The Running Grave

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'The work of a master storyteller'
Daily Telegraph

'One of crime's most engaging duos'
Guardian

THE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023
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Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside.

The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organisation that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, and unexplained deaths.

In order to try to rescue Will, Strike's business partner Robin Ellacott decides to infiltrate the cult and she travels to Norfolk to live incognito amongst them. But in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there or for the toll it will take on her . . .

Utterly page-turning, The Running Grave moves Strike and Robin's story forward in the epic, unforgettable seventh instalment of the series.
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PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE NOVELS

'A blistering piece of crime writing'
Sunday Times

'Unputdownable'
Daily Express

'A page-turner that will keep you up all night'
Observer

'Superb . . . an ingenious whodunnit'
Sunday Mirror

'Strike and Robin are just as magnetic as ever'
New York Times

'Outrageously entertaining'
Financial Times

Critics Review

Riveting (. . .) a tale of how the human desire for approval, validation and a sense of purpose can sometimes lead us astray (. . .) The Running Grave is testimony to Galbraith’s skill as a storyteller

GUARDIAN

Moving, gripping and terrifying

DAILY MAIL

A rich, immersive experience

SUNDAY TIMES

The kind of book you are happy to lose yourself in

SCOTSMAN

A pleasure

OBSERVER

The best duo in detective fiction since Reginald Hill’s Dalziel and Pascoe

TELEGRAPH

Another absolute barnstormer … Unmissable

HEAT

This is definitely one of the year’s best reads, and all the more pleasurable because it’s such an immersive experience

SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE (Best Crime Novel of 2023)

The Running Grave is pure joy

Mail on Sunday

The genre of crime fiction is such a wide one… it’s often difficult to pin down which books are the best. However, THE RUNNING GRAVE by Robert Galbraith is a front-runner by any, and every, standard … [it] isn’t just a gripping mystery but a brutal glimpse into how cults work. [Galbraith] nails the slow burn of indoctrination and how even those of “sound mind”, intelligence and even scepticism, can find themselves trapped

Sunday Independent

User Reviews

Book 4.8
Narration 5.0
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rayofsunshine 04/10/2023
5.0
5.0
Fabulous! The Strike and Ellacott series just gets better and better and Robert Glenister's narration is spot on.
Can't wait for the next installment....
Annie Gray 16/10/2023
5.0
5.0
Tdk 15/02/2024
5.0
5.0
Well written story with complicated characters and storyline
peterstod 20/08/2024
2.0
5.0
I was disappointed in this novel, which is the first Rowling/Galbraith Iu2019ve read. It is far too long and would benefit from a vigorous edit; a good quarter of the book is extraneous. Thereu2019s a flatness to writing and many of the characters are one dimensional or stereotypical. The plot is imaginative and interesting but not enough to compensate for the flaws in the writing.
cjlang 28/11/2023
5.0
5.0
Amazing book and narration!
I canu2019t wait for the next one
kama 21/10/2023
5.0
5.0
This was the best in the series so far. Chilling and utterly fascinating, I lost so much sleep. Many loops and twists, tempting theories and a spectacular finale.
[email protected] 04/11/2023
5.0
5.0
Patricia Thomson 17/06/2024
5.0
5.0
paul1980 04/10/2023
5.0
5.0
A complex plot with well formed characters. Narration is excellent throughout.
retreat 27/11/2024
5.0
5.0
pazu 18/02/2024
5.0
5.0
Best of the series so far. Just couldnu2019t stop listening. Cannot wait for the next book
lee pedley 29/12/2024
5.0
5.0
My first Strike novel and boy, it was epic! Great value for an audio book at 32 hours long but an epic story too, brilliantly narrated by Robert Glenister. The story was engrossing and perfect for me to listen too, sometimes for hours at a time, when I was awake in the night. Great characterisations and detail, I loved it!
SotonGal 14/11/2023
5.0
5.0
This book is amazing; both the story and the narration are first class. At times it was so chilling that my heart rate increased as though it was real. The best of the Strike and Robin novels to date.
Julie1264 29/03/2024

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