The cuckoo's calling / Robert Galbraith.
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TextSeries: Cormoran Strike ; bk.1Publisher: London : Sphere, 2014Copyright date: ©2013Description: 550 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780751549256Subject(s): 2000-2099 | Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction | Afghan War, 2001- -- Veterans -- Fiction | Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction | Models (Persons) -- Fiction | Detective and mystery stories | England -- London | London (England) -- History -- 21st century -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery stories | Detective and mystery fiction. | Fiction. | History. | Detective and mystery stories DDC classification: 823.92 LOC classification: PR6068.O93 | C83 2013Summary: Detective and mystery stories. When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case. Strike is a war veteran wounded both physically and psychologically and his life is in disarray. The case gives him a financial lifeline, but it comes at a personal cost: the more he delves into the young model's complex world, the darker things get and the closer he gets to terrible danger. A gripping, elegant mystery steeped in the atmosphere of London from the hushed streets of Mayfair to the backstreet pubs of the East End to the bustle of Soho, THE CUCKOO'S CALLING is a remarkable book.
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Originally published: 2013.
Detective and mystery stories. When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case. Strike is a war veteran wounded both physically and psychologically and his life is in disarray. The case gives him a financial lifeline, but it comes at a personal cost: the more he delves into the young model's complex world, the darker things get and the closer he gets to terrible danger. A gripping, elegant mystery steeped in the atmosphere of London from the hushed streets of Mayfair to the backstreet pubs of the East End to the bustle of Soho, THE CUCKOO'S CALLING is a remarkable book.
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