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Radio 2 Fiction Book Club: Career of Evil

Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith will be featured on the Radio 2 Book Club on Monday 2 November. We have an exclusive extract available for you to read and a reading group set to give away!

Career of Evil

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman’s severed leg.

Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible – and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality.

With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator, he and Robin take matters into their own hands, and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out for the two of them…

Career of Evil is the third in the highly acclaimed series featuring private detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott. A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, it is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives.

About the author

Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, bestselling author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy. Career of Evil is the third book in the highly acclaimed Cormoran Strike crime fiction series. The Cuckoo’s Calling was published in 2013 and The Silkworm in 2014.

Robert Galbraith’s Cormoran Strike novels will be adapted for a major new television series for BBC One, produced by Brontë Film and Television.

Get involved

Tune in to Simon Mayo’s Drivetime show on Monday 2 November to hear a live interview with Robert Galbraith discussing the book.

Win 10 copies of Career of Evil for your reading group! Just visit our Noticeboard.

Have you read Career of Evil or the other titles in the Cormoran Strike series? You can share your thoughts with us on Twitter using #CareerofEvil, or post a review. You can also follow Robert Galbraith on Twitter or find out more on the author’s website.

Want more information about the Book Club? Take a look at the Radio 2 Book Club Twitter feed or find out more on the Radio 2 Book Club website

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