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* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: Freddie Bestigui, [[spoiler: with good reason]]
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* AmbiguousDisorder: [[spoiler: It becomes clear towards the end of the novel that John Bristow is not exactly right in the head. Cormoran offers a few suggestions as to what is wrong with him during TheSummation, but [[GenreSavvy recognizes that]] [[NotThatKindOfDoctor after all, he's a military man turned private detective, and not a psychologist, and feels that the police will do a better job diagnosing him.]]]]
* AnyoneCanDie: It's JK Rowling, people. [[spoiler: Amazingly, she shows surprising restraint by killing off only one major character, [[TheConfidant Rochelle Onifade]], obviously excluding Lula's PlotTriggeringDeath.]]
* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: Freddie Bestigui, [[spoiler: with goodreason]]reason]].
* AmbiguousDisorder: [[spoiler: It becomes clear towards the end of the novel that John Bristow is not exactly right in the head. Cormoran offers a few suggestions as to what is wrong with him during TheSummation, but [[GenreSavvy recognizes that]] [[NotThatKindOfDoctor after all, he's a military man turned private detective, and not a psychologist, and feels that the police will do a better job diagnosing him.]]]]
* AnyoneCanDie: It's JK Rowling, people. [[spoiler: Amazingly, she shows surprising restraint by killing off only one major character, [[TheConfidant Rochelle Onifade]], obviously excluding Lula's PlotTriggeringDeath.]]
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** Cormoran actually does this twice; though the first time, he's not actually confronting the killer but attempting to [[spoiler: get Freddie Bestigui to cooperate as a potential witness.]] [[RedHerring Though at this point, the reader is in the dark about Cormoran's actual plans.]]
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** Although what sets him apart is that he is surprisingly free of internal strife and self-destructive personality demons. All of his problems are external, not internal.
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* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: Freddie Bestigui, [[spoiler: with good reason]]
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* KavorkaMan: Cormoran Strike looks like a boxer who’s had his nose broken too many times, is incredibly hairy, lost half his leg and at the time of the story is overweight. And yet, his on-again-off-again girlfriend Charlotte is described as supermodel gorgeous and over the course of the story [[spoiler: he has sex with an actual supermodel ''without even trying''.]]
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* {{Profiling}}: John Bristow puts a special emphasis on a black man filmed acting suspiciously around the scene and time of his sister's suspicious suicide, nicknamed The Runner. His uncle Tony, who has had a great influence on the boy, is a total racist [[spoiler: but actually, Bristow knows perfectly well who The Runner is - the guy with a legitimate claim to Lula Landry's inheritance - and is trying to frame him.]]
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* ClusterFBomb: J. K. Rowling's post-Potter career is filled with these.
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* CrashIntoHello: How Robin meets Strike. He hastily prevents her from plunging head-first into the stairwell... by grabbing her boob. [[spoiler: The romantic elements between them never actually rise above subtext.]]
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* CountryMatters: As with the ClusterFBomb, Jo is also fond of the word "cunt".
* CrashIntoHello: How Robin meets Strike. He hastily prevents her from plunging head-first into the stairwell... by grabbing her boob. [[spoiler: The romantic elements between them never actually rise abovesubtext.subtext, although Strike frequently notices her body.]]
* CrashIntoHello: How Robin meets Strike. He hastily prevents her from plunging head-first into the stairwell... by grabbing her boob. [[spoiler: The romantic elements between them never actually rise above
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* SavedForTheSequel: Brian Mattherson likely is this for a future Strike novel. Given Rowling's reliance on ChekovsArmory it's probably a given. he may play into a future story.
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TwentyMinutesIntoThePast, the beautiful model Lula Landry [[DrivenToSuicide jumps from a balcony]] in a case that temporarily dominated the BritishNewspapers. [[TimeSkip Three months later]], we meet [[AwesomeMcCoolName Cormoran Strike]], a ShellShockedVeteran turned [[HardboiledDetective Private Eye]] private eye]] who is dead broke and suffering through a messy breakup. Robin Ellacott, a new temp, has just arrived at his doorstep when Strike gets a new client: John Bristow, adopted brother of his former childhood friend Charlie and of Lula Landry's adopted brother. Landry. John remains unconvinced that a woman with such a bright future ahead of her would take her own life, and and, with no one else to turn to, he implores Strike to help him find out what really happened.
