J.K. Rowling (under the pen name Robert Galbraith) continues to push the boundary of how involved a mystery novel can be with “The Hallmarked Man”
In “The Running Grave” (2023, hardcover), Robin Ellacott spends months undercover in a cult church compound to gather evidence. This section is long enough to
After completing the seven-book “Harry Potter” series, J.K. Rowling branched into adult novels with 2012’s “The Casual Vacancy,” and it could serve as a guide
In her sixth Cormoran Strike novel, “The Ink Black Heart” (2022), J.K. Rowling (writing as Robert Galbraith) goes deep into the modern world of social-media
As Robert Galbraith’s (J.K. Rowling) Cormoran Strike books climb to 944 pages for the fifth entry, “Troubled Blood” (2020), it raises the question of whether
As with the “Harry Potter” series, the Cormoran Strike novels keep getting bigger as they go along. The fourth book from Robert Galbraith (the alias
In her acknowledgements, J.K. Rowling says “Career of Evil” (2015) was one of her most fun books to write. But ironically, it is her grimmest
In the “Harry Potter” series, J.K. Rowling was known for her imagination. In the “Cormoran Strike” mystery series, she writes what she knows, under the
As the inventor of “Harry Potter” with riches flowing in for life, J.K. Rowling could do whatever she wanted. Luckily for fans of great detective
Placed alongside commodified Marvel and bastardized “Star Wars,” the Wizarding World stands as the last great original blockbuster franchise. I think it will be appreciated