that has captivated millions of viewers worldwide.
©2013 Robert Galbraith (P)2013 Hachette AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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Warning: will cause a fierce attachment to fictional characters and an inability to press pause
"The Cuckoo’s Calling is a masterfully written gritty detective story that hooks you and refuses to let go until its pulse-pounding conclusion. J. K. Rowling (writing under a pseudonym) shows off her literary range in this compelling thriller. The only good thing about finishing this one is the three more equally unpauseable Cormoran Strike thrillers that are ready to listen to and get lost in."
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Mary Connon froze out her husband, Sam, long ago. She likes the attention of other men—like the fellow members of Sam's rugby club. Naturally, when she's found dead in her sitting room with a hole in her head, Sam is a suspect. If only he hadn't suffered a dizzying scrum injury that's left everything a blur. He isn't sure that he didn't kill her. But Det. Inspector Andrew Dalziel and his partner, Peter Pascoe, are looking outside the unhappy home. Because it seems everyone within spitting distance of the suburban femme fatale wanted Mary dead.
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Excellent writing spoiled by the wrong narrator
- By Georgia Burns on 02-19-25
By: Reginald Hill
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Silkeorm
- Cormoran Strike 2
- By: Robert Galbraith
- Narrated by: Henrik Hartvig Jørgensen
- Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
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Da romanforfatteren Owen Quine forsvinder, ringer hans kone til privatdetektiven Cormoran Strike. I begyndelsen tror hun blot, at han er stukket af for sig selv et par dage – som han har gjort før – og hun beder Strike om at finde ham og hente ham hjem igen. Efterhånden som Strike efterforsker sagen, bliver det klart, at der ligger mere bag Quines forsvinden, end hans kone tror. Romanforfatteren har netop lagt sidste hånd på et manuskript, der rummer giftige portrætter af stort set alle, han kender.
By: Robert Galbraith
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Total Control
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz
- Length: 16 hrs and 58 mins
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Sidney Archer has the world. A husband she loves. A job at which she excels, and a cherished young daughter. Then, as a plane plummets into the Virginia countryside, everything changes. And suddenly there is no one whom Sidney Archer can trust.
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Go back to your old narrator!!
- By Rachel on 04-03-13
By: David Baldacci
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The Passage
- A Novel (Book One of The Passage Trilogy)
- By: Justin Cronin
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Adenrele Ojo, Abby Craden
- Length: 36 hrs and 49 mins
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“It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born". An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is the story of Amy - abandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued, and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government experiment of apocalyptic proportions. But Special Agent Brad Wolgast, the lawman sent to track her down, is disarmed by the curiously quiet girl and risks everything to save her. As the experiment goes nightmarishly wrong, Wolgast secures her escape - but he can’t stop society’s collapse.
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You love it or you hate it...
- By Nikki on 06-23-10
By: Justin Cronin
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Der markierte Mann
- Die Cormoran-Strike-Reihe - Band 8
- By: Robert Galbraith, Wulf Bergner - Übersetzer, Christoph Göhler - Übersetzer, and others
- Narrated by: Dietmar Wunder
- Length: 34 hrs and 20 mins
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Im Tresorraum eines Silberhändlers wird eine verstümmelte Leiche gefunden. Die Polizei geht davon aus, dass es sich um einen verurteilten Einbrecher handelt. Doch Decima Mullins, die Privatdetektiv Comoran Strike um Hilfe bittet, ist überzeugt davon, dass es sich bei der Leiche um ihren Freund handelt, der unter mysteriösen Umständen verschwand. Je tiefer Strike und seine Geschäftspartnerin Robin Ellacott in den Fall eintauchen, desto undurchsichtiger wird er.
By: Robert Galbraith, and others
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The Invitation
- By: Sebastian Fitzek
- Narrated by: Allegra Verlezza
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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Marla Lindberg’s memories are crystal clear: of the strange message that lured her years ago to a disused maternity clinic. Of the figure who tried to kill her. The strange whistling cough of the psychopath during the fight to the death. After years of psychotherapy, the highly intelligent young woman has learned that these are all false memories. And on top of that, Marla suffers from face blindness. Her brain plays tricks on her in extreme situations when it tries in vain to recognize people by their faces.
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first book by this author and it's a doozy.
