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Some cases just can't be ignored. Doesn't matter if you just broke up with a girlfriend of 16 years, need to hire a replacement temp but have no money, need to find a new place to live, and have a prosthesis that is aching something fierce. Instead, Cormoran Strike takes on a case because the brother of the victim insists his sister wouldn't commit suicide. So, spending money he shouldn't sleeping in his office, hiring a temp, and neglecting his knee, Strike takes on the case of Lula Landry, a model worth 10 million pounds. If he can solve the case with the help of his new temp, Robin, and not step on the toes of Detectives Wardle and Carver, life will be better. Just if.... -- Library Staff Review (Dana S.)
If you like a good P.I. mystery or characters that are well written and interesting, then I highly recommend the debut novel, The Cuckoo's Calling. Ex-military police special investigator, love-child of a super groupie and a music legend, Cormoran Strike has plenty of backstory to make this a worthy read. Hired to investigate a suspicious suicide, Strike has to navigate the world of celebrities and their sordid entourage of lawyers, paparazzi, and never-do-wells. -- Library Staff Review (Amy O.)
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.7 24 160427.
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