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* BigFancyHouse: The Bristows live in one, which gives young Cormoran the completely baseless impression that they're well-adjusted.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Bristow-Landry family.
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* BigFancyHouse: The Bristowslive lived in one, which gives young Cormoran the completely baseless impression that they're well-adjusted.
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* DefectiveDetective: Strike is a war-wounded amputee with a tempestuous on-and-off relationship, death threats from a former client, and debt up to his eyeballs.
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* CrashIntoHello: How Robin meets Strike. He hastily prevents her from plunging headfirst head-first into the stairwell... by grabbing her boob. [[spoiler: The romantic elements between them never actually rise above subtext.]]
* DefectiveDetective: Strike is a war-wounded amputee with a tempestuous on-and-off relationship, death threats from a formerclient, client and debt up to his eyeballs.
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* IfItBleedsItLeads: Lula Landry's suicide is a media ''gold mine'', and only becomes moreso upon proper examination.
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: [[spoiler: Considered and rejected; the security guy was real, but unwittingly let the killer overhear the keycode.]]
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* IfItBleedsItLeads: Lula Landry's suicide is a media ''gold mine'', and only becomes moreso more so upon proper examination.
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: [[spoiler: Considered and rejected; the security guy was real, but unwittingly let the killer overhear thekeycode.key-code.]]
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney[=/=]ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: A mild example - Bristow persuades aloof celebrity witnesses to talk to Strike with copious bribes/tipoffs that [[spoiler: Strike is the son of a rock star]].
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney[=/=]ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: A mild example - -- Bristow persuades aloof celebrity witnesses to talk to Strike with copious bribes/tipoffs that [[spoiler: bribes/tip-offs that Strike is the son of a rock star]].star.
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* UpMarketing: Guy Some's entire fashion business, ranging from the sort of thing you buy at Neiman Marcus to items that are absolutely one-of-a-kind. Wearing his product can thus become a plot point.
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* UpMarketing: Guy Some's Somé's entire fashion business, ranging from the sort of thing you buy at Neiman Marcus to items that are absolutely one-of-a-kind. Wearing his product can thus become a plot point.
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TwentyMinutesIntoThePast, the beautiful model Lula Landry [[DrivenToSuicide jumps from a balcony]] in a case that temporarily dominated the BritishNewspapers. [[TimeSkip Three months later]], we meet [[AwesomeMcCoolName Cormoran Strike]], a ShellShockedVeteran turned PrivateEye [[HardboiledDetective PrivateEye]] who is dead broke and suffering through a messy breakup. Robin Ellacott, a new temp, has just arrived at his doorstep when Strike gets a new client: John Bristow, brother of his former childhood friend Charlie and Lula Landry's adopted brother. John remains unconvinced that a woman with such a bright future ahead of her would take her own life, and with no one else to turn to, he implores Strike to help him find out what really happened.
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* MamasBoy: John Bristow. Distressing his dying mother is a sure way to send him into barely-concealed hysterics.
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* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: Evan Duffield, before Lula's death is ruled a suicide. A major theme of the book is that public opinion can turn on a dime.
* CrashIntoHello: How Robin meets Strike. He hastily prevents her from plunging headfirst the stairwell... by grabbing her boob. [[spoiler: The romantic elements between them never actually rise above subtext.]]
* CrashIntoHello: How Robin meets Strike. He hastily prevents her from plunging headfirst the stairwell... by grabbing her boob. [[spoiler: The romantic elements between them never actually rise above subtext.]]
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* FallGuy: [[spoiler: This was intended to be Lula's half-brother, Jonah, but Strike seemed very close to honing in on Tony, which the killer would probably have been satisfied with.]]
