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->"''You know ''four'' men who'd send you a severed leg? ''Four?''''"\\
''"To tell you the truth, I think it's only three.''"
-->-- '''Robin Ellacott''' and '''Cormoran Strike'''
''"To tell you the truth, I think it's only three.''"
-->-- '''Robin Ellacott''' and '''Cormoran Strike'''
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* KarmaHoudini: If Strike is right about him,
he was able to get away with the murder of his wife. [[spoiler:''Twice''.]] As of the end of the story, [[spoiler:he still gets away with abusing Stephanie and dealing drugs]].
he was able to get away with the murder of his wife. [[spoiler:''Twice''.]] As of the end of the story, [[spoiler:he still gets away with abusing Stephanie and dealing drugs]].
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* KarmaHoudini: If Strike is right about him,
him, he was able to get away with the murder of his wife. [[spoiler:''Twice''.]] As of the end of the story, [[spoiler:he still gets away with abusing Stephanie and dealing drugs]].
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* ThroatSlittingGesture: It is noted in the narration that this gesture was a favorite of his. It is described as one with which Strike was very familiar: "a midair, horizontal slash of the hand, directed at the throat of the person who had offended him." When he is on trial for killing Leda Strike, after Strike has testified against him, he gives what is described as being a micro-gesture, a miniature copy of the one that Strike knows so well.
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* HateSink: Perhaps not as bad as the two above but considering his attitude and how he probably killed Strikes mum it's Impossible to like him.
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* HateSink: Perhaps not as bad as the two above but considering his attitude and how he probably killed Strikes mum it's Impossible to like him.
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* HateSink: Perhaps not as bad as the two above but considering his attitude and how he probably killed Strikes mum it's Impossible to like him.
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*HateSink: A class A prick who Strike harbours nothing but contempt for.
*HateSink: You REALLY wish Shanker had killed him when the latter chased him out of his house.
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* KarmaHoudini: If Strike is right about him, he was able to get away with the murder of his wife. [[spoiler:''Twice''.]] As of the end of the story, [[spoiler:he still gets away with abusing Stephanie and dealing drugs]].
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* KarmaHoudini: If Strike is right about him, him,
*HateSink: Perhaps not as bad as the two above but considering his attitude and how he probably killed Strikes mum it's Impossible to like him.
he was able to get away with the murder of his wife. [[spoiler:''Twice''.]] As of the end of the story, [[spoiler:he still gets away with abusing Stephanie and dealing drugs]].
*HateSink: Perhaps not as bad as the two above but considering his attitude and how he probably killed Strikes mum it's Impossible to like him.
he was able to get away with the murder of his wife. [[spoiler:''Twice''.]] As of the end of the story, [[spoiler:he still gets away with abusing Stephanie and dealing drugs]].
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* TheCharmer: Laing has always had the ability to charm people and get them to trust him. As long as they don't really get to know him: the man's name is mud in his hometown, as Strike finds out when he goes there investigating (Laing's own brothers ran him out of town after his release from jail, and people are happy to spill all the dirt about Laing, particularly his ex-mother-in-law).
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* TheCharmer: Laing has always had the ability to charm people and get them to trust him. As long as they don't really get to know him: his true nature: the man's name is mud in his hometown, as Strike finds out when he goes there investigating (Laing's own brothers ran him out of town after his release from jail, and people other locals are happy to spill all the dirt about Laing, Laing's many shocking misdeeds, particularly his ex-mother-in-law).
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* DomesticAbuser: He tied his wife up under a bed, beat her and shoved a knife up her vagina.
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* DomesticAbuser: He tied his wife up under a bed, beat her her, and shoved a knife up her vagina.
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* EvilRedhead: The man’s hair color is often compared to a fox’s, never as a complement.
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* EvilRedhead: The man’s hair color is often compared to a fox’s, never as a complement.compliment.
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* DissapearedDad: His grandfather took custody of his son with Leda away from him. Whittaker once tried to kidnap the boy back.
