The Cuckoo’s Calling Editions & Covers

UK Editions

UK First Edition (2013)

The UK first edition hardcover, first published 4 April 2013 by Little, Brown (Sphere). It was reprinted in July 2013 after the true identity of the author was revealed.

The street on the original cover is Charles Street in Mayfair, but the image has been horizontally flipped.

The stock image for the railing is by Yolande de Kort and from Trevilion Images. This image has also been flipped horizontally and one of the railing posts removed.

By Yolande de Kort, Trevilion Images

The stock image for the figure of Strike is from Arcangel.

UK TV Tie-In Edition (2017)

UK Reissue Paperback (2018)

This reissue paperback was designed by Duncan Spilling, Head of Design at Little, Brown. You can find an interview with him on the official Robert Galbraith website here.

10th Anniversary Special Edition (2023)

Limited to 1,000 copies, this special edition includes a clothbound cover and slipcase with black and white photography, gold foil, gilded edges, an endpaper map of locations, and a blue marker ribbon.

US Editions

US First Edition (2013)

Published by Mulholland Books.

US TV Tie-In Edition

Published by Mulholland Books.

Translated Editions

Italian First Edition Hardcover

Published by Salani Editore, 19 June 2014; translated by Angela Ragusa, Alessandra Casella.

Italian Reissue Paperback

Published by Salani Editore.

German First Edition

Published by Blanvalet Taschenbuch Verlag; translated by Wulf Bergner.

German Reissue

Published by Blanvalet Taschenbuch Verlag; translated by Wulf Bergner.

Japanese First Edition

Published by Kodansha; translated by Makiko Ikeda.

Spanish First Edition

Published by Espasa; translated by Jesús de la Torre.

Spanish Reissue

Published by Salamandra Bolsillo.

Romanian First Edition

Published by Grup Editorial Trei; translated by Ciprian Siulea.

Netherlands First Edition

Translated by Sabine Mutsaers.

Netherlands Reissue

French First Edition

Published by Bernard Grasset; translated by François Ross.

French Paperback

Published 15 October 2014.

French Reissue

Turkish Edition

First published in 2014 by Pegasus Yayınları (Pegasus Publishing); translated by Zeynep Heyzen Ateş.