The cuckoo's calling / Robert Galbraith
Robert Galbraith
- Pubblicato
- 2014
- Pagine
- 550
- ISBN
- 978-0-7515-4925-6
- COBISS ID
- 1105939038
- Proprietario
- hana.brezovnik@gmail.com
Descrizione
'The Cuckoo's Calling reminds me why I fell in love with crime fiction in the first place' VAL MCDERMID ----- Now a major BBC drama: The Strike series When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case. Strike is a war veteran - wounded both physically and psychologically - and his life is in disarray. The case gives him a financial lifeline, but it comes at a personal cost: the more he delves into the young model's complex world, the darker things get - and the closer he gets to terrible danger . . . A gripping, elegant mystery steeped in the atmosphere of London - from the hushed streets of Mayfair to the backstreet pubs of the East End to the bustle of Soho - The Cuckoo's Calling is a remarkable book. Introducing Cormoran Strike, this is the acclaimed first crime novel by J.K. Rowling, writing under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. *** The latest book in the thrilling Strike series, LETHAL WHITE is out now! *** ----- PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES: 'One of the most unique and compelling detectives I've come across in years' MARK BILLINGHAM 'The work of a master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Unputdownable. . . Irresistible' SUNDAY TIMES 'Will keep you up all night' OBSERVER 'A thoroughly enjoyable classic' PETER JAMES, SUNDAY EXPRESS
Oznake: Manekenke -- Umori -- Preiskovanje -- London -- V leposlovju <br> Privatni detektivi -- V leposlovju <br> Vojni veterani -- V leposlovju <br> London (England) -- History -- 21st century -- Fiction <br> Detective and mystery stories
UDK: 821.111-312.4=111 <br> DDC: 823.92
Vrsta: roman
Ostalo: ostalo: CILJNA SKUPINA: leposlovje za odrasle
JEZIK: angleški
LETO: 2014
IZDAJA: Reprinted
ZALOžNIšTVO IN IZDELAVA: London : Sphere, 2014
FIZIčNI OPIS: 550 str. ; 20 cm
POVZETEK: Cormoran Strike, nekdanji vojak iz Afganistana, je zdaj zasebni detektiv, ki ima malo strank, zato pa veliko dolgov. Zaradi nezdravega razmerja se je razšel z dolgoletnim bogatim dekletom, zapustil udobje njene hiše in se preselil kar v svojo najeto pisarno. Ima srečo, da so mu iz agencije Začasne rešitve poslali mlado in izjemno sposobno honorarko Robin. Ko se pojavi John Bristow, ki bi rad dokazal, da njegova posvojena sestra, slavna manekenka Lula Landry, ni sama skočila z balkona v smrt, ampak jo je nekdo porinil, Cormoran ne kaže pretiranega navdušenja, saj so se o Luli Landry razpisali vsi časopisi. Njen primer je policija temeljito preiskala. Toda njegovo finančno stanje mu ne dovoljuje, da bi zavrnil stranko, ki je pripravljena plačati. Dela se loti zelo temeljito. Svoja vprašanja zastavlja vsem ključnim ljudem v Lulinem življenju. Tako spoznavamo predstavnike različnih slojev in poklicev. Med njimi se skriva morilec. O tem je sprva skeptični Cormoran vednobolj prepričan. Konec je pretresljiv in nam razkrinka človeško sprevrženost.
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