Career of Evil
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- Author：Robert Galbraith
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Summary
When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott， she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman’s severed leg。
Her boss， private detective Cormoran Strike， is less surprised but no less alarmed。 There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible – and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality。
With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator， he and Robin take matters into their own hands， and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men。 But as more horrendous acts occur， time is running out for the two of them…
Career of Evil is the third in the series featuring private detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott。 A mystery and also a story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives。
Her boss， private detective Cormoran Strike， is less surprised but no less alarmed。 There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible – and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality。
With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator， he and Robin take matters into their own hands， and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men。 But as more horrendous acts occur， time is running out for the two of them…
Career of Evil is the third in the series featuring private detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott。 A mystery and also a story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives。
Reviews
Laura
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I started this novel several times and couldn’t continue because of the gruesome and creepy nature of the story。 Things around me had to settle down before I could press forward with it and I’m so glad I circled back。 I just loved this book。 It broke my book block。 And the audio performance of this entire series is also reliably good。 The female main character of this series is the reason I read them。 We find out a lot more about Robin in this volume。 Everything I learned about her makes me love I started this novel several times and couldn’t continue because of the gruesome and creepy nature of the story。 Things around me had to settle down before I could press forward with it and I’m so glad I circled back。 I just loved this book。 It broke my book block。 And the audio performance of this entire series is also reliably good。 The female main character of this series is the reason I read them。 We find out a lot more about Robin in this volume。 Everything I learned about her makes me love her even more。 I may be picking up the fourth one pretty quickly。 But I bet it won’t be as good as this one was。 Creepy and disturbing， for sure， and even gross at times， but totally worth it， particularly if you’re a fan of Robin’s。 She is one hell of a woman and I can’t wait to see her growth in the fourth book。 Highly recommended。 。。。more
Shiela
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I encourage everyone to read it， you'll be surprised。 I encourage everyone to read it， you'll be surprised。 。。。more
Denise
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Engaging， fun book。 Not a 4 or 5 star story because I found Robin's lack of caution irritating。 I enjoy the stories， but it isn't 5 star literature。 That doesn't mean I won't look forward to reading the next in the series。 The Strike character is unique and likable。 Engaging， fun book。 Not a 4 or 5 star story because I found Robin's lack of caution irritating。 I enjoy the stories， but it isn't 5 star literature。 That doesn't mean I won't look forward to reading the next in the series。 The Strike character is unique and likable。 。。。more
Brinx
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Modern thriller writing at its best。 This was a great book with a superb blend of plot and character development combined with excellent changes in pace to deliver that page-turner quality that all good books have。
Bart
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Just another great book by Robert Galbraith。 It continues to fascinate。 The ending was just a little quick for me。 Therefore not five but four stars。
Asia
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Во-первых， это первая книга， где не разгадала интригу до конца。 Эх， надо бы знать， что чертополох цветёт осенью и летом。Во-вторых， меня всё больше напрягают отношения Робин и Мэтта。 Он для неё какая-то удобная лакуна， единственный и первый， безопасность。 Не так то просто расстаться с человеком， с которым семь лет встречался и столько всего пережил。 Если бы не ужасная ссора в книге， она бы так спокойно и жила бы с ним дальше， чувствуя подспудное неудобство и неудовольствие。 Мэтт привык， что Робин Во-первых， это первая книга， где не разгадала интригу до конца。 Эх， надо бы знать， что чертополох цветёт осенью и летом。Во-вторых， меня всё больше напрягают отношения Робин и Мэтта。 Он для неё какая-то удобная лакуна， единственный и первый， безопасность。 Не так то просто расстаться с человеком， с которым семь лет встречался и столько всего пережил。 Если бы не ужасная ссора в книге， она бы так спокойно и жила бы с ним дальше， чувствуя подспудное неудобство и неудовольствие。 Мэтт привык， что Робин удобна и слушает его， поэтому каждое её самостоятельное решение вызывает недовольство。В этой книге не так детектив интересен， как отношения Страйка и Робин。Жаль единственный приличный костюм， он пал ненужной жертвой。 Надеюсь， у Страйка хватит денег на химчистку。 Жалко вещь， хорошую， качественную， приличную 。。。more