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* TheSummation: In [[TalkingIsAFreeAction traditional Rowling fashion]], Cormoran delivers this over the course of pages while alone with the killer, who makes no real attempt to stop him until he's done outlining all his points.
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* DefectiveDetective: Strike is a war-wounded amputee with a tempestuous on-and-off relationship, death threats from a former client, and debt up to his eyeballs.
* DisposableFiance: [[spoiler: Matthew is presented as one, but as of the end of the novel, he's still with Robin - if unhappy about her career path.]]
* DisposableFiance: [[spoiler: Matthew is presented as one, but as of the end of the novel, he's still with Robin - if unhappy about her career path.]]
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* LovableAlphaBitch: Lula may have let fame go to her head, but witnesses tend to remember her as kinder than your typical troubled starlet.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: Lula is said to be a replacement for Charlie.
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* BigFancyHouse: The Bristows live in one, which gives young Cormoran the completely baseless impression that they're well-adjusted.
* BigSecret: All the major red herrings have one. [[spoiler: Except Duffield, who is just much more of a softie than his drug-addled rocker lifestyle would have you think.]]
* TheConfidant: [[spoiler: Rochelle]] is the only person Lula guarantees will never blab about her to the press. [[spoiler: Nonetheless, she's kind of a gold-digging scumbag.]]
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* BuyThemOff: [[spoiler: Freddie to the many women he's wronged; John to Rochelle.]]
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* RichBitch: Naturally, a common presence in Lula's social circles.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney/ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: A mild example - Bristow persuades aloof celebrity witnesses to talk to Strike with copious bribes/tipoffs that [[spoiler: Strike is the son of a rock star]].
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney/ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney[=/=]ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: A mild example - Bristow persuades aloof celebrity witnesses to talk to Strike with copious bribes/tipoffs that [[spoiler: Strike is the son of a rock star]].
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* GoldDigger: Several characters of both genders are accused of this, romantically and otherwise. Most definitively, Tansy and Ursula.
* PrivateDetective: Strike, natch. Robin thinks this is the coolest thing ever.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney/ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: A mild example - Bristow persuades aloof celebrity witnesses to talk to Strike with copious bribes/tipoffs that [[spoiler: Strike is the son of a rock star]].
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney/ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: A mild example - Bristow persuades aloof celebrity witnesses to talk to Strike with copious bribes/tipoffs that [[spoiler: Strike is the son of a rock star]].
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* TellMeAboutMyFather: Lula was obsessed with finding her biological parents.
* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler:John]] feels this way, [[spoiler: which drives him to kill.]]]]
* {{Yandere}}: ''Charlotte.'' Which Strike fully appreciates, while still not being able to let go of his obsession with her.
* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler:John]] feels this way, [[spoiler: which drives him to kill.
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* IfItBleedsItLeads: Lula Landry's suicide is a media ''gold mine'', and only becomes moreso upon proper examination.
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* {{Paparazzi}}: A looming presence throughout, taking on all sorts of plot and thematic functions.
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* LonelyRichKid: Lula.
* MyBelovedSmother: Lady Bristow spoils and smothers her children.
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TwentyMinutesIntoThePast, the beautiful model Lula Landry [[DrivenToSuicide jumps from a balcony]] in a case that temporarily dominated the BritishNewspapers. [[TimeSkip Three months later]], we meet [[AwesomeMcCoolName Cormoran Strike]], a ShellShockedVeteran turned PrivateEye who is dead broke and suffering through a messy breakup. Robin Ellacott, a new temp, has just arrived at his doorstep when Strike gets a new client: John Bristow, brother of his former childhood friend Charlie and Lula Landry's adopted brother. John remains unconvinced that a woman with such a bright future ahead of her would take her own life, and with no one else to turn to, he implores Strike to help him find out what really happened.happened.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Sold very few copies, before the author was revealed.
* BigScrewed-UpFamily: The Landry family.
