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