Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy, a novel for adults. 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 trickier than that. 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.Īnd 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. But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story.

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. This is a crime series deeply rooted in the real world, where brutality and ugliness are leavened by the oh-so-human flaws and virtues of Galbraith’s irresistible hero and heroine' (USA Today).“I seen a kid killed…He strangled it, up by the horse.”

'Rowling’s wizardry as a writer is on fulsome display in Lethal White.a behemoth of a novel that flies by in a flash. The gripping mystery follows private detective Cormoran Strike and his partner Robin Ellacott immediately following the conclusion of Career of Evil and opens at the wedding of Robin Ellacott and Matthew Cunliffe. Rowling announced the completion of the manuscript of Lethal White on March 23 2018, after approximately two years of writing, and the book was released on September 18 2018. Jacket design and photograph by Duncan Spilling. Signed by Rowling on the title page “Robert Galbraith” and with Rowling’s hologram sticker to the verso of the half-title page. $4,500.00 Item Number: 127099įirst edition of the fourth book in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith.

The lethal white