The Cuckoo's Calling
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- Author：Robert Galbraith
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Summary
When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony， it is assumed that she has committed suicide。 However， her brother has his doubts， and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case。 A war veteran， wounded both physically and psychologically， Strike's life is in disarray。 The case gives him a financial lifeline， but it comes at a personal cost: the more he delves into the young model's complex world， the darker things get - and the closer he gets to terrible danger。
A gripping， elegant mystery steeped in the atmosphere of London - from the hushed streets of Mayfair， to the backstreet pubs of the East End， to the bustle of Soho - The Cuckoo's Calling is a remarkable debut。 Introducing Cormoran Strike， it is a classic crime novel unlike any other book you will read this year。
A gripping， elegant mystery steeped in the atmosphere of London - from the hushed streets of Mayfair， to the backstreet pubs of the East End， to the bustle of Soho - The Cuckoo's Calling is a remarkable debut。 Introducing Cormoran Strike， it is a classic crime novel unlike any other book you will read this year。
Reviews
yadranka frontczak
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Easy to read， great characters。
Holly
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My favorite series。 Love all the books。
Paula Gazette
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I did enjoy this book with a good detective and a great secretary。 The book is slow with a nice development of each character。 Will book 2。
Cath
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Will be reading the rest in the series
Ildikó
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Annak ellenére， hogy J。 K。 Rowling a kedvenc szerzőim közé tartozik， a Cormoran Strike sorozat első részét， a Kakukkszót felháborítóan sokáig nem olvastam。 Hiba volt， ugyanis amint elkezdtem olvasni， egyszerűen képtelen voltam letenni。 Alig vártam， hogy hazaérjek a munkából， és olvashassam， esténként， amikor már ragadt le a szemem， és máskor aludtam volna， nem bírtam ki， hogy legalább 20-30 oldalt még ne olvassak el， pedig úgy kellett kényszerítenem magamat， hogy ébren maradjak， annyira fáradt v Annak ellenére， hogy J。 K。 Rowling a kedvenc szerzőim közé tartozik， a Cormoran Strike sorozat első részét， a Kakukkszót felháborítóan sokáig nem olvastam。 Hiba volt， ugyanis amint elkezdtem olvasni， egyszerűen képtelen voltam letenni。 Alig vártam， hogy hazaérjek a munkából， és olvashassam， esténként， amikor már ragadt le a szemem， és máskor aludtam volna， nem bírtam ki， hogy legalább 20-30 oldalt még ne olvassak el， pedig úgy kellett kényszerítenem magamat， hogy ébren maradjak， annyira fáradt voltam。 Imádtam minden sorát， úgyhogy rajongói ömlengés következik。A cselekményről csak röviden írnék， egyrészt mert számomra nem ez volt a lényeg， másrészt pedig nem nagyon szeretnék spoilerezni: a híres modell， Lula Landry lezuhan harmadik emeleti lakásából， és meghal。 A rendőrség öngyilkosságként könyveli el az ügyet， Lula bátyja azonban úgy gondolja， húgát megölték， ezért felkeresi Cormoran Strike magánnyomozót， hogy derítse ki az igazságot。 Cormoran egy nagydarab， kicsit meghízott， féllábú háborús veterán， aki éppen a történet kezdetén válik hajléktalanná， ugyanis a menyasszonya kidobta， neki pedig nincs hova mennie。 Úszik az adósságban， munkája alig van， ezért nem tud fizetni a hitelezőinek。 Ebbe a káoszba csöppen bele Robin Ellacott， aki a vőlegénye miatt költözött Londonba， de még nem talált álltandó állást， és egy munkaerő-közvetítő iroda ideiglenes titkárnőként Cormoranhoz küldte egy hétre， aki a felfordulásban teljesen megfeledkezett erről。 Cormoran a pénz miatt elvállalja Lula ügyét， pedig nem sok kedve van foglalkozni vele， de ha nem akar az utcára kerülni， nincs más választása， ráadásul Robint is ki kell fizetnie。Már az első oldalakon beszippantott a könyv， ugyanis rendkívül olvasmányos és elképesztően hangulatos， az izgalmas nyomozásról nem is beszélve。 A könyv két erőssége egyértelműen a szereplők és a hangulat。 A krimi szál is nagyon jó， élveztem a nyomozást， és ahogy egyre több részlet került felszínre， egyre jobban izgultam， de nem emiatt nevezném kiemelkedőnek ezt a regényt。 És végre egy női karakter， akit szerettem！ Robin kedves， egyszerű， tapintatos， okos és intelligens és talpraesett。 Egyáltalán nem irritált， ami nagy szó， eddig nagyon kevés igazán jó női karakterrel találkoztam。 