Career of Evil

Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith, 497 pages.

J.K. Rowling's third book writing as Galbraith and it's the best one so far. At least as far as the thriller part of the book is concerned. While I enjoyed reading the first two, and enjoy the lack of progression in the relationship between Cormoran and his partner / secretary, Robin (it depends on who is describing their relationship, and on recent occurrences), this book has the best overall story.
Someone who knows Cormoran, and knows his mother's story, sends Cormoran a leg. It's a human leg and, forensics assures him, was recently attached to a living woman. The note accompanying the leg indicates that the sender wants to ruin Cormoran's life (though it's addressed to Robin), and it makes reference to the band Blue Oyster Cult, an obsession of Cormoran's late mother. The clues leave Strike with a list of four suspects, only one of whom can be eliminated in the first half of the novel. The author does a great job of keeping the suspense going all hte way until the end of the novel. A lot of fun, in a gruesome, body-part filled sort of way.