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Who's got their copy of Robert Galbraith's (JKR) latest?

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ParmaVioletTea · 03/09/2025 19:13

Just picked mine up from my local bookshop. And my local Waterstone's had a whole window full of the book, with a special half-price offer.

I have started reading it; slipping into another story of characters who feel like old friends.

(Heretical opinion: I think Ms Rowling is a better writer in the Strike series than Harry Potter, but she still needs an editor.)

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Memoryhole · 08/09/2025 17:00

RoseAndGeranium · 06/09/2025 21:51

Omg who is 'us'? TERFs? Mumsnetters? I'm on chapter 29 and I haven't spotted it, I don't think 😭

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TERFs and MNetters in particular. It happens in Ironbridge

ThursdayLastWeek · 07/09/2025 16:30

I’m on chapter 44 on audible.
Robert Glenister really is a fabulous narrator.

Agree with PP about Strikes funny little asides!

BerfyTigot · 06/09/2025 21:54

Got mine on the release date too. On audible. Really enjoying it 😍

RoseAndGeranium · 06/09/2025 21:51

Memoryhole · 03/09/2025 20:41

I have 7 hours left of the audio book.

No spoilers but she has put something in especially for us. I am sure you will all spot it.

Omg who is 'us'? TERFs? Mumsnetters? I'm on chapter 29 and I haven't spotted it, I don't think 😭

LizzieSiddal · 06/09/2025 21:47

I’m on charter 23 and very much enjoying it. However, I had to go back and skim read again to write all the character names down as getting so confused with who is who.
I never used to be like this, think my brain has been frazzled by the menopause!

SeaBaseAlpha · 06/09/2025 19:41

Just finished it!

And now having to sit there like this 🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐 as DH is only on chapter 15 (and knowing the speed he listens, unlikely to finish before the end of September!)

JustSpeculation · 06/09/2025 19:34

Rightsraptor · 06/09/2025 19:26

I hadn't realised she doesn't have an editor but she does need one. In one book someone had a tattoo on his left arm & then suddenly it was on his right arm ...

I'm only a few chapters into this new one, but I'm ready puzzled by Robin's temperature being expressed in Fahrenheit, which is no longer usual in the UK, and also hospital notes being at the end of a bed in a London hospital. Major, and even minor, hospitals normally computerise notes now.

I'll await someone telling me their hospital still has paper notes.

But - still a riveting book so far.

The book is set ten years ago. Does that make a difference?...I am not a health care professional.....

Rightsraptor · 06/09/2025 19:26

I hadn't realised she doesn't have an editor but she does need one. In one book someone had a tattoo on his left arm & then suddenly it was on his right arm ...

I'm only a few chapters into this new one, but I'm ready puzzled by Robin's temperature being expressed in Fahrenheit, which is no longer usual in the UK, and also hospital notes being at the end of a bed in a London hospital. Major, and even minor, hospitals normally computerise notes now.

I'll await someone telling me their hospital still has paper notes.

But - still a riveting book so far.

EmpressaurusKitty · 06/09/2025 18:54

EachandEveryone · 06/09/2025 12:08

Got it today on audible. I didn’t realise it’s the 8th so I’ve missed one somewhere. I don’t suppose it matters?

I think it probably depends which one your missed. If you’ve read / listened to The Running Grave, which is the previous one, you’re probably ok - if not, I’d do that one first.

EachandEveryone · 06/09/2025 12:08

Got it today on audible. I didn’t realise it’s the 8th so I’ve missed one somewhere. I don’t suppose it matters?

DeanElderberry · 06/09/2025 11:51

I've just brought it home. I was in our small town bookshop early on Tuesday and THEY DID NOT HAVE IT. Still, all is well now. I decided to re-read a Marian Babson crime novel from the 90s while I was waiting, so I need to read the last few pages of that, and then I'll be in.

borntobequiet · 06/09/2025 07:29

ParmaVioletTea · 04/09/2025 00:13

The last one was pretty intense. JKR really made that world of the cult feel very real. I think her experiences over the last few years informed the way she created the atmosphere and thinking of the cult.

This is a similar cult that she may have been aware of.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002fxr8

BBC Two - Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army, Series 1, Episode 1

A look at the origins of the Jesus Fellowship.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002fxr8

TotalElephant · 06/09/2025 05:22

I haven't bought it yet as we are going on holiday next weekend so I'm saving it for then (although with three kids I'm definitely kidding myself that I'll get time to sit and read). Until I've read it I'm not going on Mumsnet, Reddit or Twitter as I'm sure that some people will want to maliciously spoil it!!

Feejoah · 06/09/2025 03:57

Memoryhole · 05/09/2025 11:46

Wasn’t it delicious ?

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Quite!

(They are a bit expensive to buy here in NZ but I feel a sudden compulsion to order some)

Ddakji · 05/09/2025 22:45

Just got it today, agree that she needs a good edit. Don’t need to know every time Strike’s stump hurts or he has a fag.

But she’s a great storyteller.

Memoryhole · 05/09/2025 22:42

abathofmilkwithladydi · 05/09/2025 22:38

@Memoryhole I have read the whole book (by 7am the day after it came out 😂) and I genuinely don't know!

I don’t want to spoiler for anyone but if you have a look on the spoiler thread in what we are reading, I’ve posted there.

abathofmilkwithladydi · 05/09/2025 22:38

@Memoryhole I have read the whole book (by 7am the day after it came out 😂) and I genuinely don't know!

JennyForeigner · 05/09/2025 15:33

Finished reading my copy this morning. No spoilers, but I enjoyed it. I think it's one of JKR's most clearly feminist books - if she uses the Stroke books to explore ideas, this feels like the one that gets to the root of the things she has thought most about for the last 10 years.

EsmeWeatherwaxHatpin · 05/09/2025 15:29

DialSquare · 05/09/2025 11:46

https://amzn.eu/d/e6ZbJmG

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Well now this is a thing of beauty and I have a birthday coming up!

Cattywillow · 05/09/2025 12:53

Memoryhole · 05/09/2025 12:48

No spoilers for those who haven’t read it but when you get to it, you will know!

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Can someone PM me to tell me? 🙏 I’ve finished the book.

StrikeandRobinlol · 05/09/2025 12:52

I wasn’t a big fan of HP (i means, it’s ok) but i love JKR so have this a go not expecting anything. Omg I’m definitely more into this series, it’s genius!

i thought £18 for a Kindle book was crazy, but made an exception for JKR

Memoryhole · 05/09/2025 12:48

abathofmilkwithladydi · 05/09/2025 12:15

What was the gift? Am desperate to know!

No spoilers for those who haven’t read it but when you get to it, you will know!

Cattywillow · 05/09/2025 12:24

The longer the better when it comes to Strike books for me, but I did notice a few typos in mine (including the accidental inclusion of the name of a former Australian PM 😂) I didn’t get the MN Easter egg. I think I’m too new to MN.

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