Mindig azt teszi， amit a szíve diktál， és minden szituációban feltalálja magát。 Nagyon sokan azonnal lepattantak volna Cormoran irodájából， ha rájönnek， hogy ott lakik， és lehet， hogy még fizetni sem fog tudni， ő azonban maradt és kitartott， és kettejük kapcsolatát egyszerűen imádtam。 Képes lettem volna csak arról olvasni， ahogy teáznak， beszélgetnek， ebédelnek， ugratják egymást。 Annyira szívmelengető， nagyon jó párost alkotnak。A részletek nagyon fontosak （ezt Rowling tollából már megszokhattuk） nem csak a nyomozás szempontjából， hanem az apró， hangulati leírások esetén is。 Amikor Cormoran kihallgatja Lula barátait és családtagjait， átnézi a fényképeket， a rendőri jelentéseket， stb。， nehéz összerakni a darabkákat， még amikor azt is mondta， hogy már tudja， ki a gyilkos， nekem még akkor is sok minden hiányzott， de utána gyönyörűen összeállt a kép。 Elejtett félmondatok， akaratlan elszólások， gesztusok， pár pillanatnyi habozás válaszadás előtt， ez mind-mind nagyon fontos， és én nem mindig jöttem rá， melyik mit árul el， de a mi imádnivalóan zsémbes nyomozónk máris tudta， merre keresgéljen tovább。Összességében véve nem tudok rosszat írni róla: olvasmányos， igényesen megírt， körültekintően， alaposan felépített történet， magával ragadó miliővel， igazán szerethető szereplőkkel， izgalmas nyomozással és humorral fűszerezve。 Külön tetszett， hogy mind Cormoran， mind Robin magán- és családi élete szerepet kap a történetben， nem szigorúan csak a nyomozásról， és kettejük munkakapcsolatáról olvashatunk。 Szívből ajánlom mindenkinek， hihetetlenül jó könyv， nagyon élveztem， imádtam elveszni benne。 Viszont ajánlom， hogy legyen bekészítve a következő rész， mert függőséget okoz。Bővebben: https://kuloncvelemeny。com/2021/05/16。。。 。。。more
Lauren
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 The mystery was meh。 The writing was good。 I will finish the series just to see if they get together and to see if Rowling will write the sex scene in。
Jeffrey Herrmann
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Loved it。 Cormoran and Robin are great characters and a great duo; the mystery was engaging and the ending a surprise; and the book was very well written。 Looking forward to reading the next one。
Manish Behera
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This was an enjoyable read。 The detective work was good and the storyline was interesting。 The plot was a little bit slow but the ending was fabulous。
Ribbqah
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Good detective story。 Kept me engaged - real page turner。 Delightful yet broken people throughout…
Edna
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2。5 stars
Lorena Murién
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En este primer libro se nos presenta a un Cormoran que lo ha perdido todo。 Prácticamente arruinado y con un gran cúmulo de deudas， un curioso caso llega a su despacho para traer algo de luz al caos que es su vida， a quién se une Robin， como secretaria temporal。 John quiere que el detective investigue la muerte de su hermana Lula Landry， una super modelo que todo el mundo cree se ha suicidado， excepto él。El recorrido de la novela y los capítulos divididos en tres partes， se viven como una montaña En este primer libro se nos presenta a un Cormoran que lo ha perdido todo。 Prácticamente arruinado y con un gran cúmulo de deudas， un curioso caso llega a su despacho para traer algo de luz al caos que es su vida， a quién se une Robin， como secretaria temporal。 John quiere que el detective investigue la muerte de su hermana Lula Landry， una super modelo que todo el mundo cree se ha suicidado， excepto él。El recorrido de la novela y los capítulos divididos en tres partes， se viven como una montaña rusa durante la investigación。 Los diálogos te introducen de inmediato en la lectura así como todos los personajes secundarios que se nos presentan。 Personalmente me ha resultado una lectura muy adictiva y nada difícil de seguir， lo que ya me da ganas de ir a por la segunda entrega。 。。。more
Eriko
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For a book written by a woman， the main character has an odd and off-putting fixation with women's bodies。 It felt like the author was trying too hard to be not-JK Rowling and write an adult male's perspective。 Also， the main female protagonist， Robin， didn't seem to have any real purpose。 Honestly， the TV series was better。 The mystery was well-thought out， though。 For a book written by a woman， the main character has an odd and off-putting fixation with women's bodies。 It felt like the author was trying too hard to be not-JK Rowling and write an adult male's perspective。 Also， the main female protagonist， Robin， didn't seem to have any real purpose。 Honestly， the TV series was better。 The mystery was well-thought out， though。 。。。more
