- private investigators, murder, investigation, veterans
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, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office.
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Classical in form, contemporary, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- J. K. Rowling
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 480
- Publisher
- Espasa Libros, Sphere, Mulholland Books / Little, Brown and Company
- Editions
- 28
- Language
- Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9785389067356
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Joanne "Jo" Murray, OBE (née Rowling), better known under the pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived whilst on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies, and been the basis for a popular series of films.
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