The series, which she writes under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, began in 2013 with “The Call of the Cuckoo” with 600 pages. As early as the fourth thriller “White Death” Rowling came dangerously close to the 1,000 mark.
But “bad blood” creates bad blood. After 100 pages – since Gretchen has already been redeemed in “Faust”, curtain – Strike and Robin get a new case:
A woman asks for help. She was one year old when her mother, a doctor, disappeared without a trace. It is possible that she fell victim to a serial killer who has long been in custody. He wore women’s clothes in his crimes.
Because of this stereotype, there were (again) protests against the 55-year-old author in Great Britain when the novel was published in June: she felt threatened by people whose gender identity could not be clearly assigned.
Right. That comes from interviews, but not from the current crime thriller.
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