Strike — Troubled Blood
While enjoying a rare visit with his family in Cornwall, private detective Cormoran Strike finds himself drawn into a perplexing new mystery when a woman named Anna Phipps seeks his help. Her mother, Margot Bamborough, vanished without a trace back in 1974, and the cold case has lingered unanswered for decades. Intrigued by the challenge – a first for Strike – he accepts, adding it to his already considerable workload alongside Robin. Their investigation into Margot’s disappearance quickly spirals into something far more sinister, revealing a web of deceit, unreliable witnesses, and hinting at the presence of a disturbingly complex serial killer.
A woman approaches Strike, seeking assistance in locating her mother, Margot Bamborough. Margot vanished in 1974, a disappearance overshadowed by the chilling presence of a psychopathic serial killer who had been preying on the city's stree…
The inquiry takes a perilous direction when a troubling piece of evidence draws Robin and Strike into the city's shadowy depths. Driven by a fierce determination, Robin puts herself in harm's way to track a dangerous suspect.
Fueled by the persistence of a father whose own daughter vanished in the 1970s, the detectives strive to gain the upper hand against a convicted serial killer—a man who may possess the answers they desperately seek.
A chilling certainty settled upon Strike: Margot’s death was not an isolated incident. He recognized in the killer's methods a disturbing familiarity with unsolved cases, a pattern of unseen victims. With grim resolve, Strike devised a care…
