The axe being explained/used is up there with creosote tea as things that need to happen before this book is over. I am sure all of you who know and love the duo wants to know if the will they, won’t they gets any further? Well, I won’t tell  However, bear in mind that the focus this time is more on the case than their love story. Yes, there quite a few mentions of their feelings, Strike gets into another stupid relationship to get past the relationship between Robin and Murphy. And, there is the ending… Haha. Let’s say, if she writes another novel next year, is not soon enough. It kept me on the edge of my seat, the whole church was very disturbing, and I was so worried about Robin at the farm (although I was annoyed she was staying there so long against her better judgement). The most richly accomplished of the brothers’ pairings to date—and given Connelly’s high standards, that’s saying a lot. The Running Grave is a crime fiction novel written by J. K. Rowling, and published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. It was published 26 September 2023. It is the seventh novel in the Cormoran Strike series. [1] Plot [ edit ]

I really appreciated Cormoran’s development through this book and after so long, his willingness to put his toxic avoidance tactics behind and to pursue what he wants and needs in his life (FINALLY). I finished reading this novel about five minutes ago. I’m sitting at my desk to write this review but I don't know how. I want to sing its praises because the latest instalment of the Cormoran Strike novels is by far the best one in the series.This is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy, a novel for adults.

Artworks News Publications Cover and synopsis for The Running Grave July 18, 2023 The Running Grave Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Please, for the love of God, can someone get this author an editor who will actually edit her books?This novel is so readable and the subject matter so horrifyingly believable (cf. Scientology and similarly despicable cults) that reading “Grave” felt like entering the world of Strike and Robin. This was enhanced by the level of empathy especially Robin shows during crucial situations in the investigation. Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Joanne K. Rowling - they are different kinds of monsters and yet monsters they all are. I recoil whenever I’m confronted with their depravity. And, yet, I cannot break from their art. I can keep calling them out, though.

Strike] was staring at the board while eating, willing his subconscious to make one of those unexpected leaps that explained everything." Robin volunteers to infiltrate the UHC, getting a makeover as somebody with "more money than sense". Meanwhile, both detectives find former church members to interview, and dig up records of incidents connected to the church; there have been several mysterious deaths in the past, including the drowning of a 7-year-old girl in 1995, Daiyu, Mazu's daughter, who is now regarded as the "Drowned Prophet", central to the church's mythology. There are several other deceased church members also regarded as prophets. over 6.5 million copies of the Sphere editions have been sold across all formats and international territories. The investigation begins with the Edensor family wanting their youngest son Will out of the Chapman farm and Robin being an expert in disguise, goes undercover as Rowena to unearth the skeletons hidden in the church. And this raises the tension to a crescendo as Robin to her horror undergoes physical and mental exhaustion and terrifying and traumatic experiences within the confines of the farm. I loved how the author explores Robin's psyche showing her chanting the ‘Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu’ and her partial indoctrination and her mental strength to hold on to thoughts of Strike and his reactions to regain her sanity. The mystery of the drowned girl and the goings on of the church, and its activities gave me the creeps and the characters especially Mazu with her tarantula vibes was just evil. Managed to get a copy of this early due to a glitch on my e-reader, so I was fortunate enough to finish the novel two weeks before the actual publish date! (but yes therefore there are real spoilers here, if you haven’t read the book yet)The givens were that the story would be a complex one with many characters and that the unfulfilled romance between Cornish detective Cormoran Strike and his business partner Robin Ellacott would be a continuing theme throughout. This time, the pair are hired by a concerned father whose son, Will, had joined a religious cult, situated in rural Norfolk. Will’s substantial trust fund was now being drained by the Universal Humanitarian Church, as the cult has badged itself. It is a shame that Rowling is not more vigorously edited, with the result that books with so much to enjoy in them end up outstaying their welcome. It is difficult to tire of Strike and Robin, but tire I did by the end of the book, weighed down by the off-putting sense that plenty of other crime writers offer as much depth and incident as Rowling, in novels half the length. Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival.