The Ink Black Heart

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3.9

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Robert Galbraith

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.

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Author

Robert Galbraith

Pages

1012

Publisher

Sphere

Published Date

2022

ISBN

0751584207 9780751584202

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"I love the Cormoran Strike murder mystery series, and you have to be kind of a fan to tackle a 1,000-page book! Strike runs a detective agency with his partner, Robin Ellacot, and their personal lives always play a great sideline story. Great characters. This sixth in the series tackles a murder mystery that evolves around online gaming and relationships that are mostly terrible and/or terrifying. The ability to mask real identities online make the mystery even more complicated. Throw in some Alt-right terrorists and there’s a lot going on. This will keep you guessing until the end!"

Jackie Davidson

"Loved the latest Cormaryn Stryke novel. Will Cormaryn and Robin finally get together? Crime centered around the murder of a creator of a Gothic show that was especially popular among teenagers. Suspects were primarily people that knew creators from art school and moderators of a web site focusing on a game based on the show. There was a lot of cyber bullying of Edie, the co creator of the game-very appropriate subject As I am won't to do I guessed wrong Galbraith aka Rowling hit a homerun."

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Brian strong

"The final 15% of the book was great. I had to force myself to drudge through it until I got to that though. The audiobook is 32 hours long so I only enjoyed about 5 hours. A case with many suspects is complicated by lots of Twitter feed and in-game messaging where characters use pseudonyms. Maybe reading the print book would be easier to understand? If you read/listen to it, I highly recommend taking notes on who is who."

Brandi Always Reading

"Such a slog. I started reading the book the week before Thanksgiving and wondered why I was getting no where. Then I discovered the e-book represented 1460 pages. Who the hell writes a mystery with more than 1000 pages? I DNF’d it at 35%. All I really wanted to see were Cormoran and Robin. What I got were extraneous characters, inert plot, lots and lots of text messages from people I don’t care about, slow going. I’m out."

Diane Morello

"A little slow to start but still an excellent read"

Christa

"I picked this up because I thought the idea of JKR, (masquerading as a man, no less), writing a book about SJWs coming after problematic personalities on twitter sounded more like a ridiculous bit of fan fiction she based on her life given her recent endeavours online. It was a hate-read and I intended to roll my eyes a lot. Turns out I absolutely loved it. Despite being the longest book I’ve read at ~1012 pages, the story never dulled. The characters were all well developed (except maybe kea Niven and Gus upcott) and the writing was enjoyable. I ended up buying the other four cormoran strike novels because I loved this one so much. A truly enjoyable read from start to finish. "

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Gillian holloway

"Keeps you guessing to the very end! Smart! Love the back and forth with Strike and Robin! "