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* DissapearedDad: DisappearedDad: His grandfather took custody of his son with Leda away from him. Whittaker once tried to kidnap the boy back.
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!Allies
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!!'Shanker'
An old friend from Strike's past with an [[LovableRogue entrepeneurial view of the law]].
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!!'Shanker'
An old friend from Strike's past with an [[LovableRogue entrepeneurial view of the law]].
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!The Suspects
The four men from Strike’s past that he suspects are capable of sending him a severed human leg.
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!!'Shanker'
An old friend from Strike's past
!! Terrence ‘Digger’ Malley
A boss with
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* ChekhovsGunman: It's [[ChekhovsArmoury J.K. Rowling]], what were you expecting? Shanker is mentioned early on in ''Literature/TheCuckoosCalling'' as someone Strike knows who works on the other side of the law. He's finally introduced in this book and his and Strike's backstory is [[CharacterDevelopment more fleshed out]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: Shanker's off-page appearances in ''Cuckoo'' made it on-screen in [[Series/Strike2017 the tv adaptation]], mostly due to his EnsembleDarkhorse status.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Shanker's most definitely a fan favourite.
* FaceOfAThug: Subverted. Shanker looks like a terrifying criminal, and he can be. However, he's quite civil to Robin, appears to respect women generally, and acts protectively towards a young child who's being sexually abused.
* GeniusBruiser: While Shanker is not as big as Strike, he's a nasty fighter who doesn't hesitate to put suspects into headlocks, when he's not pulling knives on them. However, Strike describes him as sharper and more sober than many businessmen.
* KnifeNut: His favourite means of dealing with problems.
* MissingMom: His mother disappeared when he was quite young and he clung to Leda as a result.
* MoralityPet: Leda was one to him.
* MyGreatestFailure: He regrets buying drugs at a time when Leda was dying, and believes that his absence is what allowed Whittaker to murder her.
* RestrainingBolt: He acts as a version for Whittaker. Whittaker is a violent man; [[HorrifyingTheHorror so is Shanker]]. Shanker loves Leda, and sees Whittaker as a threat to her. However, he lacks the same self-restraint that's keeping Cormoran, Leda's son, from flat-out murdering Whittaker.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Explicitly identified as why Shanker has spent half his adult life in jail.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Shanker's off-page appearances in ''Cuckoo'' made it on-screen in [[Series/Strike2017 the tv adaptation]], mostly due to his EnsembleDarkhorse status.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Shanker's most definitely a fan favourite.
* FaceOfAThug: Subverted. Shanker looks like a terrifying criminal, and he can be. However, he's quite civil to Robin, appears to respect women generally, and acts protectively towards a young child who's being sexually abused.
* GeniusBruiser: While Shanker is not as big as Strike, he's a nasty fighter who doesn't hesitate to put suspects into headlocks, when he's not pulling knives on them. However, Strike describes him as sharper and more sober than many businessmen.
* KnifeNut: His favourite means of dealing with problems.
* MissingMom: His mother disappeared when he was quite young and he clung to Leda as a result.
* MoralityPet: Leda was one to him.
* MyGreatestFailure: He regrets buying drugs at a time when Leda was dying, and believes that his absence is what allowed Whittaker to murder her.
* RestrainingBolt: He acts as a version for Whittaker. Whittaker is a violent man; [[HorrifyingTheHorror so is Shanker]]. Shanker loves Leda, and sees Whittaker as a threat to her. However, he lacks the same self-restraint that's keeping Cormoran, Leda's son, from flat-out murdering Whittaker.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Explicitly identified as why Shanker has spent half his adult life in jail.
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* ChekhovsGunman: It's [[ChekhovsArmoury J.K. Rowling]], what were you expecting? Shanker is mentioned early on TheDreaded: He has a fearsome reputation in ''Literature/TheCuckoosCalling'' as someone Strike knows who works on the other side of the law. He's finally introduced in this book and his and Strike's backstory is [[CharacterDevelopment more fleshed out]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: Shanker's off-page appearances in ''Cuckoo'' made it on-screen in [[Series/Strike2017 the tv adaptation]], mostly due to his EnsembleDarkhorse status.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Shanker's most definitely a fan favourite.
