Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3) by Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling
Narrator: Robert Glenister
Pages: 18
Published by Hachette Audio
Publication Date October 20, 2015
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When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg.
Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible - and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality.
With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator, 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....
Career of Evil is the third in the highly acclaimed series featuring private detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant, Robin Ellacott. A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, it is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives.
Review
Career of Evil is the third book in the Cormoran Strike series and unfortunately, it will probably be my last. I enjoyed the book’s two predecessors however, this installment was long-winded with a backstory that felt unnecessary or had already been touched on in a previous novel.
At times Career of Evil felt more novelesque than mystery, almost as if the author forgot what genre they were writing and would throw in a dismembered limb for shock value. I wanted to like this novel but with the poor attempt at character development and a mystery that got lost in the thick of it, it wasn’t easy to get into.
I was hoping the ending would redeem itself, but sadly, there was no a-ha moment with a lackluster reveal that felt forced. I had to slog my way through to the end of Career of Evil and only felt relief when I had finished.
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