The Ink Black Heart

Number one bestseller in the UK, Sunday Times, Irish Times and Australia, September 2022

When frantic, dishevelled 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 co-creator 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.

“The work of a master storyteller - DAILY TELEGRAPH A scrupulous plotter and master of misdirection , Galbraith keeps the pages turning ... Strike and Ellacott remain one of crime's most engaging duos - GUARDIAN A blistering piece of crime writing - SUNDAY TIMES”

A superlative piece of crime fiction SUNDAY TIMES
The longest [Galbraith] yet ... repays the commitment GUARDIAN
There can be no denying [Galbraith's] formidable talents as a crime writer DAILY MAIL
[A] strong, page-turning plot SCOTSMAN
Satisfyingly labyrinthine ... one to be savoured HEAT
A clever mystery that ticks all the boxes SUN
Fans will be as entranced as ever MAIL ON SUNDAY
Impossible to put down ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
A rip-roaring read, a big, sprawling, at-times electrifying thriller, with the expanse and sweeping momentum of a classic 19th century "social novel" ... all crafted with impeccable precision IRISH INDEPENDENT
A tightly executed, engrossing murder mystery ... [Galbraith] just gets better with every book SUNDAY INDEPENDENT (IRELAND)
An engrossing feast of a whodunnit BEST
With its striking Gothic underpinnings, the novel is a synthesis of traditional and modern elements, delivered with panache FINANCIAL TIMES

Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, bestselling author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy. The previous six Strike novels, The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White, Troubled Blood and The Ink Black Heart topped the national and international bestseller lists and the series has been adapted for television, produced by Bronte Film and Television.

When frantic, dishevelled 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 co-creator 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.

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