Lethal White

Lethal White by Robert Galbraith, 650 pages

In this most recent Cormoran Strike book, the private detective and his partner Robin have taken up the case of a politician who is being blackmailed by someone (he won't say who) for some reason (he won't say why). Robin goes undercover in his office to do some covert poking around at the Ministry, while Strike follows up on a feeling he won't deign to call a hunch (it's a hunch) dealing with a mentally unstable man who showed up in his office, ranting about a decades-old murder that may or may not have happened. Could these two things possibly be related?

At 650 pages, Lethal White is a whopper of a book, and honestly, about 250 pages in, I was wondering what J.K Rowling Robert Galbraith was going to use the last 400 for. But then a thing happens and the reason for all those pages becomes crystal clear. It's a complex plot that intricately weaves dozens of threads together — the planning for this book must have been monstrous — and I feel that I need to read it again to fully catch all the clues. I thoroughly enjoyed it, particularly Robin and Strike, who continue to evolve and grow with each new entry in this series.