Alba Herrera
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Quiero más Robin Ellacott， Cormoran Strike y Shanker， en ese orden。
Katibel Zambrano
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Muy bueno。 No pude soltarlo hasta que lo terminé。 J。K。 Rowling es una excelente narradora。
Beth Peninger
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Holy smokes。 Galbraith knows how to write a story。 In this Strike story， Robin is sent a body part and that kicks off （pun intended - read it and you'll see） a twisted and confusing investigation with a lot of moving pieces and characters。 On the heels of Strike's success with the Landry and Quine cases， the agency is picking up in business。 It's not so hand-to-mouth and that's a relief for Strike and for Robin， whose fiancé Matthew is disgruntled - to say the least - over her lack of financial Holy smokes。 Galbraith knows how to write a story。 In this Strike story， Robin is sent a body part and that kicks off （pun intended - read it and you'll see） a twisted and confusing investigation with a lot of moving pieces and characters。 On the heels of Strike's success with the Landry and Quine cases， the agency is picking up in business。 It's not so hand-to-mouth and that's a relief for Strike and for Robin， whose fiancé Matthew is disgruntled - to say the least - over her lack of financial contribution to their home life。 But the publicity over the Strike Agency receiving a body part doesn't do any favors for the potential clients and when a second body part shows up their business dries up。 It's clear someone is trying to send Strike a message and he's got four suspects in mind。 Even though the Met isn't taking his ideas seriously， Strike has a gut feeling and pursues his own line of inquiries。 Meanwhile， Robin and Matthew are getting closer to their wedding and plans are interfering with Robin's desire to work instead of plan a wedding。 Tensions are high between Matthew and Robin and Strike is trying to keep a low profile where they are concerned。 I am in awe of people like Galbraith who can dream up these storylines AND execute them in such a way that you forget it's fiction。 I feel like I'm repeating myself regarding this series。 It's SO GOOD。 Character development is on point and the storyline is engrossing。 I love that I completely forget that Galbraith is the author of Potter， they are both very different and very excellent。 I'm just in awe。 。。。more
the_wistful_reader
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Reread。 Five 🌟 again。 Very grisly though。
Patricia Geller
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Very grisly While I like Robin and Comoran there are so much grisly murders as to make this book almost unreadable。 Too many body parts。
Arianna Piech
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This is the third book in the Cormoran Strike books and they just keep getting better and better！ The third book begins with Robin receiving a severed leg in a box， and the mystery unravels from there。This has been my favorite book of the series so far。 I liked that the mystery intertwined with Robin and Strike’s personal lives much better than the murders they solved previously。 It seems like there is much more advancement in Robin’s personal life and her story as well。 I enjoyed book two but b This is the third book in the Cormoran Strike books and they just keep getting better and better！ The third book begins with Robin receiving a severed leg in a box， and the mystery unravels from there。This has been my favorite book of the series so far。 I liked that the mystery intertwined with Robin and Strike’s personal lives much better than the murders they solved previously。 It seems like there is much more advancement in Robin’s personal life and her story as well。 I enjoyed book two but by the end of the book I realized that it book 3 continued on in the same manner I would likely get bored。 Thankfully the author recognized the need for a plot twist too！ 。。。more
Lora Shouse
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Wow！ Career of Evil was one crazy ride of a mystery！It begins， more or less， with the arrival at Cormoran Strike’s detective agency of a package addressed to his assistant， Robin。 The package contains a woman’s severed leg。I had forgotten until I reread the blurb that there were actually four suspects to this mystery。 The police focus most of their attention on one who is a normal gangster-type criminal。 Cormoran is pretty sure it is someone else。 So， he focuses on three other people from his pa Wow！ Career of Evil was one crazy ride of a mystery！It begins， more or less， with the arrival at Cormoran Strike’s detective agency of a package addressed to his assistant， Robin。 The package contains a woman’s severed leg。I had forgotten until I reread the blurb that there were actually four suspects to this mystery。 