A disturbing package leads Detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott to investigate four dangerous murder suspects in this "magnetic" British mystery (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times) that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B. Strike.
When Robin Ellacott opens an unexpected delivery, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg.
Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but just as alarmed. He suspects that four people from his past could be responsible -- and any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality.
With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike has essentially ruled out, 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 . . .
Product details
Publisher : Mulholland Books; Reprint edition (April 19, 2016)
Language : English
Paperback : 512 pages
ISBN-10 : 0316349895
ISBN-13 : 978-0316349895
Lexile measure : 1000L
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.5 x 1.5 x 8.25 inches
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#1,132 in Murder Thrillers
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