The Death of Mrs. Westaway follows Hal Westaway, a young tarot reader in serious financial trouble who receives a letter informing her that she has been left an inheritance. She quickly realizes the message was probably sent to the wrong…
The Lying Game follows Isa Wilde, who is drawn back to the coastal town of Salten after receiving a message from Kate, one of the three friends with whom she once shared an intense bond at boarding school. Years earlier,…
In a Dark, Dark Wood begins with Leonora, known as Nora, receiving an unexpected invitation to the hen party of a former friend she has not seen in years. Reluctantly, she travels to a remote glass house in the English…
The Woman in Suite 11 brings Lo Blacklock back for a new ordeal, this time far from the closed-ship setting of the first novel. She is invited to the opening of a luxury hotel in Switzerland, a trip that looks…
The Woman in Cabin 10 centers on Lo Blacklock, a travel journalist sent on what should be a glamorous assignment aboard a luxury cruise through the North Sea. Instead, the trip turns into a nightmare when she becomes convinced that…
The Hallmarked Man sends Strike and Robin into a case that is grisly from the outset and unusually tangled even by this series’ standards. A dismembered body is discovered in the vault of a silver shop, and while police think…
The Running Grave sends Strike and Robin into one of their most dangerous cases when a desperate father asks them to help rescue his adult son from a religious group in rural Norfolk. On the surface, the Universal Humanitarian Church…
The Ink Black Heart begins when Robin is approached by Edie Ledwell, the co-creator of a cult animated series who is being harassed online by a shadowy figure using the name Anomie. Robin turns the job down, but when Edie…
Troubled Blood gives the series its most intricate cold case up to that point. While visiting family in Cornwall, Strike is approached by a woman who wants him to investigate the disappearance of her mother, Margot Bamborough, who vanished in…
Career of Evil gives the Strike series its darkest and most personal turn so far. The case begins when Robin Ellacott receives a horrifying package, immediately making it clear that this is not just another investigation arriving at the office,…