* FaceOfAThug: Subverted. Shanker looks like a terrifying criminal, and he can be. However, he's quite civil to Robin, appears to respect women generally, and acts protectively towards a young child who's being sexually abused.criminal underworld.
*GeniusBruiser: TheGhost: He is mentioned a lot early in the novel, but never makes an appearance in the flesh.
* FingerInTheMail: He once sent a man’s severed penis to someone else as a message.
* RedHerring: WhileShanker is not as big as Strike, he's a nasty fighter who doesn't hesitate to put suspects into headlocks, when he's not pulling knives the police focus their investigation on them. However, Malley for the majority of the novel, Strike describes him as sharper and more sober than many businessmen.
* KnifeNut: His favourite means of dealing with problems.
* MissingMom: His mother disappeared when he was quite young and he clung to Leda as a result.
* MoralityPet: Leda was one to him.
* MyGreatestFailure: He regrets buying drugs at a time when Leda was dying, and believescorrectly decides that it probably wasn't him (and that it was a mistake to tell the police about Malley) within the first five chapters, feeling that the song lyrics tattooed on the leg aren't his absence is what allowed Whittaker to murder her.
* RestrainingBolt: He acts as a version for Whittaker. Whittaker is a violent man; [[HorrifyingTheHorror so is Shanker]]. Shanker loves Leda, and sees Whittaker as a threat to her. However, he lacks the same self-restraint that's keeping Cormoran, Leda's son, from flat-out murdering Whittaker.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Explicitly identified as why Shanker has spent half his adult life in jail.style.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Shanker's off-page appearances in ''Cuckoo'' made it on-screen in [[Series/Strike2017 the tv adaptation]], mostly due to his EnsembleDarkhorse status.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Shanker's most definitely a fan favourite.
* FaceOfAThug: Subverted. Shanker looks like a terrifying criminal, and he can be. However, he's quite civil to Robin, appears to respect women generally, and acts protectively towards a young child who's being sexually abused.
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* FingerInTheMail: He once sent a man’s severed penis to someone else as a message.
* RedHerring: While
* KnifeNut: His favourite means of dealing with problems.
* MissingMom: His mother disappeared when he was quite young and he clung to Leda as a result.
* MoralityPet: Leda was one to him.
* MyGreatestFailure: He regrets buying drugs at a time when Leda was dying, and believes
* RestrainingBolt: He acts as a version for Whittaker. Whittaker is a violent man; [[HorrifyingTheHorror so is Shanker]]. Shanker loves Leda, and sees Whittaker as a threat to her. However, he lacks the same self-restraint that's keeping Cormoran, Leda's son, from flat-out murdering Whittaker.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Explicitly identified as why Shanker has spent half his adult life in jail.
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!The Suspects
The four men from Strike’s past that he suspects are capable of sending him a severed human leg.
[[folder: Terrence Malley]]
!! Terrence ‘Digger’ Malley
A boss with the Harringay Crime Syndicate, who was sent to prison on account of Strike’s testimony.
The four men from Strike’s past that he suspects are capable of sending him a severed human leg.
[[folder: Terrence Malley]]
!! Terrence ‘Digger’ Malley
A boss with the Harringay Crime Syndicate, who was sent to prison on account of Strike’s testimony.
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* TheDreaded: He has a fearsome reputation in the criminal underworld.
* TheGhost: He is mentioned a lot early in the novel, but never makes an appearance in the flesh.
* FingerInTheMail: He once sent a man’s severed penis to someone else as a message.
* RedHerring: While the police focus their investigation on Malley for the majority of the novel, Strike correctly decides that it probably wasn't him (and that it was a mistake to tell the police about Malley) within the first five chapters, feeling that the song lyrics tattooed on the leg aren't his style.