* [[spoiler: CainAndAbel]]: [[spoiler: John]] actually kills [[spoiler: both his favored siblings.]] Magazines apparently [[LampshadeHanging take note.]]
* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler: John]], who [[spoiler: murdered his brother]] when he was very young.
* GirlFriday: Robin, definitely.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Robin, though Comoran is no PointyHairedBoss.
* NeverSuicide: Well, duh.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Comoran to a mild degree.
* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler:John]] feels this way, [[spoiler: which drives him to kill.]]
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* AcclaimedFlop: Sold very few copies, before the author was revealed.
* BigScrewed-UpFamily: The Landry family.
* [[spoiler: CainAndAbel]]: [[spoiler: John]] actually kills [[spoiler: both his favored siblings.]] Magazines apparently [[LampshadeHanging take note.]]
* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler: John]], who [[spoiler: murdered his brother]] when he was very young.
* GirlFriday: Robin, definitely.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Robin, though Comoran is no PointyHairedBoss.
* NeverSuicide: Well, duh.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Comoran to a mild degree.
* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler:John]] feels this way, [[spoiler: which drives him to kill.]]
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TwentyMinutesIntoThePast, the beautiful model Lana Lula Landry [[DrivenToSuicide jumps from a balcony]] in a case that temporarily dominated the BritishNewspapers. [[TimeSkip Three months later]], we meet [[AwesomeMcCoolName Cormoran Strike]], a ShellShockedVeteran turned PrivateEye who is dead broke and suffering through a messy divorce. breakup. Robin Ellacott, a new temp, has just arrived at his doorstep when Strike gets a new client: John Bristow, brother of his former childhood friend Charlie and Lana Lula Landry's foster adopted brother. John remains unconvinced that a woman with such a bright future ahead of her would take her own life, and with no one else to turn to, he implores Strike to help him find out what really happened.
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''The Cuckoo's Calling'' is a 2013 detective mystery novel by Robert Galbraith. Initially released in April 2013 to positive reviews but very modest sales, it became an overnight sensation four months later when it was revealed that [[MustacheDePlume "Robert Galbraith"]] was actually Creator/JKRowling. [[Franchise/HarryPotter Yes, that]] [[Literature/TheCasualVacancy JK Rowling]].
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''The Cuckoo's Calling'' is a 2013 detective mystery novel by Robert Galbraith. Initially released in April 2013 to positive reviews but very modest sales, it became an overnight sensation four three months later when it was revealed that [[MustacheDePlume "Robert Galbraith"]] was actually Creator/JKRowling. [[Franchise/HarryPotter Yes, that]] [[Literature/TheCasualVacancy JK Rowling]].
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''The Cuckoo's Calling'' is a mystery novel written by JKRowling under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Before it was revealed that Rowling wrote it, the book sold about 1,500 copies, but once her secret was revealed sales skyrocketed.
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''The Cuckoo's Calling'' is a 2013 detective mystery novel written by JKRowling under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Before Galbraith. Initially released in April 2013 to positive reviews but very modest sales, it became an overnight sensation four months later when it was revealed that Rowling wrote it, [[MustacheDePlume "Robert Galbraith"]] was actually Creator/JKRowling. [[Franchise/HarryPotter Yes, that]] [[Literature/TheCasualVacancy JK Rowling]].
TwentyMinutesIntoThePast, thebook sold about 1,500 copies, but once beautiful model Lana Landry [[DrivenToSuicide jumps from a balcony]] in a case that temporarily dominated the BritishNewspapers. [[TimeSkip Three months later]], we meet [[AwesomeMcCoolName Cormoran Strike]], a ShellShockedVeteran turned PrivateEye who is dead broke and suffering through a messy divorce. Robin Ellacott, a new temp, has just arrived at his doorstep when Strike gets a new client: John Bristow, brother of his former childhood friend Charlie and Lana Landry's foster brother. John remains unconvinced that a woman with such a bright future ahead of her secret was revealed sales skyrocketed.would take her own life, and with no one else to turn to, he implores Strike to help him find out what really happened.
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