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Nov 24, 2025 - Robert Galbraith, the author of The Cormoran Strike series of crime novels including The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil and Lethal White.

Nov 21, 2024

Nov 24, 2024 - From famous female poets to iconic locations, listen to Robert expand on his vision for the epigraphs in The Ink Black Heart.

Nov 21, 2024 - ‘Matthew is Robin’s rock, because he’s always been there, but he’s also emotionally very immature’. Holliday Grainger gives her take on Matthew.

Both born and raised in Masham, Matthew and Robin became boyfriend and girlfriend in Sixth Form at school, because he tells Strike ‘she was the only girl with

Nov 21, 2025 - Cormoran’s Strike’s birthday on 23rd November gives us the opportunity to see how he usually spends the day. It’s clear, even with Robin’s thoughtful...

Feb 14, 2025 - Listen to Robert expand on Strike’s romantic attachments in The Running Grave, and whether this changes the level of commitment he shows to his investigative

Nov 1, 2024 - Strike is often having to deal with bleak situations, but he always has his trusted coat to comfort him.

Nov 1, 2024 - Though Strike has only met his biological father twice, his famous parentage has loomed large over his life. Jonny Rokeby, legendary rock star and lead singer...

Apr 2, 2024 - Seventh Strike novel to publish this September, in the tenth anniversary year of the bestselling series by Robert Galbraith. Tuesday 26th September sees the...

Nov 11, 2024 - Listen to Robert discuss how Strike’s personality has developed through the lens of grief, wisdom, and ageing.

Nov 1, 2024 - ‘Both women had been touched by violence and sadism. Lucy had reacted by burying herself where she hoped it would never reach her again; Robin, by facing it

Nov 1, 2024 - It is time to get ready for the Lethal White TV adaptation. We have some questions to consider as posed to readers in the recent #strikereadlong

Sep 4, 2025 - From Sark to silver vaults, Robert discusses a few locations featured in the eighth Strike novel, The Hallmarked Man, now available online and in bookstores!

Dec 12, 2024 - Fish and chips by the seaside is a very British pursuit – can you complete the puzzle of Robin and Strike doing exactly that?

A year younger than Robin, the Ellacott’s impetuous problem child, who punches Matthew during their wedding (Lethal White). After returning from her

Jul 2, 2025 - Listen to Robert expand on his use of real-life locations in the Strike series.

Sep 2, 2025 - A dismembered corpse is discovered in the vault of a silver shop. The police initially believe it to be that of a convicted armed robber – but not everyone...

Legendary ‘supergroupie’ Leda Strike was Cormoran Strike’s mother. Born in St Mawes, a place she found suffocating, she briefly married a fairground...

Nov 11, 2024 - Listen to Robert expand on the title of The Running Grave and its connection to the story.

Nov 28, 2024 - Exhausted as Strike was, it took a while for him to fall asleep, and when he did, Charlotte wove in and out of every dream, gorgeous, vituperative and haunted.

Nov 11, 2024 - Though Strike has only met his biological father twice, his famous parentage has loomed large over his life. Jonny Rokeby, legendary rock star and lead singer...

Dec 12, 2024 - Have a go at completing our Cornish themed jigsaw.

Jan 23, 2025 - Robin and Strike both face profound health challenges over their years together. For Robin, dealing with the attack which derailed her university career, and

Nov 21, 2024 - Parents appear throughout the stories, whether those of Strike and Robin, or the many other characters that we are introduced to along the way. To get the

Nov 11, 2024 - Listen to Robert share some of the dangers that Robin encounters when she first infiltrates the cult in the latest novel, The Running Grave.

Feb 26, 2025 - All of the Robert Galbraith novels chronicling the investigations of Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott make extensive use of epigraphs. Sometimes the

Apr 17, 2025 - Listen to Robert expand on how the detective agency has grown and whether having a bigger team has impacted the dynamic between Strike and Robin.