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!! Donald Laing
A former soldier who served in the King’s Own Royal Borderers. Strike got him convicted of the torture of his wife.
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* TheGhost: He is mentioned a lot early in the novel, but never makes an appearance in the flesh.
* FingerInTheMail: He once sent a man’s severed penis to someone else as a message.
* RedHerring: While the police focus their investigation on Malley for the majority of the novel, Strike correctly decides that it probably wasn't him (and that it was a mistake to tell the police about Malley) within the first five chapters, feeling that the song lyrics tattooed on the leg aren't his style.
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[[folder: Donald Laing]]
!! Donald Laing
A former soldier who served in the King’s Own Royal Borderers. Strike got him convicted of the torture of his wife.
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* RedHerring: While the police focus their investigation on Malley for the majority of the novel, Strike correctly decides that it probably wasn't him (and that it was a mistake to tell the police about Malley) within the first five chapters, feeling that the song lyrics tattooed on the leg aren't his style.
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* TheCharmer: Laing has always had the ability to charm people and get them to trust him. As long as they don't really get to know him (the man's name is mud in his hometown, as Strike finds out when he goes there investigating).
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* BerserkButton: Policemen. His biological father was a policeman, his wife ended up marrying a policeman after divorcing him and he was arrested by the police for abusing his wife.
* TheCharmer: Laing has always had the ability to charm people and get them to trust him. As long as they don't really get to knowhim (the him: the man's name is mud in his hometown, as Strike finds out when he goes there investigating).investigating (Laing's own brothers ran him out of town after his release from jail, and people are happy to spill all the dirt about Laing, particularly his ex-mother-in-law).
* TheCharmer: Laing has always had the ability to charm people and get them to trust him. As long as they don't really get to know
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* TheCharmer: Laing has always had the ability to charm people and get them to trust him.
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* TheCharmer: Laing has always had the ability to charm people and get them to trust him. As long as they don't really get to know him (the man's name is mud in his hometown, as Strike finds out when he goes there investigating).
* DomesticAbuser: He tied his wife up under a bed, beat her and shoved a knife up her vagina.
* EvilIsPetty: When Laing was growing up a rugby team that cut him had the field vandalized a week later, a farm that fired him had a barn burn down a week later, and when his in-laws tried to talk his wife into leaving him there cat turned up strangled. [[spoiler:And that's not counting everything he does in his hatred for Strike in the present.]]
* DomesticAbuser: He tied his wife up under a bed, beat her and shoved a knife up her vagina.
* EvilIsPetty: When Laing was growing up a rugby team that cut him had the field vandalized a week later, a farm that fired him had a barn burn down a week later, and when his in-laws tried to talk his wife into leaving him there cat turned up strangled. [[spoiler:And that's not counting everything he does in his hatred for Strike in the present.]]
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* AbusiveParents: His father abused him and his sister when they were children.
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* AbusiveParents: His father abused him and his sister when they were children. He abused his stepdaughter.
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* DisappearedDad: To his biological son, who his wife took and left with along with his step kids.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Shanker's off-page appearances in ''Cuckoo'' made it on-screen in [[Series/Strike2017 the tv adaptation]], mostly due to his EnsembleDarkhorse status.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Shanker's most definitely a fan favourite.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Shanker's most definitely a fan favourite.
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* FaceOfAThug: Subverted. Shanker looks like a terrifying criminal and he can be. However he's quite civil to Robin, appears to respect women generally, and acts protectively towards a young child who's being sexually abused.
* GeniusBruiser: While Shanker is not as big as Strike, he's a nasty fighter who doesn't hesitate to put suspects into headlocks, when he's not pulling knives on them. However Strike describes him as sharper and more sober than many businessmen.
* GeniusBruiser: While Shanker is not as big as Strike, he's a nasty fighter who doesn't hesitate to put suspects into headlocks, when he's not pulling knives on them. However Strike describes him as sharper and more sober than many businessmen.
