Clearly unwell he runs off when the receptionist calls the police and the story continues as Strike tries to track him down. Lethal White starts just where Career of Evil left off in the middle of Robin and Matthew’s wedding before jumping forward a month and properly jumping into the plot of this novel when Billy visits Strike’s office and tells him of a young girl he saw being strangled and buried when he was a child. I pre-ordered the hardback and collected it on publication day but barely made it past the prologue before realising that there was no way I was managing this book as a commute read, then I bought the audiobook, and as much as I loved the narration it was just so slow to get through, I only made it through seven or eight more chapters, then ahead of a day where I knew I’d spend a lot of time travelling I saw the ebook reduced to £4.99 and made my third purchase of the book! It seems I finally found the perfect format for me and made my way right through the book in around two days.
It has taken me both forever and no time at all to read this book. Plus, his relationship with his former assistant is more fraught than it ever has been-Robin is now invaluable to Strike in the business, but their personal relationship is much, much trickier than that. Trying to get to the bottom of Billy’s story, Strike and Robin Ellacott-once his assistant, now a partner in the agency-set off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of London, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament, and to a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside.Īnd during this labyrinthine investigation, Strike’s own life is far from straightforward: his newfound fame as a private eye means he can no longer operate behind the scenes as he once did. But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic.
While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike’s office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. “I seen a kid killed…He strangled it, up by the horse.”
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