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The Running Grave: Cormoran Strike Book 7

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It kept me on the edge of my seat, the whole church was very disturbing, and I was so worried about Robin at the farm (although I was annoyed she was staying there so long against her better judgement). Who knew all it would take was for Ilsa and Charlotte to cease pressing Strike about the elephant in the room to spur him into action? Strike and Robin realize immediately that they are going to have to get someone into the UHC, and Robin volunteers -- nay, insists that it should be her. Robin's undercover investigation of the UHC occupies two-thirds of the book. This part is gripping. Point of view alternates between Robin and Strike. Strike continues the investigation of the UHC from the outside. Robin's chapters are the most harrowing -- we feel that she is in real danger throughout this time.

With a book of this length, you need more regular reminders of who people are and their relation to others.I had to remind myself that "Asian" in the British context means South Asian, whereas in America it means East Asian. When I first saw that The Runnin Grave is going to be about a cult, I was very excited. She is a writer who started with probably the best and the most popular fantasy series of all time. My favorite at least. I knew she had the necessary imagination and writing skills to create a new believable and terrifying religion so I was looking forward to see the results. They were better than I thought. Yes, these is a lot of info dumping, and the books stalls a bit due to excessive detailing but they were all important parts of the story, as the ending proves. Rowling was born to Anne Rowling (née Volant) and Peter James Rowling, a Rolls-Royce aircraft engineer, on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Bristol. Her mother Anne was half-French and half-Scottish. Her parents first met on a train departing from King's Cross Station bound for Arbroath in 1964. They married on 14 March 1965. Her mother's maternal grandfather, Dugald Campbell, was born in Lamlash on the Isle of Arran. Her mother's paternal grandfather, Louis Volant, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for exceptional bravery in defending the village of Courcelles-le-Comte during the First World War. I just wish we had gotten to know more about a certain confrontation between Robin and two principal members of the cult…

Book 7 of a series, readers know what they are getting into presumably, so: more of the same. I am a bit over it but it is still a good mystery, fantastic place, intricate plot, and the theme (cults) was extra fascinating to me. Rowling's sister Dianne was born at their home when Rowling was 23 months old. The family moved to the nearby village Winterbourne when Rowling was four. She attended St Michael's Primary School, a school founded by abolitionist William Wilberforce and education reformer Hannah More. Her headmaster at St Michael's, Alfred Dunn, has been suggested as the inspiration for the Harry Potter headmaster Albus Dumbledore. Though, the actual outcome isn't as beguiling a twist, albeit much more elaborate, so it's a bit of a letdown. The investigation begins with the Edensor family wanting their youngest son Will out of the Chapman farm and Robin being an expert in disguise, goes undercover as Rowena to unearth the skeletons hidden in the church. And this raises the tension to a crescendo as Robin to her horror undergoes physical and mental exhaustion and terrifying and traumatic experiences within the confines of the farm. I loved how the author explores Robin's psyche showing her chanting the ‘Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu’ and her partial indoctrination and her mental strength to hold on to thoughts of Strike and his reactions to regain her sanity. The mystery of the drowned girl and the goings on of the church, and its activities gave me the creeps and the characters especially Mazu with her tarantula vibes was just evil.Niamh met her much older husband when he was her boss. Which is exactly how Robin met Strike, who's around a decade her senior. Seventh Strike novel to publish this September, in the tenth anniversary year of the bestselling series by Robert Galbraith.

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