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* FaceOfAThug: Subverted. Shanker looks like a terrifying criminal criminal, and he can be. However However, he's quite civil to Robin, appears to respect women generally, and acts protectively towards a young child who's being sexually abused.
* GeniusBruiser: While Shanker is not as big as Strike, he's a nasty fighter who doesn't hesitate to put suspects into headlocks, when he's not pulling knives on them.However However, Strike describes him as sharper and more sober than many businessmen.
* GeniusBruiser: While Shanker is not as big as Strike, he's a nasty fighter who doesn't hesitate to put suspects into headlocks, when he's not pulling knives on them.
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* TheGhost: He is mentioned a lot early in the novel but never makes an appearance in the flesh.
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: [[UnreliableNarrator According to Donald,]] his mother was verbally abusive and emotionally unavailable. His Stepfather was a physically abusive drunk and to top it off [[DisappearedDad his biological Father was never in the picture]].]]
* TheCharmer: Laing has always had the ability to charm people and getting them to trust him.
* EvilRedhead: The man’s hair colored is often compared to a fox’s, never as a complement.
* FormerlyFit: When Strike first met him Laing was lean and massively muscled, but by the time of the story he has become fat.
* TheCharmer: Laing has always had the ability to charm people and getting them to trust him.
* EvilRedhead: The man’s hair colored is often compared to a fox’s, never as a complement.
* FormerlyFit: When Strike first met him Laing was lean and massively muscled, but by the time of the story he has become fat.
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: [[UnreliableNarrator [[spoiler:[[UnreliableNarrator According to Donald,]] his mother was verbally abusive and emotionally unavailable. His Stepfather stepfather was a physically abusive drunk drunk, and to top it off off, [[DisappearedDad his biological Father father was never in the picture]].]]
* TheCharmer: Laing has always had the ability to charm people andgetting get them to trust him.
* EvilRedhead: The man’s haircolored color is often compared to a fox’s, never as a complement.
* FormerlyFit: When Strike first methim him, Laing was lean and massively muscled, but by the time of the story story, he has become fat.
* TheCharmer: Laing has always had the ability to charm people and
* EvilRedhead: The man’s hair
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* {{Bouncer}}: Over the years this is the only job that he has been able to get, but he never lasts long.
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler:He sexually molested his sister when they were both children]].
* {{Bouncer}}: Over the years this is the only job that he has been able to get, but he never lasts long.
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler:He sexually molested his sister when they were both children]].
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* AbusiveParents: his His father abused him and his sister when they were children.
* {{Bouncer}}: Over theyears years, this is the only job that he has been able to get, but he never lasts long.
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler:He sexually molested his sister when they were bothchildren]].children.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: As a result of his injuries during his arrest he was able to escape the charges for raping his stepdaughter. [[spoiler:Thanks to Robin, he is eventually caught for molesting the daughter of his latest girlfriend]].
* PaedoHunt: He makes it a habit of molesting little girls.
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* KarmaHoudini: As a result of his injuries during his arrest arrest, he was able to escape the charges for raping his stepdaughter. [[spoiler:Thanks to Robin, he is eventually caught for molesting the daughter of his latest girlfriend]].
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* GoldDigger: A male version. He married Leda Strike convinced that all the children she had with famous musicians meant she had a ton of money hidden somewhere. He was wrong.
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* KarmaHoudini: If Strike is right about him, he was able to get away with the murder of his wife. [[spoiler:''Twice''.]] As of the end of the story [[spoiler:he still gets away with abusing Stephanie and dealing drugs]].
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* KarmaHoudini: If Strike is right about him, he was able to get away with the murder of his wife. [[spoiler:''Twice''.]] As of the end of the story story, [[spoiler:he still gets away with abusing Stephanie and dealing drugs]].
