Here are many of the real-life locations featured in the pages of Career of Evil, the third book in the Strike and Ellacott series. Click on each location for more info.
As far as we know, the Saracen strip club is fictitious.
| Aldershot – The “Home of the British Army.” | |
| Barrow-In-Furness – The town where Noel Brockbank once lived. | |
| The Bell – Where Strike had his eighteenth birthday party. | |
| Betty’s of Harrogate – Where Robin and Linda go after the wedding dress refitting. | |
| Blondin Street – The street where Noel Brockbank lives with Alyssa Vincent and her daughters. | |
| | Caffe’ Vergnano 1882 – Where Strike has breakfast and writes a list at the end of the book. |
| Catford Broadway – The area of London where Strike and Robin stake out Jeff Whittaker’s flat. | |
| Charing Cross Road/Tottenham Court Road – Roads near Denmark Street. | |
| Clarence Terrace – The street where Elin Toft’s flat is situated, a short walk from Baker Street. | |
| Corby – A small town where Strike and Robin journey to meet Lorraine MacNaughton. | |
| Corsica Studios – A club featured near the end of the book. | |
| | The Court – The pub where Strike and Robin meet while she’s doing surveillance work. |
| Denmark Street – The street where Strike’s office (and home) is located. | |
| Ealing – The area of London where Robin and Matthew live. | |
| Edge Street, Kensington – Where the family of ‘Mad Dad’ live. | |
| Edinburgh – Where Strike visits SIB headquarters to obtain information from Graham Hardacre. | |
| | The Feathers – A pub near Scotland Yard where Strike meets Wardle. |
| Gallery Mess – The restaurant where Strike and Robin interview Tempest and Jason. | |
| The Garrick – The London School of Economics student cafe where Robin sits while conducting surveillance on Platinum. | |
| Harrogate – A town near Robin’s hometown of Masham. | |
| Hazlitt’s – The elegant hotel in Soho where Robin spends the night. | |
| Le Gavroche – The restaurant where Strike and Elin (start to) have dinner. | |
| Market Harborough – The market town where Brockbank used to work. | |
| Masham – The small market town in Yorkshire that Robin is from. | |
| Melrose – The town in Scotland where Donald Laing came from. | |
| Octavia Street – Where Nick and Ilsa live. | |
| Old Blue Last – The live music venue where Strike meets Mr. and Mrs. Wardle. | |
| Piccadilly Circus – The iconic circular thoroughfare in London. | |
| Pret A Manger – The chain restaurant where Strike and Robin meet prior to their interview of Jason and Tempest at Gallery Mess. | |
| | Soho – An artsy area of London not far from Denmark Street. |
| Spearmint Rhino – A strip club that figures into one of Strike and Robin’s cases. | |
| | St. Mawes – The small town in Cornwall where Strike spent half his childhood, and where his Aunt Joan and Uncle Ted still live. |
| Stage Door Cafe – The little restaurant at Catford Broadway where Robin talks with Stephanie. | |
| Summers Lane, Finchley – Where Hazel Furley lives. | |
| The Tottenham Pub – Strike’s favourite pub. | |
| Trebah Garden – Strike recalls the garden as being one of the most beautiful places he’s visited. | |
| University Hospital Lewisham – Where Robin is taken to the accident and emergency department. | |
| | Whitechapel – An area of London where Strike spent part of his childhood. |
| Wollaston Close – The block of flats in Elephant and Castle where Donald Laing resides. |
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