Robert Galbraith

Born in 1965 robert-galbraith.com @RGalbraith

Crime Suspense Thriller

J.K. Rowling, born in 1965 in Gloucestershire, England, is the author of the Harry Potter series and adult novels.
She grew up writing fantasy stories and was influenced by her great aunt's gift of Jessica Mitford's autobiography.
Rowling had a difficult adolescence and based the character Hermione on herself at age eleven.
She attended Wyedean School and College, where her English teacher remembered her as "not exceptional" but part of a group of bright girls.
Rowling's challenging homelife and teenage experiences influenced her writing.

Books by Robert Galbraith

The Cuckoo's Calling

by Robert Galbraith • 2013

A broke PI investigates a supermodel's death ruled suicide. Her brother hired him to prove murder.

3.89

600k+

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎖️ War Veteran Protagonist 💎 High Society Murder 🔍 Investigative Duo 🗣️ Unreliable Witnesses

The Cuckoo's Calling

A broke PI investigates a supermodel's death ruled suicide. Her brother hired him to prove murder.

by Robert Galbraith 2013 456 pages

3.89

600k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 🎖️ War Veteran Protagonist 💎 High Society Murder 🔍 Investigative Duo 🗣️ Unreliable Witnesses

The Silkworm

by Robert Galbraith • 2014

A missing writer is found murdered, posed exactly like the victim in his own scandalous manuscript.

4.05

200k+

🔍 Private Investigator 🖋️ Literary Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 📜 Manuscript As Clue 🤝 Detective Duo

The Silkworm

A missing writer is found murdered, posed exactly like the victim in his own scandalous manuscript.

by Robert Galbraith 2014 464 pages

4.05

200k+ ratings

🔍 Private Investigator 🖋️ Literary Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective 📜 Manuscript As Clue 🤝 Detective Duo

Career of Evil

by Robert Galbraith • 2015

The severed leg on her desk was meant for her boss, a PI with dangerous enemies.

4.22

200k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 🔍 Private Investigator 💀 Taunting Killer 💕 Will They Or Won't They 🕵️ Damaged Detective

Career of Evil

The severed leg on her desk was meant for her boss, a PI with dangerous enemies.

by Robert Galbraith 2015 609 pages

4.22

200k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 🔍 Private Investigator 💀 Taunting Killer 💕 Will They Or Won't They 🕵️ Damaged Detective

Lethal White

by Robert Galbraith • 2018

A child's murder and a minister's blackmail lead Strike and Robin to one body in Westminster.

4.25

100k+

🕵️ Private Investigator 👥 Detective Duo 🧊 Cold Case Resurfaced 🏛️ Political Cover-Up 🎭 Undercover Operation

Lethal White

A child's murder and a minister's blackmail lead Strike and Robin to one body in Westminster.

by Robert Galbraith 2018 650 pages

4.25

100k+ ratings

🕵️ Private Investigator 👥 Detective Duo 🧊 Cold Case Resurfaced 🏛️ Political Cover-Up 🎭 Undercover Operation

Troubled Blood

by Robert Galbraith • 2020

A daughter's plea draws private detectives into a cold case that echoes a serial killer's past.

4.38

100k+

🕰️ Cold Case 🕵️ Detective Duo 🔪 Serial Killer ❓ Will-They-Won't-They 🌑 Dark Atmosphere

Troubled Blood

A daughter's plea draws private detectives into a cold case that echoes a serial killer's past.

by Robert Galbraith 2020 944 pages

4.38

100k+ ratings

🕰️ Cold Case 🕵️ Detective Duo 🔪 Serial Killer ❓ Will-They-Won't-They 🌑 Dark Atmosphere

The Ink Black Heart

by Robert Galbraith • 2022

A cartoonist's murder drives two detectives into a dark online underworld to unmask her tormentor.

4.13

100k+

🚫 Online Harassment 🔎 Detective Duo 🏙️ London Setting 🖤 Gritty Crime 🐁 Cat And Mouse Game

The Ink Black Heart

A cartoonist's murder drives two detectives into a dark online underworld to unmask her tormentor.

by Robert Galbraith 2022 1391 pages

4.13

100k+ ratings

🚫 Online Harassment 🔎 Detective Duo 🏙️ London Setting 🖤 Gritty Crime 🐁 Cat And Mouse Game

The Running Grave

by Robert Galbraith • 2023

A private eye infiltrates a rural cult where one wrong word could trap her forever.

4.59

100k+

🔍 Cult Infiltration 👥 Detective Partners 🧠 Psychological Control 🌾 Rural England 🏚️ Cult Compound

The Running Grave

A private eye infiltrates a rural cult where one wrong word could trap her forever.

by Robert Galbraith 2023 960 pages

4.59

100k+ ratings

🔍 Cult Infiltration 👥 Detective Partners 🧠 Psychological Control 🌾 Rural England 🏚️ Cult Compound

The Hallmarked Man

by Robert Galbraith • 2025

A corpse in a silver vault draws Strike into London's underworld of Masonic ritual and trafficking.

4.20

73k+

🔍 Investigative Duo 🖤 Gritty Detective Noir 🔥 Slow Burn Partnership 🇬🇧 Contemporary London 🕯️ Secret Societies

The Hallmarked Man

A corpse in a silver vault draws Strike into London's underworld of Masonic ritual and trafficking.

by Robert Galbraith 2025 32 pages

4.20

73k+ ratings

🔍 Investigative Duo 🖤 Gritty Detective Noir 🔥 Slow Burn Partnership 🇬🇧 Contemporary London 🕯️ Secret Societies

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