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* MayDecemberRomance: When he married Leda he was closer in age to her son than he was to her. By the time the story takes place the situation is inverted as he is involved with a girl barely out of her teens.
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* MayDecemberRomance: When he married Leda Leda, he was closer in age to her son than he was to her. By the time the story takes place place, the situation is inverted inverted, as he is involved with a girl barely out of her teens.
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* ChekhovsGunman: It's [[ChekhovsArmoury J.K. Rowling]], what were you expecting? Shanker is mentioned early on in [[Literature/TheCuckoosCalling]] as someone Strike knows who works on the other side of the law. He's finally introduced in this book and his and Strike's backstory is [[CharacterDevelopment more fleshed out]].
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* ChekhovsGunman: It's [[ChekhovsArmoury J.K. Rowling]], what were you expecting? Shanker is mentioned early on in [[Literature/TheCuckoosCalling]] ''Literature/TheCuckoosCalling'' as someone Strike knows who works on the other side of the law. He's finally introduced in this book and his and Strike's backstory is [[CharacterDevelopment more fleshed out]].
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* GeniusBruiser: While Shanker is not as big as Strike, he's a nasty fighter who doesn't hesitate to put suspects into headlocks, when he's not pulling knives on them.
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* GeniusBruiser: While Shanker is not as big as Strike, he's a nasty fighter who doesn't hesitate to put suspects into headlocks, when he's not pulling knives on them. However Strike describes him as sharper and more sober than many businessmen.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: Explicitly identified as why Shanker has spent half his adult life in jail.
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* CheckhovsGunman: It's [[CheckhovsArmoury J.K. Rowling]], what were you expecting? Shanker is mentioned early on in [[Literature/TheCuckoosCalling]] as someone Strike knows who works on the other side of the law. He's finally introduced in this book and his and Strike's backstory is [[CharacterDevelopment more fleshed out]].
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* CheckhovsGunman: ChekhovsGunman: It's [[CheckhovsArmoury [[ChekhovsArmoury J.K. Rowling]], what were you expecting? Shanker is mentioned early on in [[Literature/TheCuckoosCalling]] as someone Strike knows who works on the other side of the law. He's finally introduced in this book and his and Strike's backstory is [[CharacterDevelopment more fleshed out]].
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*CheckhovsGunman: It's [[CheckhovsArmoury J.K. Rowling]], what were you expecting? Shanker is mentioned early on in [[Literature/TheCuckoosCalling]] as someone Strike knows who works on the other side of the law. He's finally introduced in this book and his and Strike's backstory is [[CharacterDevelopment more fleshed out]].
* FaceOfAThug: Subverted. Shanker looks like a terrifying criminal and he can be. However he's quite civil to Robin, appears to respect women generally, and acts protectively towards a young child who's being sexually abused.
* FaceOfAThug: Subverted. Shanker looks like a terrifying criminal and he can be. However he's quite civil to Robin, appears to respect women generally, and acts protectively towards a young child who's being sexually abused.
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* MissingMom: His mother disappeared when he was quite young and he clung to Leda as a result.
* MoralityPet: Leda was one to him.
* MyGreatestFailure: He regrets buying drugs at a time when Leda was dying, and believes that his absence is what allowed Whittaker to murder her.
* RestrainingBolt: He acts as a version for Whittaker. Whittaker is a violent man; [[HorrifyingTheHorror so is Shanker]]. Shanker loves Leda, and sees Whittaker as a threat to her. However, he lacks the same self-restraint that's keeping Cormoran, Leda's son, from flat-out murdering Whittaker.
* MoralityPet: Leda was one to him.
* MyGreatestFailure: He regrets buying drugs at a time when Leda was dying, and believes that his absence is what allowed Whittaker to murder her.
* RestrainingBolt: He acts as a version for Whittaker. Whittaker is a violent man; [[HorrifyingTheHorror so is Shanker]]. Shanker loves Leda, and sees Whittaker as a threat to her. However, he lacks the same self-restraint that's keeping Cormoran, Leda's son, from flat-out murdering Whittaker.
