The Cuckoo's Calling Book Club Member Review

Sharon Curtis, a new member to the Book Club has just finished reading The Cuckoo's Calling and here are her thoughts..

"I found this a riveting page turner and read it at every opportunity – nothing too challenging but gripping from the start. The characters were very well defined – some very likeable; others quite loathsome. The hero, down on his luck Detective Cormoran Strike and his sidekick (Robin, his ill afforded temporary secretary) take us to some of the haunts of the rich and famous in the search for the killer of model, Lula Landry. Strike lost part of his leg in Afghanistan and the reader can only feel his pain as he trudges from place to place in his quest for the truth. After solving their first major case, hopefully enough business will be generated to take us on another sleuthing adventure - Strike and Robin deserve their own series of stories. We are also left with the ‘will they, won’t they’ scenario…! "

Thank you Sharon!

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