Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Series: Comoran Strike Book 4
Length: 656 pages
Audiobook Length: 22 hours and 31 minutes
First Published: 2018
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Publisher’s Description
“I seen a kid killed… He strangled it, up by the horse.”
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 many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic.
Trying to get to the bottom of Billy’s story, Strike and Robin Ellacott—once his assistant, now a partner in the agency—set off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of London, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament, and to a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside.
And during this labyrinthine investigation, Strike’s own life is far from straightforward: his newfound fame as a private eye means he can no longer operate behind the scenes as he once did. Plus, his relationship with his former assistant is more fraught than it ever has been—Robin is now invaluable to Strike in the business, but their personal relationship is much, much trickier than that.
Quotes from Lethal White
“Pretending you’re OK when you aren’t isn’t strength.”
“It was a glorious thing, to be given hope, when all had seemed lost.”
“Such is the universal desire for fame that those who achieve it accidentally or unwillingly will wait in vain for pity.”
“How often were you aware, while it happened, that you were living an hour that would change the course of your life forever?”
“Life had taught him that a great and powerful love could be felt for the most apparently unworthy people, a circumstance that ought, after all, to give everybody consolation.”
About Robert Galbraith
Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym of J. K. Rowling, bestselling author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy. Originally, Rowling wanted to write under a pseudonym so as not to depend on the strength of the Harry Potter series. Although, her pseudonym was quickly revealed, and she has continued to use the name Robert Galbraith for the Cormoran Strike series. Visit the author’s website →