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Troubled Blood
Strike (Related to this series)
- Author
- Robert Galbraith
- Narrator
- Robert Glenister
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 15 September 2020
- Run Time
- 31 hours 51 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 4.6 (5 reviews)
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What to expect
Shortlisted for Audiobook of the Year Award at the British Book Awards 2021
Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough - who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974.
Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike.
As Strike and Robin investigate Margot's disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. And they learn that even cases decades old can prove to be deadly . . .
A breathtaking, labyrinthine epic, Troubled Blood is the fifth Strike and Robin novel and the most gripping and satisfying yet.
Praise for the Strike series:
'A blistering piece of crime writing'
Sunday Times
'The work of a master storyteller'
Daily Telegraph
'Unputdownable'
Daily Express
'Highly inventive storytelling'
Guardian
'Superb . . . an ingenious whodunnit'
Sunday Mirror
'Come for the twists and turns and stay for the beautifully drawn central relationship'
Independent
'Outrageously entertaining'
Financial Times
Critics Review
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Complex and enjoyable
Sunday Mirror
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A magnificent addition to the Strike novels
Sunday Times
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Possibly her finest Strike outing yet, emblazoned with the rich vein of characterisation of the detective and his assistant Robin Ellacott
ipaper
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An ambitious, immersive mystery that also reveals ever more about the enigmatic Cormoran
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The sizzling sexual tension between [Strike and Robin] is hotter than ever
Best
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A scrupulous potter and master of misdirection, Galbraith keeps the pages turning ... Strike and Ellacott ... remain one of crime's most engaging duos
Guardian
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A mix of supernatural eeriness and head-scratching mystery with a juicy whodunnit at its core
the Sun
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Galbraith ... is fluent in invention of incident, characters, conversation and confrontations
The Scotsman
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A finely honed, superbly constructed tale
Daily Mail
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The real charm lies in the star-crossed relationship between Strike and his assistant Robin
Mail on Sunday
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I'm a huge fan of Cormoran Strike ... Troubled Blood is terrific
Daily Express
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It is the best one yet ... confident, utterly gripping, niftily plotted, clearly meticulously researched ... and heavy on satisfying characterisation
Sunday Times
User Reviews
Book 4.6
Narration 4.8
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5.0 5.0
Exceptional on many levels. All the Robert Galbraith novels narrated by Philip Glenister are conspicuously good. I particularly like how there is so much more than plot. The imagery, sometimes so rich yet from only a few carefully chosen words. The characters are so real it feels like you know them. The insight, humanity (or lack of it in some characters) and sense of grim reality is what I like. There’s a few signatures scenes too but I don’t want to spoil any surprises. Philip Glenister is superb and helps bring the characters to life. Highly recommended.
stevew 2024-05-09 -
5.0 5.0
I love the guy who reads this, he’s very good!
I’m not sure about the quotes from other books at the beginning of each chapter… I’m not sure what the author is doing. It’s annoying and I just want to skip it, the rest of the book is great though!!kama 2023-07-06
Details
- Author
- Robert Galbraith
- Narrator
- Robert Glenister
- Duration
- 31 hours 51 minutes
- Release Date
- 15 September 2020
- ISBN
- 9781405546324
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Crime and / or mystery fiction
- Rating
- 4.6(5 reviews)
- Narration
- 4.8(5 reviews)
Synopsis
Winner of the Crime and Thriller British Book of the Year Award 2021Shortlisted for Audiobook of the Year Award at the British Book Awards 2021Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough - who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974.Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike.As Strike and Robin investigate Margot's disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. And they learn that even cases decades old can prove to be deadly . . .A breathtaking, labyrinthine epic, Troubled Blood is the fifth Strike and Robin novel and the most gripping and satisfying yet.Praise for the Strike series:'A blistering piece of crime writing'Sunday Times'The work of a master storyteller' Daily Telegraph'Unputdownable'Daily Express'Highly inventive storytelling'Guardian'Superb . . . an ingenious whodunnit'Sunday Mirror'Come for the twists and turns and stay for the beautifully drawn central relationship' Independent'Outrageously entertaining'Financial Times
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