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Mar 17, 2025 - ‘The only girl in a family of boys, Robin had been raised, she knew, to keep everyone happy,’

Jan 20, 2025 - Can you solve our latest jigsaw featuring Strike and Robin in London?

Nov 1, 2024 - Wintertime can bring some very chilly weather, making the interior of certain pubs, and even Strike’s Denmark Street flat, feel particularly cosy - but Robin

Nov 21, 2024 - You’ll see this new anniversary image across social media and elsewhere when countries around the world celebrate 10 years of Strike and Robin.

Daughter of Leda Strike and rock musician Rick Fantoni, Lucy is the only sibling Strike grew up with till at fourteen she went to live permanently with their

Nov 1, 2024 - The Strike books contain so many characters, timelines and storylines – how does Robert keep track of them all?

Sep 3, 2025 - From classic locked-room mysteries to investigating freemasons, listen to Robert expand on all aspects of the case in The Hallmarked Man, now available!

Mother of Robin and her three brothers. Lives in Masham, North Yorkshire. Keen on literature, concerned about the dangers of Robin’s work and suspicious of

Oct 9, 2025 - Can you piece together this puzzle, featuring Strike’s business partner Robin Ellacott.

Nov 21, 2024 - Can you find all the words in our latest wordsearch?

Nov 1, 2024 - Watch the third episode of J.K. Rowling's 'On Writing' series discussing Cormoran Strike. Visit www.jkrowling.com/on-writing to view the other...

Nov 1, 2024 - Masham, North Yorkshire, is the small market town several miles from Harrogate where Robin grew up, surrounded by the bucolic moors and dales of North

Competent but unimaginative policeman whose life Strike saved in Afghanistan who calls Strike Mystic Bob. Involves himself in Owen Quine case and arrests

Nov 1, 2024 - ‘The cool night air touched her like a blessing.’

Nov 1, 2024 - Robert Galbraith reads an extract from chapter 1 of the new Strike mystery, The Running Grave.

Dec 12, 2024 - This week’s puzzle features office manager, Pat. Can you complete the jigsaw?

Dec 12, 2024 - Complete our latest jigsaw featuring Strike and Robin outside The Tottenham.

Aug 28, 2025 - Walk through the streets of London and discover iconic locations which feature throughout the Cormoran Strike series, narrated by Robert Glenister.

Nov 21, 2024 - Robert explains the difference between writing a contemporary case compared to the cold case in Troubled Blood.

Nov 11, 2024 - We’ve seen Strike’s character develop throughout the series. How does his character arc continue in The Running Grave?

Nov 1, 2024 - 'I like Robin,' said Ilsa.'Everyone likes Robin,’ said Strike thickly, through a second mouthful of naan.

Apr 16, 2025 - Almost all the epigraphs and the title of Troubled Blood are drawn from The Faerie Queene, the poem by Edmund Spenser from which is the longest poem in the...

Nov 21, 2024 - Hear Robert, the writer and the stars of The Cuckoo’s Calling talking about adapting the book for screen.

Nov 1, 2024 - The Agency, and Robin and Strike, have changed a lot since Robin arrived for her first day, but their base remains a two roomed office on the second floor of

Nov 11, 2024 - The relationship between Strike and Robin has evolved throughout the series. How does it develop in The Running Grave, both on a professional and a personal...

Nov 11, 2025

Nov 21, 2024 - Try The Cuckoo’s Calling quiz. If you have read the book by Robert Galbraith, why not try this free quiz to find out how well you know The Cuckoo’s Calling.

Nov 21, 2024 - Test your knowledge with our latest wordsearch.

Undeniably handsome, dark-haired ex-police officer, going through a divorce, hired as investigations into disappearance of Margot Bamborough begin (Troubled

May 14, 2025 - Exclusive video showing the making of BBC’s adaptation of Career of Evil. Featuring interview snippets with Robert Galbraith, Tom Burke and Holliday...

