Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, bestselling author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy. All four Strike novels, The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil and Lethal White, topped the national and international bestseller lists and the series has been adapted for television, produced by Bronte Film and Television.
The Cuckoo's Calling reminds me why I fell in love with crime
fiction in the first place
*Val McDermid*
One of the most unique and compelling detectives I've come across
in years
*Mark Billingham*
One of the best crime novels I have ever read
*Alex Gray*
Everytime I put this book down, I looked forward to reading more.
Galbraith writes at a gentle pace, the pages rich with description
and with characters that leap out of them. I loved it. He is a
major new talent
*Peter James*
Just once in a while a private detective emerges who captures the
public imagination in a flash. And here is one who might well do
that . . . There is no sign that this is Galbraith's first novel,
only that he has a delightful touch for evoking London and
capturing a new hero. An auspicious debut
*Daily Mail*
In a rare feat, Galbraith combines a complex and compelling sleuth
and an equally well-formed and unlikely assistant with a baffling
crime in his stellar debut . . . Readers will hope to see a lot
more of this memorable sleuthing team
*Publishers Weekly, starred review*
Laden with plenty of twists and distractions, this debut ensures
that readers will be puzzled and totally engrossed for quite a
spell
*Library Journal*
A scintillating debut novel . . . Galbraith delivers sparkling
dialogue and a convincing portrayal of the emptiness of wealth and
glamour
*The Times, Saturday Review*
Utterly compelling . . . a team made in heaven and I can't wait for
the next in the series
*Saga Magazine*
The detective and his temp-agency assistant are both full and
original characters and their debut case is a good, solid
mystery
*Morning Star*
The plot could have come from an Agatha Christie novel and yet The
Cuckoo's Calling is absolutely of today, colourfully written and
great fun
*Bookoxygen.com*
Galbraith demonstrates superb flair as a mystery writer
*Birmingham Post*
This debut is instantly absorbing, featuring a detective facing
crumbling circumstances with resolve instead of clichéd
self-destruction and a lovable sidekick with contagious enthusiasm
for detection . . . Kate Atkinson's fans will appreciate his
reliance on deduction and observation along with Galbraith's
skilled storytelling
*Booklist*
The most engaging British detective to emerge so far this year . .
. An astonishingly mature debut from Galbraith, it marks the start
of a fine crime career
*Daily Mail online*
Rowling is a formidable storyteller . . . the plot is tightly
moulded and told
*Mark Lawson, The Guardian*
A sharply contemporary novel full of old-fashioned virtues . . .
wonderfully fresh and funny. I hope this is the inauguration of a
series that lasts long enough to make Harry Potter look like a
flash in the pan
*Jake Kerridge, The Daily Telegraph*
The appeal of The Cuckoo's Calling doesn't depend at all on
Rowling's prior status. All credit to her: she has created a really
good series here. Strike will be back
*Evening Standard*
Rowling's descriptions of contemporary London are excellent
*Mail on Sunday*
It should come as no surprise that her first foray into crime
fiction is so accomplished . . . a brilliant depiction of London
life . . . at heart it's an engrossing and well-crafted who-dunnit.
Unsurprisingly excellent
*Sunday Mirror*
It's probably best, for the moment, to forget Robert Galbraith's
real identity; this is a very good book in its own right
*Independent*
Her crime debut beguilingly shows that she can renounce magic and
yet be magical
*Sunday Times*
An accomplished piece that thoroughly deserves its retrospective
success
*Financial Times*
A gripping, finely crafted and atmospheric mystery, and its
charismatic hero, ex-solder-turned-private-eye Cormoran Strike, is
a brilliant creation
*Sunday Business Post*
Beautifully written with a terrific plot ... It's a terrific read,
gripping, original and funny ... Please, please give us more of
Robert Galbraith and Cormoran Strike
*Daily Express*
The work of a master storyteller . . . This is a sharply
contemporary novel full of old-fashioned virtues
*Telegraph*
Robert Galbraith has written a highly entertaining book ... Even
better, he has introduced an appealing protagonist in Strike, who's
sure to be the star of many sequels to come
*New York Times*
The master is back. In The Cuckoo's Calling, a detective novel that
Rowling published under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith, she
returns to the strengths that made Harry Potter - the beautiful
sense of pacing, the deep but illusionless love for her characters
- without sacrificing the expanded range of The Casual Vacancy. In
doing so, she's written one of the books of the year
*Charles Finch, USA Today*
Rowling moves through the polished world of fashion designers and
rock stars with the same aplomb as she did when writing about
wizards and witches
*Vogue*
Rowling switches genres seamlessly ... A gritty, absorbing tale
*Ellen Shapiro, People*
Cleverly plotted ... Rowling serves up a sushi platter of red
herring, sprinkling clues along the way, before Strike draws a
confession out of the killer in a climax straight out of Agatha
Christie
*Entertainment Weekly*
One of the great pleasures of The Cuckoo's Calling, as with most
detective stories, is observing the gumshoe's Aha! moments, without
being told what they are ... Money and general fabulousness does
for The Cuckoo's Calling what magic did for Harry Potter, creating
an extravagant, alien, fascinating world for its characters to
explore ... The Cuckoo's Calling is fun
*Slate Magazine*
It's terrific ... A brilliant achievement, mordantly funny and
monumentally absorbing ... A masterful novel, the kind of big,
noisy, busy, beautiful book in which it is so easy and so
pleasurable to become enmeshed
*Chicago Tribune*
I wasn't disappointed. Whether she's writing about Dementors or
detectives, Rowling is a pro
*Daily Beast*
The private eye novel is not dead. It was merely waiting for Robert
Galbraith to give it a firm squeeze, goosing it back to bold, new
life. Hardboiled crime fans are going to go cuckoo for this one. I
haven't had this much fun with a detective novel in years
*Duane Swierczynski, Shamus and Anthony Award-winning author*
The novel is the work of a master storyteller
*Daily Telegraph*
Cracking detective novel
*Observer*
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