Robert Galbraith

also read about the release date, It's a long wait Jaxjacky! but usually they are quite weighty, none of the 350 pages that seem to be the standard length for any crime novels. I loved the last one "Troubled Blood" far, far more than the predecessors. I'm looking forward to the dramatisation of that, Tome Burke and Holiday Grainger are very well cast imo.

Agree Terri I did wait for the paperbacks of both Troubled Blood and Lethal White, big hardbacks are difficult to balance in bed or on a sun lounger!

The tv adaptation of ‘Troubled Blood’ is being filmed now.

I love the Strike books. Addictive page turners like Harry Potter. I particularly enjoyed Troubled Blood with the Cornwall and Clerkenwell connections - and Strike's doomed attempts to buy Robin a present!

I enjoy the books although they are a bit long, I think the TV series is very well cast, and they are such a likeable characters.

I’ve just pre ordered it from Amazon, it’s half price £12.50

I really enjoyed the books too - and the TV adaptions, which have to be a very much slimmed down version, as otherwise there would be a possible twenty episodes. The casting is excellent - and I do agree that the books are 'unputdownable' once you start.

Jaxjacky

I’ve just pre ordered it from Amazon, it’s half price £12.50

Thanks for the info

That’s good news as I love the Strike books too. The telly adaptations are spot on.

I've just finished The Ink Black Heart. It took me a while to get into it, partly because I was reading it in bed and it quickly becomes VERY heavy! I know some people have had problems with the pages of on line chat in it. I think the problem is that JK is so good at what she does. She perfectly replicates the mind numbing fanaticism of some of the fans and the depressing lack of education some of them display and it can make heavy reading. There are all the usual twists and turns and red herrings.

I've loved her previous Strike books, but do find them heavy. Did I hear someone say this book is over 1,000 pages?

Yes, it’s over 1000 pages long, and I agree, the online chats are the least interesting part of the book.

Am a big Strike fan, but have to admit it’s the ongoing professional/personal relationship between Strike and Robin that keeps me hooked, far more than the actual crimes.

You can really relate to their feelings about each other.

I found myself spinning out the last 300 or so pages, just to make it last!

I loved this book.

However I did struggle a bit with the kindle version as the "message board chats" had been typed in some sort of micro-text font size that could not be expanded and was hard to read. However a wrist problem means I would struggle to hold the 1024 page print version

I’ve got this in my Audible library and is next on my list. Almost 33 hours!

I loved it on Audible but found the "internet" bits hard work. I listen for half an hour when I go to bed.
I've bought the book now (£12.50 for hardback on a well-known internet site) and when I re-listen (as I will), I'll use the book for those parts.