Nov 1, 2024 - Holliday talks about Robin’s characteristics.

Nov 21, 2024 - Throughout the Strike novels, the theme of starting afresh is ever present - Cast your mind back to times in the stories that centred upon new beginnings. To

Nov 1, 2024 - ‘Aye, she’s great. I ken she sounds like a bronchial docker, but she’s very efficient…’ said Barclay.

Nov 11, 2024 - Listen to Robert expand on the importance of the I Ching in The Running Grave.

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May 2, 2025 - ‘What does it mean, “Mistress of the Salmon Salt”?’‘Search me. Their lyrics are insane. Science fiction. Crazy stuff.’

Jun 12, 2025 - Listen to Robert answer a series of questions about book five in the Cormoran Strike series: Troubled Blood.

Nov 1, 2024

Nov 1, 2024 - Though Mazu Wace, wife of the founder of the Universal Humanitarian Church, misuses it to control the members of the Universal Humanitarian Church, the I

Nov 1, 2024 - Robin’s room seemed to have become suddenly much darker. The sun had gone down; in silhouette, the town hall resembled a monstrous Gothic palace.

Nov 11, 2024 - Listen to Robert expand on Robin’s relationship with Ryan Murphy in The Running Grave.

Nov 21, 2024 - Remember when Robin went undercover as Bobbi Cunliffe in Camden Market.

Nov 21, 2024 - You should have finished the book by now, so try the second part of the Troubled Blood quiz here.

When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to Strike’s office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, it’s the catalyst...

Feb 14, 2025 - Strike and Robin’s romantic lives have caused drama and complications throughout their time working together.

Dec 12, 2024 - Complete our latest jigsaw featuring Robin and Matthew.

Cormorana Strikea kontaktuje znepokojený muž, jehož syn se vydal do hlubin norfolkského venkova, aby se připojil k náboženské sektě. Univerzální…

Nov 21, 2024 - As an experienced driver, Robin takes solace in a long drive, usually up to see her family in Masham, or to interview witnesses.

Dec 12, 2024 - Have a go at completing our latest jigsaw featuring Strike from his army days.

Nov 11, 2024 - Listen to Robert discuss his interest in writing about cults in latest novel, The Running Grave.

Jan 9, 2025 - Take a look some memorable looks Strike and Robin have donned across their investigations.

Nov 21, 2024 - Strike and Robin often have to leave London to question suspects and follow up clues – even in the countryside!

Nov 1, 2024 - Learn more about The Strike TV Series UK Locations. Strike and Robin have introduced us to many parts of the UK. Watch the videos for more on the TV locations.

Sep 18, 2025 - There are seven epigraphs in The Cuckoo’s Calling, and all of them, bar the first, are from Latin authors. Explore them and how they appear in the first book.

Jun 12, 2025 - What’s the motivation and inspiration behind the ever expanding Cormoran Strike universe? Learn more about Robert Galbraith (J.K Rowling).

A beautifully converted schoolhouse in a village location within the scenic Great Glen.

Dec 13, 2024 - Read all about how Strike and Robin endeavour the winter season throughout the series.

Dec 12, 2024 - Unwind this weekend and solve our jigsaw featuring Strike and Robin.

Nov 21, 2024 - Strike has lived in many places, but London has been a constant throughout, from childhood to adult.

Dec 12, 2024 - Whet your appetite for the upcoming publication of The Running Grave - complete the front cover jigsaw.

Aug 14, 2025 - Listen to Robert describe latest novel, The Hallmarked Man, in three words!

Robin's father, mild looking and professorial. After his brother inherited the family farm, where Robin practiced her driving skills, Michael became an...

Jun 5, 2025 - The epigraphs in The Silkworm are drawn from twenty-one plays written between around 1587 (The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd) and 1700 (The Way of the World by...

When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. The further he investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to...

Nov 3, 2025