The Cuckoo's Calling Audiobook

Quotes

• “The private eye novel is not dead. It was merely waiting for Robert Galbraith to give it a firm squeeze, goosing it back to bold, new life.”

  — Duane Swierczynski, New York Times bestselling author

• “Rowling switches genres seamlessly...a gritty, absorbing tale."

  — People

• “One of the books of the year.”

  — USA Today

• “A highly entertaining book...Its narrative moves forward with propulsive suspense. More important, Strike and his now-permanent assistant, Robin (playing Nora to his Nick, Salander to his Blomkvist), have become a team—a team whose further adventures the reader cannot help eagerly awaiting.”

  — New York Times

• “Narrator Robert Glenister is the star… Glenister infuses gruff charm and a poignant edginess into Rowling’s wonderfully original detective hero, Cormoran Strike. Glenister’s character accents are terrific, and he’s a genius with women’s voices, which he softens without caricature. Glenister is just right in this noir-ish mystery with a hard-boiled softie at its center. Don’t miss it. Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award.”

  — AudioFile

• “[Rowling’s] literary gift is on display in this work. She crafts an entertaining story [and] comes up with an ending that I’ll admit I was surprised by.”

  — Washington Post

• “Combines a complex and compelling sleuth and an equally well-formed and unlikely assistant with a baffling crime…[A] stellar debut.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “Plenty of twists…Totally engrossing…Galbraith’s take on contemporary celebrity obsession makes for a grand beach read.”

  — Library Journal (starred review)

• “A quick, fun read. Rowling delivers a set of characters every bit as durable as her Potter people and a story that, though no more complex than an Inspector Lewis episode, works well on every level.”

  — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

• “Instantly absorbing, featuring a detective facing crumbling circumstances with resolve instead of clichéd self-destruction and a lovable sidekick with contagious enthusiasm for detection.”

  — Booklist

• "A page-turner featuring an uncommon hero…This engrossing story boasts a fascinating cast of fast-track suspects..Robert Galbraith has added a singular new voice to the genre of crime fiction with his engaging debut novel.”

  — BookPage

• “The Cuckoo’s Calling reminds me why I fell in love with crime fiction in the first place.”

  — Val McDermid, bestselling author

• “A beautifully written debut novel introducing one of the most unique and compelling detectives I've come across in years.”

  — Mark Billingham, author of The Demands

• “A remarkably assured debut. Robert Galbraith’s portrayal of celebrity-obsessed modern London is at once beautifully written and utterly engrossing, his characters so real you could eat dinner with them, his ever-coiling plot guaranteed to keep you up past your bedtime. I couldn’t put it down.”

  — Owen Laukkanen, author of The Professionals