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Robert Galbraith Announces Release Date & Title for Fifth Strike Novel
Posted by Megs

Robert Galbraith’s social media accounts have delighted Strike and Robin fans by announcing the release date and title for the 5th book in the Cormoran Strike series. The posts read:

The fifth Robert Galbraith crime novel, TROUBLED BLOOD, will be published on 29th September! More details to come very soon, including the final jacket. Are you excited for the next chapter in Strike and Robin’s story?

The fourth novel, Lethal White, was released on September 18, 2018 so we’re just about at the 2 year mark between publishing.

Filed Under: Robert Galbraith
BBC Confirms Return of Strike Series for ‘Lethal White’
Posted by Megs

BBC has confirmed that their Strike series starring Holliday Grainger and Tom Burke will be returning to bring the fourth novel, Lethal White, to televisions everywhere! It will be four episodes long and will air on BBC One.

Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama, says: “We are delighted to announce that the Strike series will return to BBC One with Lethal White. J.K. Rowling, once more in the guise of Robert Galbraith, has delivered another brilliant, knotty and original crime story. We are honoured to be working with Jo and once more with Holliday and Tom as Robin and Strike, to bring this hit series back to BBC One.”

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.

Strike and Robin 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.

Filed Under: Robert Galbraith, The Cormoran Strike Mysteries
Robert Galbraith Discusses Lethal White in New Interview
Posted by Megs

In a new interview with The New York Times, mystery writer Robert Galbraith discusses the newest book in his series on detective Cormoran Strike – Lethal White. The fourth of the Coromoran Strike novels, Lethal White, is available starting today in eBook, audiobook and hardcover formats. A few snippets from the interview may be read below:

Some mystery writers are plotters; they outline, they plan, they know exactly where their stories are going. Others are known as “pantsers” (as in writing by the seats of their pants — sitting down every day and just going where the story takes them). Are you a plotter or a pantser?

I’m definitely a planner. “Lethal White” required a spreadsheet that was more complicated than any I’ve created before. It had nine columns, red text for red herrings, blue text for clues, and various colors for different suspects and themes. Before I start each Strike book, I know exactly who did it, why they did it and how they did it.

When I hear pantsers describing the way they work I feel a mixture of admiration and anxiety. I did an event with Stephen King and John Irving a few years back and Stephen described his process as following a thread to see where it leads. When it came to John’s turn, he said he always knew damn well where the thread led before he started following it. I’m somewhere between the two. The initial inspiration may be one simple idea with no start or finish, but I never start writing a book unless I know exactly where I’m heading.

What brought you to writing crime novels?

I always wanted to write classic whodunits in a contemporary setting. What I love about the genre is that the central puzzle can be clothed a million different ways. There’s also something mythic about a lone detective or a duo, righters of wrongs, imposers of order on chaos. I think I’ve incorporated an element of mystery in all my novels. The Potters were variously whodunits, whydunits and howdidits.

At the end of the interview he noted that he has  the plot of the next Cormoran Strike novel planned and teased that his “good friend” J.K. Rowling is writing a brand new children’s book as well as working on the script for the third Fantastic Beasts film.

Filed Under: JK Rowling, Robert Galbraith
Robert Galbraith’s ‘Lethal White’ Gets Release Date, Synopsis & Cover
Posted by Megs

Last March J.K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith revealed the title of the fourth installment in the Cormoran Strike series. Today we get to see the cover for Lethal White. Lethal White is currently available for pre-order and will be released on September 18th.

We also have a synopsis of the novel:

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 more tricky than that.

Waterstones is holding a contest where fans can win a signed copy of the book!

Filed Under: Robert Galbraith
Video: First Look at ‘Strike’ TV Series
Posted by Megs

A first look at the Strike series has been released by BBC and The Associated Press. Strike is based on the Cormoran Strike novels and will be premiering August 27th at 9pm on BBC One ! The series stars Tom Burke as Cormoran Strike and Holliday Grainger as Robin Ellacott. The first three episodes are based on The Cuckoo’s Calling, Galbraith’s first novel in the series.

Filed Under: Holliday Grainger, Robert Galbraith, The Cormoran Strike Mysteries, Tom Burke
‘Strike’ Premiering on BBC One This Month
Posted by Megs

Strike, the series based on Robert Galbraith’s Cormoran Strike novels will be premiering on BBC One this month! The series stars Tom Burke as Cormoran Strike and Holliday Grainger as Robin Ellacott. The first three episodes are based on The Cuckoo’s Calling, Galbraith’s first novel in the series. The show, previously called ‘The Cormoran Strike Mysteries,’ premieres on August 27th at 9pm on BBC One!

It is unknown when the show will premiere in the United States, but we do know that it will air on HBO at some point in the future.

Filed Under: Holliday Grainger, Robert Galbraith, The Cormoran Strike Mysteries, Tom Burke
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