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Fiction.
Literature.
Mystery.
Thriller.
HTML:In the epic fifth installment in this ??compulsively readable? (People) series, Galbraith??s ??irresistible hero and heroine? (USA Today) take on the decades-old cold case of a missing doctor, one which may be their grisliest yet. Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough??who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974.
Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike.
As Strike and Robin investigate Margot??s disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. And they learn that even cases decades old can pro… (meer)
Private detective Cameron Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough-who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974. Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike. ( )
'Robert Galbraith' is a skillful storyteller, demonstrating an excellent understanding of human character, and sprinkled with natural meaningful sayings and observations. This is a tomb of a book, over 900 pages, with a multitude of characters. I kept a track of them with useful https://strikefans.com/ web site. I also appreciated that meeting places were real and traceable via google street view. ( )
I have enjoyed all of the books in this series and this one has become my favorite. Strike and Robin investigate a 40-year-old cold case; the disappearance of a young, married, doctor, and mother of a young daughter. The victim's daughter hires Strike and Robin to find out what happened to her mother and gives them a timeframe of one year. J.K. Rowling tells the story with so much detail that I quickly felt immersed in the story and characters' lives. ( )
A scrupulous plotter and master of misdirection, Galbraith keeps the pages turning but, while much of the book is terrific fun, is hardly a hair-raising ride. The languid pace and elderliness of the mystery (and indeed most of the suspects) give the enterprise the cosy air of a Sunday night TV drama. When the denouement finally comes, it is not quite satisfying enough to justify the page count.
Strike and Ellacott, however, remain one of crime's most engaging duos. I am already eager for the next instalment. I just hope my aching arms can take it.
toegevoegd door Cynfelyn | bewerkThe Guardian, Clare Clarke(Sep 19, 2020)
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There they her sought, and euery where inquired, Where they might tydings get of her estate; Yet found they none. But by what haplesse fate, Or hard misfortune she was thence conuayd, And stolne away from her beloued mate, Were long to tell ...
Edmund Spenser The Faerie Queene
For, if it were not so, there would be something disappearing into nothing, which is mathematically absurd.
Aleister Crowley The Book of Thoth
Opdracht
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To Barbara Murray, social worker, WEA worker, teacher, wife, mother, grandmother, demon bridge player and world's best mother-in-law
Eerste woorden
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'You're a Cornishman, born and bred,' said Dave Polworth irritably.
Citaten
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Ce qui nous définit, ce ne sont pas nos erreurs, c’est comment nous les surmontons.
Laatste woorden
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The corners of his mouth twitched, but as Robin didn't see him smiling, he felt no compulsion to explain.
Fiction.
Literature.
Mystery.
Thriller.
HTML:In the epic fifth installment in this ??compulsively readable? (People) series, Galbraith??s ??irresistible hero and heroine? (USA Today) take on the decades-old cold case of a missing doctor, one which may be their grisliest yet. Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough??who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974.
Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike.
As Strike and Robin investigate Margot??s disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. And they learn that even cases decades old can pro
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Privédetective Cormoran Strike is op bezoek bij zijn familie in Cornwall wanneer hij benaderd wordt door een vrouw die meer wil weten over de vermissing van haar moeder, Margot Bamborough. In 1974 is zij onder mysterieuze omstandigheden verdwenen…
Strike heeft zich nog nooit op een cold case gestort, laat staan eentje van meer dan veertig jaar oud. Ondanks de kleine kans van slagen is hij geïntrigeerd door de vermissing en voegt hem toe aan de lange lijst van zaken waar hij en zijn zakenpartner, Robin Ellacott, op dit moment aan werken. Hoewel Robin niets liever doet dan hard werken, kan ze het extra werk er eigenlijk niet bij gebruiken – ze heeft al genoeg op haar bord door de scheiding, ongevraagde mannelijke aandacht en haar verwarrende gevoelens voor Strike.
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