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novels written by British author J. K. Rowling, under the

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Robert Galbraith. The story chronicles the cases of the fictional British private detective Cormoran Strike and his partner Robin Ellacott. Seven novels have so far been published in a planned series of ten. The seventh novel, titled '' The Running Grave'', was released on 26 September 2023. As of February 2024, the series has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and was published in more than 50 countries, being translated into 43 languages. The novels are adapted into the television programme '' Strike'', which began airing on BBC One in the United Kingdom in August 2017.

Novels

# ''464 pages'' # ''454 pages'' # ''512 pages'' # ''656 pages'' # ''944 pages'' # ''1024 pages'' # ''960 pages'' On 15 March 2024, Rowling announced the title of the eighth book as ''The Hallmarked Man''. It has a planned release date of 2 September 2025.

Characters

Protagonists

* Cormoran Blue Strike: An ex- SIB investigator who runs a private detective agency. His biological father, Jonny Rokeby, is a renowned rock star who had an affair with Strike's mother, model and 'super groupie' Leda Strike. * Robin Venetia Ellacott; She begins the series as a temporary secretary, but becomes a partner in the detective agency alongside Strike.

Secondary characters

*Matthew Cunliffe: Robin's fiancé, later husband, eventually ex-husband. * Lucy: Strike's younger half-sister on his mother's side. * Jonny Rokeby: Strike's famous rock-star father. *Leda Strike: Strike's late mother, a famous model and a rockstar 'supergroupie'. She died of a heroin overdose when Strike was 20. *Charlotte Campbell (Ross): Strike's ex-fiancée, wealthy and mercurial. * Eric Wardle: A detective with the Metropolitan Police. * Roy Carver: A detective with the Metropolitan Police. * Richard Anstis: A detective with the Metropolitan Police. * Linda Ellacott: Robin's mother, first appearing in the second novel. * Alexander 'Al' Rokeby: One of Strike's half-brothers on his father's side. * Shanker: Strike's friend from the times he was living with his mother Leda, a career criminal. * Nick and Ilsa Herbert: Strike's school friends who appear beginning in the second novel. * Samuel 'Sam' Barclay: A Scottish subcontractor who begins working with the agency in the fourth novel.

Television adaptation

In December 2014, it was announced that the novel series would be adapted for television by the BBC. In September 2016, Tom Burke was confirmed as having been cast as Cormoran Strike. Holliday Grainger was cast as Robin Ellacott later in November. Filming of seven hour-long episodes of the ''Cormoran Strike'' television series began in November 2016. The series was picked up by

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for distribution in the United States and Canada, It premiered on 27 August 2017 on BBC.

References

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