History Literature / CormoranStrikeNovels

The title of the fourth book ''Lethal White'' was announced on March 14th, 2017. There is also a Creator/{{BBC}} miniseries in the works called ''Series/CormoranStrike'', starring [[Film/ThirdStar Tom Burke]] as Strike and [[Series/TheBorgias Holliday Grainger]] as Robin, which will adapt the first three books into seven 60-minute episodes.

The title of the fourth book ''Lethal White'' was announced on March 14th, 2017. There is also a Creator/{{BBC}} miniseries in the works called ''Cormoran Strike'', starring [[Film/ThirdStar Tom Burke]] as Strike and [[Series/TheBorgias Holliday Grainger]] as Robin, which will adapt the first three books into seven 60-minute episodes.

The title of the fourth book ''Lethal White'' was announced on March 14th, 2017. There is also a Creator/{{BBC}} miniseries in the works called ''The Cormoran Strike Mysteries'', starring [[Film/ThirdStar Tom Burke]] as Strike and [[Series/TheBorgias Holliday Grainger]] as Robin, which will adapt the first three books into seven 60-minute episodes.

There is also a Creator/{{BBC}} miniseries in the works called ''The Cormoran Strike Mysteries'', starring [[Film/ThirdStar Tom Burke]] as Strike and [[Series/TheBorgias Holliday Grainger]] as Robin, which will adapt the first three books into seven 60-minute episodes.

There are currently three books in the series:

There is also a Creator/{{BBC}} miniseries in the works called ''The Cormoran Strike Mysteries'', starring [[Film/ThirdStar Tom Burke]] as Strike, which will adapt the first three books into seven 60-minute episodes.

The '''''Cormoran Strike Novels''''' are a series of CrimeFiction books written by Creator/JKRowling under the MustacheDePlume Robert Galbraith (though this time [[DoingItForTheArt by choice]] rather than ExecutiveMeddling).

There is also a Creator/{{BBC}} miniseries in the works, called ''The Cormoran Strike Mysteries'', which will adapt the first three books into seven 60-minute episodes. [[Film/ThirdStar Tom Burke]] has been cast to play Strike.

There is also a Creator/{{BBC}} miniseries in the works, called ''The Cormoran Strike Mysteries'', which will adapt the first three books into seven 60-minute episodes.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Cormoran and Robin. Seeing as how we first meet Robin after she'd just been engaged to Matthew [[spoiler: and she is properly (if unhappily) married to him by the end of the third book]], it's likely to [[PlatonicLifePartners stay that way]].

* {{Epigraph}}: Each book has one epigraph per chapter, with sources themed after the plot.

** ''Career of Evil'' is the name of a song by Music/BlueOysterCult

* BlackComedy: A Rowling staple returns in full force in this series.
* ClusterFBomb / CountryMatters: To a lesser degree than ''Literature/TheCasualVacancy'', but still, this is not a series accommodating to virgin ears.

** ''Career of Evil'' is the name of a song by Music/BlueOysterC

** ''Career of Evil'' is the name of a song by Music/BlueOysterCult.

* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Both books are set in 2010.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Cormoran and Robin. Seeing as how we first meet Robin after she'd just been engaged to Matthew [[spoiler: and is properly married to him by the end of the third book]], it's likely to [[PlatonicLifePartners stay that way]].

* ''Literature/CareerOfEvil'' (upcoming, fall 2015)

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Cormoran and Robin. Seeing as how we first meet Robin after she'd just been engaged to Matthew [[spoiler: and is properly married to him by the end of the second book]], it's likely to [[PlatonicLifePartners stay that way]].

The series gained notoriety when the first book went on sale for '''four months''' under Galbraith's name and almost no one recognized it's true author, despite [[AcclaimedFlop extensive critical lauding]] and signs of Rowling's distinctive writing style. Once the jig was up, though, sales increased considerably.

** ''The Cuckoo's Calling'' is a reference to a line from the poem "A Dirge" by Christina Rossetti.

The novels focus on [[{{Deuteragonist}} two main characters]]. [[AwesomeMcCoolname Cormoran Strike]], a [[ShellshockedVeteran British veteran]] of the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror war in Afghanistan]] turned HardboiledDetective with [[AnArmAndALeg a missing leg]], a massive debt, a messy break-up and no clients; and [[NaiveNewcomer Robin Ellacott]], a young just-engaged woman whose temping agency has accidentally given Robin her dream job of working for a private eye - Cormoran. Robin quickly becomes his HypercompetentSidekick, and together, [[TheyFightCrime They Solve Crime]].

* AnArmAndALeg: Cormoran lost his left leg to an improvised explosive device while on a tour of duty in Afghanistan.

* ''Career of Evil'' (upcoming, fall 2015)

* DevelopmentGag: ''Career of Evil'''s title was revealed through an interactive online event (this time via {{Website/Twitter}}), similar to how Rowling revealed the titles of the final two ''Harry Potter'' books.

The novels focus on [[{{Deuteragonist}} two main characters]]. [[AwesomeMcCoolname Cormoran Strike]], a [[ShellshockedVeteran British veteran]] of the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror war in Afghanistan]] turned HardboiledDetective with [[AnArmAndALeg a missing leg]], a massive debt, a messy divorce and no clients; and [[NaiveNewcomer Robin Ellacott]], a young just-engaged woman whose temping agency has accidentally given Robin her dream job of working for a private eye - Cormoran. Robin quickly becomes his HypercompetentSidekick, and together, [[TheyFightCrime They Solve Crime]].