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Galbraith, Robert,

Career of evil / Robert Galbraith. - First North American edition. - 497 pages ; 25 cm. - Cormoran Strike 3 . - A Cormoran Strike novel .

Contain bibliographical references (pages 493-497).

Paperback -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. Robert Galbraith : pseudonyme de J.K. Rowling.-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 ... A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, Career of Evil is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives ...

When a woman's severed leg is delivered to Robin Ellacott, her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, looks into his past to determine who is responsible.

ISBN: 9780316486408

LCCN: 2015948930

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Private investigators--England--London--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction).

LC Class. No.: PR6068.O93 / C36 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.914

National Library of Medicine Call No.: Fiction / G148c 2015