Troubled Blood

Troubled Blood is the fifth novel in the Strike and Robin series, which won the Crime and Thriller British Book of the Year Award 2021. It follows private detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates the mysterious disappearance of Margot Bamborough in 1974, encountering a complex case with tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer, and untrustworthy witnesses. The novel is praised for its engaging duos, finely honed writing, and intricate storytelling.

Formats: Paperback & Hardback
Length: 728 (pb), 944 pages (hb)
Publication date: 15 September 2020
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

TROUBLED BLOOD is the next thrilling instalment in the highly acclaimed, international bestselling series featuring Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott, written by Robert Galbraith, a pseudonym of J.K. Rowling.

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 .

. . A breathtaking, labyrinthine epic, Troubled Blood is the fifth Strike and Robin novel and the most gripping and satisfying yet.

Weight: 728g (pb), 1322g (hb)
Dimension: 197 x 127 x 50 mm (pb), 165 x 241 x 65 mm (hb)
ISBN-13: 9780751579956 (pb), 9780751579932 (hb)