The police focus most of their attention on one who is a normal gangster-type criminal。 Cormoran is pretty sure it is someone else。 So， he focuses on three other people from his past。 These are people who have some kind of grudge against Cormoran。 It is pretty evident that， though the severed leg was sent to Robin， it was meant as a message to Cormoran。These three suspects all turn out to be a useless waste of space and resources。 You could have， as the saying goes， punished any one of them and not hit a lick amiss。 Based on evidence that accompanies the severed leg or turns up in addition to it， Cormoran thinks it likely that his stepfather is the culprit。 But any of the suspects is capable of doing horrible things。 And all of them do。We get a much more in-depth look at the earlier lives of both Robin and Cormoran in this book。 And Robin is beginning to take on a much more active role as an investigator。 Sometimes she goes a little too far and gets into trouble。 But， on the other hand， she has some brilliant ideas that advance the case quite a bit。 Robin is definitely one of my favorite detective characters of all time。Some of the other reviewers make much of the romantic interest between Robin and Cormoran in this book。 Robin indeed breaks up with her fiancé about halfway through the book for various reasons。 But the love interest between Cormoran and Robin seems to me to be at least as much like that between father and daughter as like that of lovers。 Possibly the best way to characterize it is something like what I once read about the relationship of a good secretary and her boss， which is that a good secretary will usually be a little bit in love with her boss – but not too much。The sender of the leg finally shows his hand and is revealed to be the same person who killed Cormoran’s mother。 But this person is not who Cormoran thought it was， and is not who I thought it would turn out to be either。The frequent reference to Blue Oyster Cult lyrics is interesting。 I found it especially so since my husband had just been listening to his Blue Oyster Cult collection just before I started listening to this book。 It appears that Cormoran’s mother was a huge Blue Oyster Cult fan， although she never succeeded in sleeping with any members of the group。 The narration on this was excellent。 It is difficult to imagine anybody else reading Robin and Cormoran。 。。。more
Mary Yanev
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Първите две книги за Корморан Страйк не ме впечатлиха особено， но тази определено грабва вниманието。 Без излишни линии， завладяваща， поддържа напрежението през цялото време。
Wehn
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This was entertaining， suspenseful， and full of drama which I enjoyed。
Paul
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This was the best of the three that I've read so far。 Much more suspenseful than Cuckoo's Calling， and， even though the villain is one dark fellow， a bit less cringy-creepy than Silkworm。 The Robin-Cormoran relationship remains the scene-stealing side plot。 This was the best of the three that I've read so far。 Much more suspenseful than Cuckoo's Calling， and， even though the villain is one dark fellow， a bit less cringy-creepy than Silkworm。 The Robin-Cormoran relationship remains the scene-stealing side plot。 。。。more
Valerie Drees
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Please keep writing these -- love the Strike character -- and the stories are grisly but engrossing。
Adji P
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That was a great story。 And as i expected， i'll be dissapointed if the suspect is far from that 4 People。 But， kaboom！ It was him all along。 And i very happy with the other plot twist except for the "who done it" thing。 And this story give me like strong bond between Strike and Robin， with their past， with their personal problem。 That's very cute and make me can't stop to know what happen after at each chapter。 That was a great story。 And as i expected， i'll be dissapointed if the suspect is far from that 4 People。 But， kaboom！ It was him all along。 And i very happy with the other plot twist except for the "who done it" thing。 And this story give me like strong bond between Strike and Robin， with their past， with their personal problem。 That's very cute and make me can't stop to know what happen after at each chapter。 。。。more
Romina
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اوایل کتاب رو یکم سخت خوندم。 شاید به خاطر اینکه با دو جلد قبلی مجموعه خیلی فرق داشت و خود کاراگاهها درگیر قضیه بودن。 این قضیه که ارتباط دوتا کاراگاه توی کتاب کمتر بود یکم کتاب رو برام کمتر از قبلیا جذاب میکرد ولی از یه طرفم همین قضیه خیلی خوب بود چون از رشد قابلیتهای رابین میگفت。 توی این کتاب برعکس دوتا کتاب قبلی، از همون اول ۳ تا مظنون داشتیم و لازم نبود بگردیم دنبال اینکه کی مشکوک هست یا نیست。 با اینکه سه تا مظنون رو از اول میشناختیم باید بگم که وقتی معما حل شد واقعا شوکه شدم。 یکی از همون اوایل کتاب رو یکم سخت خوندم。 شاید به خاطر اینکه با دو جلد قبلی مجموعه خیلی فرق داشت و خود کاراگاهها درگیر قضیه بودن。 این قضیه که ارتباط دوتا کاراگاه توی کتاب کمتر بود یکم کتاب رو برام کمتر از قبلیا جذاب میکرد ولی از یه طرفم همین قضیه خیلی خوب بود چون از رشد قابلیتهای رابین میگفت。 توی این کتاب برعکس دوتا کتاب قبلی، از همون اول ۳ تا مظنون داشتیم و لازم نبود بگردیم دنبال اینکه کی مشکوک هست یا نیست。 با اینکه سه تا مظنون رو از اول میشناختیم باید بگم که وقتی معما حل شد واقعا شوکه شدم。 یکی از همونا مجرم بود ولی اینکه کی بود و چطوری مخفی شده بود و نکات ریز مربوط بهش خیلی خیلی ماهرانه چیده شده بود و من واقعا انتظارشو نداشتم。 به خاطر همین میتونم بگم که واقعا به معمای داستان خوب پرداخته شده بود。 تا حالا توی ۳ تا کتابی که از ۴ تا کتاب چاپ شدهی این مجموعه （کتاب پنجم در حال ترجمهست） خوندم میتونم بهترین پردازش مال همین کتاب بود。 。。。more