Jessica
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I really， really wanted to like this book， since it was JKR and a mystery， but 5 hours into a road trip while listening to it， I had to finally call it quits。 I just couldn’t stay interested in it。 I may try it again at a later date， but for now， that’s a no for me， dawg。
Jean
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I listened to the audio version。 I enjoyed this mystery。
John
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（Prepare for a collection of not necessarily connected sentences。） Really excellent。 The climax is perhaps too "Poroit-esque" in that our indomitable private investigator rattles off the solution to the crime， but even that feels earned once all the "tells" accelerate into the reader's conscious。 A reader of this pseudonymous author's more famous works will probably recognize her （Her！？ His！？） style of writing。 One thing that stood out to me was that our protagonist does not visit the scene of t （Prepare for a collection of not necessarily connected sentences。） Really excellent。 The climax is perhaps too "Poroit-esque" in that our indomitable private investigator rattles off the solution to the crime， but even that feels earned once all the "tells" accelerate into the reader's conscious。 A reader of this pseudonymous author's more famous works will probably recognize her （Her！？ His！？） style of writing。 One thing that stood out to me was that our protagonist does not visit the scene of the crime until page 272。 The author is patient， and knows that the reader is too。 Indeed， a not insignificant portion of this book's page-length is decidedly unsexy。 It is page after page of interview and review of case file， but that detective work is interesting， engaging， and rewarding。 Have Google Maps handy， because this London-trotting detective gets his limped steps in。 。。。more
Anne
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Beyond boring。。couldn’t even finish it。 Read 166 pages and absolutely nothing happened。
Andrea
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Cormoran Strike has had a run of bad luck。 His private investigator business is doing poorly。 Several of his clients will not pay。 He has been getting regular death threats。 He just broke up with his girlfriend。 He cannot pay his bills。 When he gets hired to investigate a suspicious suicide of a famous super model， his luck might start looking up。 This is an almost perfect mystery book。 The plot is interesting。 The characters are very realistic。 The mystery was excellent。 There were several poss Cormoran Strike has had a run of bad luck。 His private investigator business is doing poorly。 Several of his clients will not pay。 He has been getting regular death threats。 He just broke up with his girlfriend。 He cannot pay his bills。 When he gets hired to investigate a suspicious suicide of a famous super model， his luck might start looking up。 This is an almost perfect mystery book。 The plot is interesting。 The characters are very realistic。 The mystery was excellent。 There were several possible suspects。 Strike slowly eliminates them through very good investigative skills。 Almost all of the evidence is revealed to the readers so they are able try to solve the case along side the detective。 These are stories that always appeal to me。 I love trying to solve the case first。 Which brings me to some small complications that made it a little less than perfect。 First of all the plot。 It kind of moved slowly throughout the entire book。 It wasn’t excruciatingly slow。 It just moved like a regular day。 No crazy car chases， shoot outs， confrontations with the police or the like。 This wasn’t bad but it also didn’t keep me wanting to read over everything else。 Next I didn’t like that some of the the evidence that Strike was gathering wasn’t revealed。 Some of it was details that readers would not be able to be guess at without pictures。 Despite these two facts AND the fact that I didn’t solve the murder， I really enjoyed this book。 I thought Strike and Robin where great characters。 Even though they seem like such different people it was fascinating to see how well they got along。R - Language - There are many uses of the F word as well as others swear words。 Some British ones as well I think。 Sex- Several times woman’s bodies or breasts are described。 Violence- A man is stabbed。 Alcohol/Drugs- Talk of using cocaine。 Being addicted to Valium。 Drinking until drunk。 。。。more
