![]() But as much as Strike fans may want things to return to "normal" - after all, Cormoran hires Robin back! - the first half of Lethal White is spent navigating the boundaries of the "new" normal. Though Galbraith provides ample clues to what happened previous novels, you'll be too distracted filling in the blanks to appreciate the devastating, emotional weight of Robin and Cormoran's sensual embrace after Robin breaks free from her first dance to chase after her former boss. Even if the world is the seedy underbelly of contemporary London and not magical Hogwarts, cracking the cover of a Galbraith novel is like stepping through a portal. If you're considering using Lethal White as introduction to the Cormoran Strike world, you'll spend the first 40 or so pages playing catch up, trying to decipher who's getting married - for Strike Series fans, yes, it's Robin and yes, to Matthew (yes, ugh) - why Robin was fired, and why Cormoran, bruised and bloodied following his capture of The Shacklewell Ripper, appearing at Robin's wedding is such a controversial character. It's in this vein that we're dropped into Galbraith's latest, Lethal White, the fourth in the Cormoran Strike series. Rowling, perhaps better known, in this instance, as crime author Robert Galbraith, is an expert at world building. ![]() ![]() No matter the subject - or the intended audience - J.K. ![]()
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