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!!'Shanker'
An old friend from Strike's past with an [[LovableRogue entrepeneurial view of the law]].
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*GeniusBruiser: While Shanker is not as big as Strike, he's a nasty fighter who doesn't hesitate to put suspects into headlocks, when he's not pulling knives on them.
*KnifeNut: His favourite means of dealing with problems.
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!!'Shanker'
An old friend from Strike's past with an [[LovableRogue entrepeneurial view of the law]].
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*GeniusBruiser: While Shanker is not as big as Strike, he's a nasty fighter who doesn't hesitate to put suspects into headlocks, when he's not pulling knives on them.
*KnifeNut: His favourite means of dealing with problems.
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* EvilCripple: The brain damage he sustained while Strike tried to arrest him left him with a form of epilepsy for the rest of his days.
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* EvilCripple: The brain damage he An undiagnosed skull fracture sustained while during a rugby match coupled with his physical confrontation with Strike tried (while trying to arrest him him) left him with a form of epilepsy for the rest of his days.
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* AbusiveParents: [[UnreliableNarrator According to Donald,]] his mother was verbally abusive and emotionally unavailable. His Stepfather was a physically abusive drunk and to top it off [[DisappearedDad his biological Father was never in the picture]].
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: [[UnreliableNarrator According to Donald,]] his mother was verbally abusive and emotionally unavailable. His Stepfather was a physically abusive drunk and to top it off [[DisappearedDad his biological Father was never in the picture]].]]
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* KarmaHoudini: If Strike is right about him, he was able to get away with the murder of his wife. [[spoiler:As [[spoiler:''Twice''.]] As of the end of the story he [[spoiler:he still gets away with abusing Stephanie and dealing drugs]].
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This page is for character introduced in the novel ''Literature/CareerOfEvil''. For characters who appear across [[Literature/CormoranStrikeNovels the series]] see '''[[Characters/CormoranStrikeNovels here]]'''.
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!The Suspects
The four men from Strike’s past that he suspects are capable of sending him a severed human leg.
[[folder: Terrence Malley]]
!! Terrence ‘Digger’ Malley
A boss with the Harringay Crime Syndicate, who was sent to prison on account of Strike’s testimony.
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* TheDreaded: He has a fearsome reputation in the criminal underworld.
* TheGhost: He is mentioned a lot early in the novel but never makes an appearance in the flesh.
* FingerInTheMail: He once sent a man’s severed penis to someone else as a message.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Donald Laing]]
!! Donald Laing
A former soldier who served in the King’s Own Royal Borderers. Strike got him convicted of the torture of his wife.
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* TheCharmer: Laing has always had the ability to charm people and getting them to trust him.
* EvilRedhead: The man’s hair colored is often compared to a fox’s, never as a complement.
* FormerlyFit: When Strike first met him Laing was lean and massively muscled, but by the time of the story he has become fat.
* GeniusBruiser: While nowhere near as smart as he thinks he is, Laing possesses vast amounts of low cunning that one wouldn’t expect from such a massive guy.
* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler: He is only pretending to still need crutches]].
* TheSociopath: Strike’s evaluation of the man is that he is a true sociopath, and his actions past and present amply demonstrate it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Noel Brockbank]]
!! Noel Brockbank
A former soldier who served in the Seventh Armored Brigade. A vicious pedophile, he escaped conviction as a result of an incident when Strike tried to arrest him.
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* AbusiveParents: his father abused him and his sister when they were children.
* {{Bouncer}}: Over the years this is the only job that he has been able to get, but he never lasts long.
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler:He sexually molested her sister when they were both children]].
* EvilCripple: The brain damage he sustained while Strike tried to arrest him left him of epilepsy for the rest of his days.
* KarmaHoudini: As a result of his injuries during his arrest he was able to escape the charges for raping his stepdaughter. [[spoiler:Thanks to Robin, he is eventually caught for molesting the daughter of his latest girlfriend]].