Taija
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Kauheasti piti keskittyä kaikkiin hahmoihin ja heidän suhteisiinsa。 Kirjailija kuvaa tosi tarkasti asioita ja niitä pitää sitten miettiä ja nähdä ja se teki lukemisesta vähän raskasta ja keskittymistä vaativaa eli ei sellainen hotkaistava dekkari。 Halusin antaa neljä tähteä， vaikka loppu oli huono。 Tässä oli ainekset ja kunnioitus Christie-dekkareille， mutta nekään eivät ole ihan näin silppuisia。 Ja niissä lopun yhteenvedossa tulee todellisia yllätyksiä ja odottamattomia asioita， jotka tässä vaa Kauheasti piti keskittyä kaikkiin hahmoihin ja heidän suhteisiinsa。 Kirjailija kuvaa tosi tarkasti asioita ja niitä pitää sitten miettiä ja nähdä ja se teki lukemisesta vähän raskasta ja keskittymistä vaativaa eli ei sellainen hotkaistava dekkari。 Halusin antaa neljä tähteä， vaikka loppu oli huono。 Tässä oli ainekset ja kunnioitus Christie-dekkareille， mutta nekään eivät ole ihan näin silppuisia。 Ja niissä lopun yhteenvedossa tulee todellisia yllätyksiä ja odottamattomia asioita， jotka tässä vaan jotenkin todettiin。 Tekisi silti mieli lukea vielä seuraava。 。。。more
Steve
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The Cuckoo's Calling By Robert Galbraith。Let's get this out of the way right at the start I have never and wouldn't read the Harry Potter books this genre holds no interest for me， so when I found out that J。K Rowling had wrote five books under a pseudo name My interest was piqued。 Crime books are My go to novels I love Michael Connelly and the Bosch series I love reading the fine details of how our detective works out the clues interviews his subjects and then brings it all together right at th The Cuckoo's Calling By Robert Galbraith。Let's get this out of the way right at the start I have never and wouldn't read the Harry Potter books this genre holds no interest for me， so when I found out that J。K Rowling had wrote five books under a pseudo name My interest was piqued。 Crime books are My go to novels I love Michael Connelly and the Bosch series I love reading the fine details of how our detective works out the clues interviews his subjects and then brings it all together right at the end whilst I try to work out the killer in My poor attempts at being the said Detective and what has been written here in the Cuckoo's Calling is Steller this is crime at its very best。This book has it all with it's Drama， superb plotting， and fantastic Characters and a splattering of good humor thrown in for good measure。Cormoran Strike is written beautifully and his sidekick of Robin are a delight to spend time with never once was I bored around them the chemistry that evolves over the pages is a pleasure to read。The book is describe as a mystery thriller but I would disagree this is a true detective story and a super whodunit it's slow and methodical and that's deliberate by the Author as he/she lets us soak up the atmosphere of the settings and fall in love with it's characters， if you want action and gun play and thrills then this is not the book for you I suggest you look elsewhere。I followed the clues throughout the book and I never got close to guessing the end result and I commend the author for this， the book is superbly written with London being one of it's many characters and as I reside in said location the author has it nailed down I felt like I was walking with Strike as he limped his way across London Town。I have since been and purchased the other 4 books in the series and look fwd。 to reading those this is Crime written at its absolute best an outstanding book。I feel that the book has had some bashing with people thinking they are going to get a new Potter but that's your misgivings and why it was wrote under the Pseudo name so that one could distance themselves from that genre， as this is not Magical or whimsical it's gritty nasty crime。 Well worth your time and hard-earned cash an absolutely outstanding read。 。。。more
Amiee Williams
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I can't believe I have waited so long to read this （it has been sat on my bookshelf for years）。 It's had me hooked from start to finish。 I couldn't put it down。 Every time I though I had figured out 'who done it' there was another exciting twist。 Can't wait to read the next one in the series。 I can't believe I have waited so long to read this （it has been sat on my bookshelf for years）。 It's had me hooked from start to finish。 I couldn't put it down。 Every time I though I had figured out 'who done it' there was another exciting twist。 Can't wait to read the next one in the series。 。。。more
