The Strike series is a collection of private detective murder mystery novels featuring the characters Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott written by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
The novels are published by Little, Brown (Sphere) in the UK and Mulholland Books in the US. The first novel, The Cuckoo’s Calling, was published on 4 April 2013 without anyone knowing the author’s true identity. The novel received positive reviews from well-known crime authors such as Val McDermid and Mark Billingham. The second novel, The Silkworm, was published on 19 June 2014; the third book, Career of Evil, on 22 October 2015; the fourth book, Lethal White, on 18 September 2018; the fifth book, Troubled Blood, on 15 September 2020; and the sixth novel, The Ink Black Heart, on 30 August 2022.
Click on the titles below to find out more about each book.
| The Cuckoo’s Calling | |
| The Silkworm | |
| Career of Evil | |
| Lethal White | |
| Troubled Blood | |
| The Ink Black Heart | |
| The Running Grave | |
| Untitled Book 8 | |
| Untitled Book 9 |
J.K. Rowling said in an interview with Val McDermid at the Theakston’s Crime Festival in 2014 that there will be more Cormoran Strike books than Harry Potter books, which means that there will be at least eight books in the series. In another interview, she added that she could ‘easily write ten’. As of October 2022, Rowling had plotted the novels up to book 9.
You can purchase the books on Amazon (US) here and Amazon (UK) here. The audiobooks are narrated by Robert Glenister, an award-winning actor and voice talent.
You can also find information on the TV adaptations of the books here.
Below is a link to all the Epigraph references throughout the books.
Below is a link to some extra pages relating to the books.
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