* PaedoHunt: He makes it a habit of molesting little girls.
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[[folder: Jeff Whittaker]]
!! Jeff Whittaker
Strike’s stepfather, who Strike believes was responsible for the death of Leda Strike.
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* TheCharmer: Whittaker was always able exert a great degree of control over women.
* DrivenByEnvy: He deeply resents people who are more famous, believing himself entitled to fame and fortune.
* GoldDigger: A male version. He married Leda Strike convinced that all the children she had with famous musicians meant she had a ton of money hidden somewhere. He was wrong.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He is supremely narcissistic and thinks the world revolves around him.
* KarmaHoudini: If Strike is right about him, he was able to get away with the murder of his wife.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: How he allegedly murdered Leda Strike, by making it look like a heroin overdose.
* MayDecemberRomance: When he married Leda he was closer in age to her son than he was to her. By the time the story takes place the situation is inverted as he is involved with a girl barely out of her teens.
[[/folder]]
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!The Suspects
The four men from Strike’s past that he suspects are capable of sending him a severed human leg.
[[folder: Terrence Malley]]
!! Terrence ‘Digger’ Malley
A boss with the Harringay Crime Syndicate, who was sent to prison on account of Strike’s testimony.
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* TheDreaded: He has a fearsome reputation in the criminal underworld.
* TheGhost: He is mentioned a lot early in the novel but never makes an appearance in the flesh.
* FingerInTheMail: He once sent a man’s severed penis to someone else as a message.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Donald Laing]]
!! Donald Laing
A former soldier who served in the King’s Own Royal Borderers. Strike got him convicted of the torture of his wife.
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* TheCharmer: Laing has always had the ability to charm people and getting them to trust him.
* EvilRedhead: The man’s hair colored is often compared to a fox’s, never as a complement.
* FormerlyFit: When Strike first met him Laing was lean and massively muscled, but by the time of the story he has become fat.
* GeniusBruiser: While nowhere near as smart as he thinks he is, Laing possesses vast amounts of low cunning that one wouldn’t expect from such a massive guy.
* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler: He is only pretending to still need crutches]].
* TheSociopath: Strike’s evaluation of the man is that he is a true sociopath, and his actions past and present amply demonstrate it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Noel Brockbank]]
!! Noel Brockbank
A former soldier who served in the Seventh Armored Brigade. A vicious pedophile, he escaped conviction as a result of an incident when Strike tried to arrest him.
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* AbusiveParents: his father abused him and his sister when they were children.
* {{Bouncer}}: Over the years this is the only job that he has been able to get, but he never lasts long.
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler:He sexually molested her sister when they were both children]].
* EvilCripple: The brain damage he sustained while Strike tried to arrest him left him of epilepsy for the rest of his days.
* KarmaHoudini: As a result of his injuries during his arrest he was able to escape the charges for raping his stepdaughter. [[spoiler:Thanks to Robin, he is eventually caught for molesting the daughter of his latest girlfriend]].
* PaedoHunt: He makes it a habit of molesting little girls.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Jeff Whittaker]]
!! Jeff Whittaker
Strike’s stepfather, who Strike believes was responsible for the death of Leda Strike.
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* TheCharmer: Whittaker was always able exert a great degree of control over women.
* DrivenByEnvy: He deeply resents people who are more famous, believing himself entitled to fame and fortune.
* GoldDigger: A male version. He married Leda Strike convinced that all the children she had with famous musicians meant she had a ton of money hidden somewhere. He was wrong.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He is supremely narcissistic and thinks the world revolves around him.
* KarmaHoudini: If Strike is right about him, he was able to get away with the murder of his wife.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: How he allegedly murdered Leda Strike, by making it look like a heroin overdose.
* MayDecemberRomance: When he married Leda he was closer in age to her son than he was to her. By the time the story takes place the situation is inverted as he is involved with a girl barely out of her teens.
[[/folder]]
