Lula Lang, glamorous, drug-addicted (maybe), and depressed (reportedly) super-model has committed suicide. Her brother doesn't think so, even though that is what the police have ruled it; suicide. Lula's brother John hires as private investigator, one Cormoran Strike, to find out the truth.
Cormoran is having a few issues of his own as the book opens up. He's got some health problems as a result of a tour of duty in Afghanistan, he has a few girlfriend concerns, and he seems to be temporarily homeless. He is a good detective though. With the help of Robin, a temporary secretary whom he cannot afford to adequately pay, Cormoran begins to unravel the tangled relationships and intrigues centered around the late super-model. It doesn't burn up the page, but the Cuckoo's Calling has a nice steady rhythm, and the characters are all sharply defined (and cleverly named-one of them being Some, Guy- if you put the last name first and ignore the accent marks). Here's hoping we'll see a sequel.
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This book is so well written that I suspect that some years down the road we will hear the author's name is a pseudonym of some famous writer. Lots of description made one feel like another occupant in the scene. You could feel the weather, the tension, the pain, the atmosphere in the gatherings. The Audible version had great accents. It is a wonderful mystery with a surprise ending, and I look forward to more by the same author.
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Irene,
ReplyDeleteYou are right. The story broke a couple of weeks after the book was published that the author was really J.K. Rowling, author of "A Casual Vacancy," and the Harry Potter books.
Patrick