Lethal White

Against the wishes of her husband Robin is back working with Cormoran Strike in their detective agency. When a distraught young man arrives at the office to tell of  a possible murder that he may have witnessed as a child, Strike does not know whether to believe the story. Then the young man disappears. Meanwhile a member of parliament hires them to find people who are blackmailing him over a past event which was legal at the time.

There are many twists and turns as Cormoran and Robin attempt to unravel a series of crimes and events affecting the Chiswells, an upper crust family whose way of life is under threat. We also learn more about the lives of Cormoran and Robin as they both contend with relationship problems. Robin also has anxiety attacks caused by events that occurred in previous cases.

A lot happens in this complicated, plot including blackmail, murder, extra-marital affairs, political protests and misunderstandings. The book does keep the reader wanting to know what happens next however, as Robert Galbraith takes more than 600 pages to tell the tale, I felt that the book would have benefited with additional editing. This plot told in 400 pages may have been more effective in keeping my attention.