- By ww19 on 06-30-25
By: Sebastian Fitzek
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Sang trouble
- Les Enquêtes de Cormoran Strike 5
- By: Robert Galbraith
- Narrated by: Philippe Résimont
- Length: 33 hrs and 2 mins
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Cormoran Strike est en visite dans sa famille en Cornouailles quand une inconnue l'approche pour lui demander de l'aide. Elle aimerait retrouver sa mère, Margot Bamborough, disparue dans des circonstances jamais éclaircies en 1974.
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Awful narration
- By Amazon Customer on 01-30-23
By: Robert Galbraith
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Red Metal
- By: Mark Greaney, Lieutenant Colonel Hunter Ripley Rawlings IV - USMC
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 21 hrs and 21 mins
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A desperate Kremlin takes advantage of a military crisis in Asia to simultaneously strike into Western Europe and invade east Africa in a bid to occupy three rare Earth mineral mines that will give Russia unprecedented control over the world's hi-tech sector for generations to come. Pitted against the Russians are a Marine lieutenant colonel pulled out of a cushy Pentagon job, a French Special Forces captain and his intelligence operative father, a young Polish partisan fighter, an A-10 Warthog pilot, and the commander of an American tank platoon....
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Excellent listen!
- By Jose G. Meras on 07-19-19
By: Mark Greaney, and others
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Distress Signals
- By: Catherine Ryan Howard
- Narrated by: Alan Smyth, Bronson Pinchot, Suzanne Toren
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
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The day Adam Dunne's girlfriend, Sarah, fails to return from a Barcelona business trip, his perfect life begins to fall apart. Days later, the arrival of her passport and a note that reads "I'm sorry - S" sets off real alarm bells. He vows to do whatever it takes to find her. Adam is puzzled when he connects Sarah to a cruise ship called the Celebrate - and to a woman, Estelle, who disappeared from the same ship in eerily similar circumstances almost exactly a year before. To get answers, Adam must confront some difficult truths.
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Finally! A great book!
- By Grasslands on 05-16-17
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The Camel Club Audio Box Set
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: James Naughton, Tom Wopat, Maggi-Meg Reed, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
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The Camel Club exists at the fringes of Washington, D.C., has no power, and consists solely of four eccentric members whom society has forgotten. One man leads this ragtag crew. He has no known past and has taken the name "Oliver Stone." Day and night, Stone and his friends study wild conspiracy theories and the machinations of government, hoping to discover some truth that will hold America's leaders accountable to its citizens. Here are three stories featuring the Camel Club.
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I will never buy an abridged version again!!!
- By Tara on 11-29-15
By: David Baldacci
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Nightshade
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Stilwell has been "exiled" to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Detective Stilwell gets a report of a body found wrapped in plastic and weighed down at the bottom of the harbor. Crossing all lines of protocol and jurisdiction, he starts doggedly working the case.
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A new Connelly detective…
- By SAM on 05-28-25
By: Michael Connelly
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A Tapping at My Door
- By: David Jackson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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From the best-selling author of Cry Baby, the beginning of a brilliant and gripping police procedural series set in Liverpool, perfect for fans of Peter James and Mark Billingham. A woman at home in Liverpool is disturbed by a persistent tapping at her back door. She's disturbed to discover the culprit is a raven and tries to shoo it away. Which is when the killer strikes. DS Nathan Cody, still bearing the scars of an undercover mission that went horrifyingly wrong, is put on the case.
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Surprised by how Good It Was
- By L. O. Pardue on 04-12-16
By: David Jackson
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One Last Child
- Tallman's Valley Detectives, Book 1
- By: Anni Taylor
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 15 hrs and 59 mins
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It was summer in the mountains when five small children vanished from their nursery school picnic. The heat was stifling that day, the tinkle of an ice-cream van in the air.... Three-and-a-half years later, in the dead of winter, the children are returned to their families...one by one. All except for Ivy - the granddaughter of Homicide Detective Kate Wakeland. The other four children say Ivy is dead.
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Decent story racist narration
- By Charisma on 10-15-22
By: Anni Taylor
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Twisted Love
- Twisted, Book 1
- By: Ana Huang
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay, Aiden Snow
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape. Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart. But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest. Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can't remember. But despite her past, she's never stopped seeing the beauty in the world . . . including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn't want.