Holly
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I didn’t like the way this book ended， but I can’t stop thinking about the main character。 He’s one of my favorite lead characters in a very long time！
Ateeq Ur Rahman
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This was a good read but not that good because it was all interviews。 He would come to his office and go out to interview people who were relevant to the case and very less happened which was other than that。
Becky Rock
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Pretty cool， but a bit crude。
MONA
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Still good
betty
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engaging characters easy reading
Georgina Whittaker
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This was amazing！ The plot and the mystery were so well written and each character was so complex and intriguing。 It did take a little while to pick up speed but by the end of the novel it was brilliantly fast paced！ The scenes with Robin in them were the best and the interactions between her and Strike honestly made the novel。 This was written by J。 K Rowling under a pseudonym and is honestly some of her best work。 I can’t wait to read the next in the series。
Miao Marti
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Da leggere tutto d'un fiato。 Un poliziesco super riuscito Da leggere tutto d'un fiato。 Un poliziesco super riuscito 。。。more
Sumukh Bharadwaj
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Meh。 I don't even care to read the next part tbh。 Not a fan of Harry Potter and not a fan of this。 It's alright but it's not intriguing enough for a mystery novel。 Meh。 I don't even care to read the next part tbh。 Not a fan of Harry Potter and not a fan of this。 It's alright but it's not intriguing enough for a mystery novel。 。。。more
Kate
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Pretty slow to start and I couldn’t get behind the unnecessary adjectives and descriptions。 But when I learned that it was written by JK Rowling - I somehow missed this when I chose this book to read - it kind of made more sense。 There were a few ways in which she described POC that was so not ok imo。 However， I was committed to finishing the book as I really wanted to discover who did it。 And then was incredibly disappointed with the big reveal of whodunnit。 I did enjoy Strike and Robin as char Pretty slow to start and I couldn’t get behind the unnecessary adjectives and descriptions。 But when I learned that it was written by JK Rowling - I somehow missed this when I chose this book to read - it kind of made more sense。 There were a few ways in which she described POC that was so not ok imo。 However， I was committed to finishing the book as I really wanted to discover who did it。 And then was incredibly disappointed with the big reveal of whodunnit。 I did enjoy Strike and Robin as characters and even though this is a pitiful review， I’d probably read another story about these two solving a new mystery。 。。。more
Megan Moss
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3。5 stars。I am thinking that if I had read this instead of listened it may have been a higher rating as the writing is very good。 For some reason though， it took me a lot of time and concentration to get used to the narrator’s accent。 I think he was a good reader， but for some reason I really struggled to understand him。I liked the plot， and the characters， but it did get a little long for me and I still have some questions。 To be fair though， the murder mystery genre is not one I am super inter 3。5 stars。I am thinking that if I had read this instead of listened it may have been a higher rating as the writing is very good。 For some reason though， it took me a lot of time and concentration to get used to the narrator’s accent。 I think he was a good reader， but for some reason I really struggled to understand him。I liked the plot， and the characters， but it did get a little long for me and I still have some questions。 To be fair though， the murder mystery genre is not one I am super interested to begin with。 I may still go for the other books in the series， but they are not at the top of my list。 。。。more
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