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A review by katy_chessum_rice
Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
5.0
Robert Galbraith has created a brilliant 5th instalment of the Strike series - I absolutely loved this one! Strike is in Cornwall visiting relatives when he is approached to take on a cold case. Margot Bamborough disappeared 40 years ago and her body has never been found - can Strike and Robin solve this mystery...?
At nearly 1000 pages, this is a huge novel but it is compelling and completely gripping and I just couldn't stop turning the pages to find out what would happen next! The sexual tension between Robin and Strike is basically the big draw with this detective duo and Galbraith hits all the right notes to keep the readers on the edge of their seats with this "will they, won't they" partnership. The big dinner party scene was so well played and really felt like a critical "no going back" turning point for them.
I enjoyed the process of Strike and Robin solving this case as it was done concurrently to other cases the firm were working on, which felt believable in a busy, modern agency. The ending and "whodunnit" reveal was done well and I didn't have any idea who the killer was until the last minute. The way they did it was suitably grisly!
At nearly 1000 pages, this is a huge novel but it is compelling and completely gripping and I just couldn't stop turning the pages to find out what would happen next! The sexual tension between Robin and Strike is basically the big draw with this detective duo and Galbraith hits all the right notes to keep the readers on the edge of their seats with this "will they, won't they" partnership. The big dinner party scene was so well played and really felt like a critical "no going back" turning point for them.
I enjoyed the process of Strike and Robin solving this case as it was done concurrently to other cases the firm were working on, which felt believable in a busy, modern agency. The ending and "whodunnit" reveal was done well and I didn't have any idea who the killer was until the last minute. The way they did it was suitably grisly!