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WHYYYYY THE HYPE
- By KOKO on 11-14-22
By: Ana Huang
And? It's okay. Not worthy of all the hype, I don't think. It took a long time to hook me into the story, and it only happened, finally, when I became interested in the budding relationship between the one-legged Cormoran Strike and his temporary, allegedly, amanuensis, Robin. Strike is admittedly a compelling character -- his history, his painful disability, his keen mind. But Robin -- here playing this seriously secondary role, comes across as a far more fascinating person. The whole thing reminds me a little of the relationship between Elizabeth George's Tommy Lynley and his side kick, Barbara Havers. In that relationship as in this, there's no question that Barbara Havers has the more interesting role -- she's smarter, more dedicated, has a far more complex life and compelling background. Much more interesting than the endlessly lovesick Lynley, ever pining after his really-not-worth-it Helen. Yet the series clearly belongs to Lynley -- he's the "main" character, even though Barbara is by far the more interesting. I think Strike and Robin are in the same position here -- I'd like to hear more about Robin.
One of the biggest treats of the book was Robert Glenister's narration, which was absolutely superb. There were a lot of diverse and odd characters in this book -- the gay designer "Guy", the street people, cops, the rock stars, their families, the whole range of black characters -- and Glenister made each of them come alive. Listening, I think I could sit down and draw a picture of each of them -- even though no such detailed descriptions were written in. Glenister just did a magnificent job of interpreting each of them, male and female. I will most definitely be looking for more books that he's narrating.
So the main question is, will I also look for a second book by "Robert Galbraith"? Good question. Maybe. But there are many, many series l like much better. A second "Strike" book wouldn't be my first choice of reading material. .
Three-plus stars, actually. Not quite four.
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Murder in London
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Robert Galbraith, nom de plume of J.K. Rowling weaves a delicious tale of intrigue for anyone who loves to indulge in a good mystery. The characters are revealed slowly, the plot throws enough curves to keep you guessing "whodunit" and the writing style, is second-to-none. All that being said, there is an excessive amount of profanity in this story. I understand that it was included to reveal the edginess of the characters, but plenty of good novels have been written without quite so much foul language. If that is not an issue for you, then enjoy a fun murder mystery. If you are like me and wish to not listen to a lot of profanity, this isn't a good book for you.What does Robert Glenister bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Glenister switches between accents and characters fluidly. He performs both male and female characters without making you cringe and is able to make each character stand apart from the other.Any additional comments?
I can see why Rowling chose to use a different pen name to write this book, as it is so dramatically different from the Harry Potter series. She demonstrates her skillful ability to weave a devilishly intricate plot and her masterful use of the english language to unfold her plot.Excellent story, but excessive profanity
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The extraordinary talents of narrator Robert Glenister kept me listening, even after this modern twist on an old cliche lost my interest.
There's a Red Herring, too.
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Glenister did a masterful job of the narration. He handles women's voices deftly -- something that is hard for most male narrators. His ability to do multiple accents was excellent and a lot of fun to listen to. Definitely better than I could have done in my mind were I reading this hardcopy.
The two main characters were unusual and interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed their interactions. The secondary characters were not as well drawn nor nearly as likable.
The story: herein lies the problem. The story line had promise that wasn't well fulfilled. It moved from being muddled and confusing to dull and tedious and then to some spates of intense action. If this is Rowling's first step into something other than YA stories, that might explain some of the weaknesses.
Given the narrator and the primary characters, I will keep listening to this series.
Liked It, But Didn't Love It
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I hope that the one-legged detective and his not-so-temp help come back in many more books by Galbraith/Rowlings.
Hope this is the Start of a New Series
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The book took me by surprised because I don't normally read a mystery thriller kind of book, but I took a chance on this one. I'm glad I did.Robert Glenister was an excellent choice to read this novel and the author - yes, I know who wrote it, really blew me away with the writing style. Very different from her YA books-- but that aside, I know I would have enjoyed this book even if I had not known who it was. I was drawn to checking it out because I knew she penned them, but I didn't love it BECAUSE it was her, if that makes sense.
Anyway-- take a chance with this. It was great. I loved it.
Excellent
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Good solid book
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Adding to the quality of the listening is an excellent narrator who created distinctive voices for a myriad of characters--men, women and people with different accents. A great read!
I didn't figure out who did it.
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Fun to listen to
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