Cormoran Strike

Cormoran Strike

AuthorJ. K. Rowling (under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime fiction, mystery
PublisherSphere Books
Published4 April 2013–present
Media type
No. of books7

Cormoran Strike is a series of crime fiction novels written by British author J. K. Rowling under the pseudonym 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.[1] The seventh novel, titled The Running Grave, was released on 26 September 2023.[2] 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.[3]

The novels are adapted into the television programme Strike, which began airing on BBC One in the United Kingdom in August 2017.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "New Robert Galbraith book, The Running Grave". jkrowling.com. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  2. ^ @jk_rowling (26 September 2023). "Publication day! 🎉 #TheRunningGrave, the 7th Strike novel, is out now!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger return in BBC's Strike - The Ink Black Heart". BBC Media Centre. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  4. ^ Sullivan, Kevin P. (24 September 2015). "New details about J.K. Rowling's BBC series revealed". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  5. ^ Szalai, Georg (17 September 2017). "BBC Orders Adaptation of J.K. Rowling's Third Cormoran Strike novel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  6. ^ "BBC One – Strike, Lethal White, Episode 1".