Troubled Blood

by Robert Galbraith

Book Overview

In the epic fifth installment in this "compulsively readable" (People) series, Galbraith's "irresistible hero and heroine" (USA Today) take on the decades-old cold case of a missing doctor, one which may be their grisliest yet.

Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough--who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974.

Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike.

As Strike and Robin investigate Margot's disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. And they learn that even cases decades old can prove to be deadly . . .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316498955
• ISBN13: 9780316498951
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Mulholland Books
• Length: 944 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Completely Ensorcelled!

I am completely enthralled with Strike and Robin's world. The characters are wonderful, complex and imperfect, but so real. Each book in the series takes me farther and farther into their world. Matthew better be glad I can't get my hands on him! Cuckoo's Calling was my least favorite, but I think each book since has been better and better and better. I can't remember when I've so looked forward to each next book in a series.

Another hit from the master herself!

The twists and turns in this installment were great. It definitely adds to the series and for what's to come. I didn't listen to the naysayers and "cancel army" because they only judged what they think they know. Robert (Jo) wrote a fantastic story and It's here to stay.