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The Ink Black Heart
The Number One international bestseller (Strike 6)
Series: Strike
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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.
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The 7th novel in the Strike series, The Running Grave, is coming in September 2023. Pre-order now and be the first to read it.
The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller, July 2023
'A superlative piece of crime fiction' Sunday Times
'There can be no denying [Galbraith's] considerable talents as a crime writer' Guardian
'Fans will be as entranced as ever' Daily Mail
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.Series: Strike
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The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith has been praised as a superlative piece of crime fiction with a strong, page-turning plot. Reviews highlight Galbraith's formidable talents as a crime writer and commend the book's intricate, labyrinthine narrative. Described as impossible to put down and a rip-roaring read, it offers an engrossing feast for mystery fans, melding traditional and modern elements with striking Gothic underpinnings.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780751584196
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 June 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Sphere
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 54.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 820g
Pages: 1248
About the Author
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.
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