The Ink Black Heart

by Robert Galbraith and Galbraith Robert

Book Overview

- INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER -
The latest installment in the highly acclaimed, internationally bestselling Strike series finds Cormoran and Robin ensnared in another winding, wicked case.

When frantic, disheveled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn't know quite what to make of the situation. The cocreator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie is desperate to uncover Anomie's true identity.

Robin decides that the agency can't help with this--and thinks nothing more of it until a few days later, when she reads the shocking news that Edie has been tasered and then murdered in Highgate Cemetery, the location of The Ink Black Heart.

Robin and her business partner, Cormoran Strike, become drawn into the quest to uncover Anomie's true identity. But with a complex web of online aliases, business interests and family conflicts to navigate, Strike and Robin find themselves embroiled in a case that stretches their powers of deduction to the limits - and which threatens them in new and horrifying ways . . .

A gripping, fiendishly clever mystery, The Ink Black Heart is a true tour-de-force.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316413038
• ISBN13: 9780316413039
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Mulholland Books
• Length: 1024 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

The weakest book an exceptional series

I love the Cormoran Strike series, and I found this to be the weakest book of the saga. I didn't enjoy the style of writing and couldn't get into the plot. However, I suggest you power through this read, because the following book -- The Running Grave -- is a masterpiece!

Ink Black Heart disappointment

I listened to audible version and fast forwarded through the endless text conversations. Will not purchase a hardcopy. Otherwise, it's another great story from Robert Galbraith.

I HATE the author's use of text messaging as narrative.

Story still good and I love this author but I absolutely HATE the abundant use of text. I pray this is not an up and coming thing for writers to do. Of all the Strike novels, this was the least loved.

Excellent character work, amazing dialogue, SO MANY SUSPECTS

I was genuinely engrossed this entire book. The characters are displayed masterfully, and even tiny bit characters have distinct personalities you can tell apart at a glance. All the Twitter and moderator instant message conversations felt incredibly true to life. Most authors are either good at plot or character, but this book has both. Literally every chapter had me guessing someone new as the killer. Also loved the developments between Strike/Robin, and the honest portrayals of their pitfalls as human beings. My one complaint about the Strike books in general is that everyone’s faults are so on display (no matter the character) that I’m often left feeling a bit depressed about humanity as a whole. The other reviews for this book are clearly by people who went in wanting to find problems with it, so they found them. Despite their claims, this book is NOT pro-alt right; the alt-right are portrayed very clearly as bigots and villains. The book explores how both the political left and right have gone to extremes. As shown by the cartoon show (The Ink Black Heart) being deplored as both “too PC” and “problematic” depending on who’s doing the complaining. So what if the plot is inspired by her life experiences? That’s what authors do. And if writing a book over a thousand pages long is a “lazy cash grab”, then my gosh, what does it take to be productive?