Cormoron Strike is not easy on the eye. He has all the charm of a porcupine and his assistant,come girl-Friday Robin is forever confused and messed up in her love life .
Name of Book:Career of Evil
Author :Robert Galbraith (Pseudonym of J.K Rowlings)
It all starts when a mysterious package arrives for Robin from a serial killer who has a personal score to settle with Strike .Robin becomes the pawn in the game she never wanted to play.But her grit, dedication and luck saves her from ending up like the other victim.While the story unravels, so does Robin’s love life when she grapples with her choices,present and future.
This is a book which takes an unpopular look into people who are truly evil .Those who when given a chance will never reform and repeat their evil ways ,over and over again with victims who are picked carefully.Psychotic killers who are fiendishly clever have a way of trapping victims like the spider traps the fly and there in lies the lesson interspersed with the story.
Official Blurb
The Strike seriesWhen 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…A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, Career of Evil is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives.
What I thought about the book
The author is a master storyteller but her weaving of possible romance in these thrillers are frustrating. It has the problems of teenage romance and does nothing for the story.Perry Mason and Della Street relationship is not easy to emulate .Saying that there’s still opportunity for things to get better or may be worse.But that’s something time will tell.
The mystery though is perfectly woven and the intricacies of the plot makes one feel miss having a whos- who section to these books .Recommended for fans of thrillers and Psychological thrillers who like catching the bad guy no matter what.
A fast paced racy read,which leaves you feeling a little sad ,a little angry but still hopeful that Robin and Strike will both find a way to meet in the middle inspite of the crazy stuff happening all around.
Please note :This is a Psychological thriller with rape,mutilation,stalking,serial killing in the story line and not recommended if you have any mental health issues that may be triggered by these.
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