Paula Ferreira Lobo
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A princípio， o enredo não me convenceu。 Ou talvez tenha sido o meu estado de espírito。。。 a partir do meio do livro， altura em que o ritmo da narrativa começa a aumentar gradualmente， a história já me prendeu， e acabei por ler as últimas 250 pp。 （+ coisa - coisa） de uma assentada！
Katja
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 It took me surprisingly long to finish this book。 The story didn’t seem to go anywhere until Strike had an epiphany and that was that。 For the most part， the story focused more on the upocoming wedding （first it’s on， then it’s off and then back on…） and the pretense that Strike doesn’t care。 We all know that the author is very talented in telling stories but somehow this series is getting worse by the book。 It feels as if it was written with a movie deal in mind… hoping that the fourth installm It took me surprisingly long to finish this book。 The story didn’t seem to go anywhere until Strike had an epiphany and that was that。 For the most part， the story focused more on the upocoming wedding （first it’s on， then it’s off and then back on…） and the pretense that Strike doesn’t care。 We all know that the author is very talented in telling stories but somehow this series is getting worse by the book。 It feels as if it was written with a movie deal in mind… hoping that the fourth installment will be as good as the first one。 。。。more
Azusa
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终于看完了。与其把它当作推理小说来看，不如说我可能只是为了见证男女主的感情线（？）如何收场，结果故事的结局还是在暧昧中戛然而止。但个人感觉这本可能是系列里最好看的，凶手和侦探两个视角交叉描写更容易引人入胜。而在剧情发展中慢慢圆起女主角罗宾的过去，让在看前两本中留下的疑问得到了很好的解答……甚至现实得让人忍不住皱了眉头。但是如果要问我这个系列哪个角色塑造的最好，我一定会毫不犹豫地指向罗宾。这个女孩实在太讨人喜欢了。系列三本书看下来，我甚至会产生出一个想法，罗琳是不是在通过写这套书来抒发女权思想。对这个想法的确定性在看罪恶生涯的时候达到巅峰。每当我感叹小说里写得太现实的时候，就会忍不住去想现实世界里发生的事只可能会更加惨痛。但愿真的能看到女性平权的那一天。
Rein
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This book is significantly weaker than the first two in the series， though I have to confess I remembered almost nothing about the previous one， which I read a few months ago。 But this here is mostly a misplaced effort to do Nordic Noir， with several gruesome villains and a noble， internally torn protagonist and his beautiful and intelligent assistant。 We get all the （often unconvincing） feelings of the two main heroes neatly described and explained by cliche backstory so that nothing in their a This book is significantly weaker than the first two in the series， though I have to confess I remembered almost nothing about the previous one， which I read a few months ago。 But this here is mostly a misplaced effort to do Nordic Noir， with several gruesome villains and a noble， internally torn protagonist and his beautiful and intelligent assistant。 We get all the （often unconvincing） feelings of the two main heroes neatly described and explained by cliche backstory so that nothing in their actions would be left to guesswork。 There is not much of a plot， either， no wit， no real intrigue， just following three unsavoury characters in order to find out which of them is the real villain。 There is an element of surprise at the end， with no real clues given to the reader to deduce it， and even that is not very convincing。 But it is written smoothly and it has some warm moments of gratifying triumph of good over evil， hence the second star。 。。。more
Laura
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Mucha violencia y una resolución de caso que， personalmente， me ha dejado insatisfecha （más que insatisfecha。。。cabreada）。 Pero Robin es una DIOSA y la OTP está más viva que nunca。 A mi ver， Robin ha evolucionado tanto que ha eclipsado a todos y a todo lo demás。 I believe in Robin Ellacott supremacy！
Jeffrey Chau
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Super engaging！ But totally saw the end coming？
Tess Barnes
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audio-another one I couldn't solve-so cleverly written audio-another one I couldn't solve-so cleverly written 。。。more
Nancy McPherson
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J。K。Rowling pseudonym。 Lots of foul language， but good story。 Continuing the series
Maria Koryagina
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Like I said， jeg liker ikke krim， its no use。
Karen Niroshana
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2。5/5 stars。 I only read this book for Robin。 Y’all I suck at being able to predict the outcome of any book， especially a murder mystery， and I saw this ending come from a mile away。 Not worth it， don’t waste your time。
Marney
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Love this series。 Am re-reading now and will no doubt re-read again。 Great characters and story。
Reference
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