What is the name of J.K. Rowling’s fictional detective who first appeared in 2013?

Cormoran Strike is the fictional detective who first appeared in a J.K. Rowling novel in 2013.

Strike debuted in The Cuckoo’s Calling, published under Rowling’s pseudonym Robert Galbraith. He is a private investigator in London and a former Royal Military Police investigator who lost part of a leg during military service. His background contributes to the series’ investigations and personal conflicts.

Robin Ellacott joins him as a temporary secretary in the first novel and becomes an important investigative partner. Their professional relationship develops across the series while the cases involve murder, blackmail, threats, and other crimes.

Cormoran Strike is not a character from the Harry Potter books, although both series are written by Rowling. The detective stories use a contemporary realistic setting, with no magic or wizarding institutions. The name is also sometimes shortened informally to Strike, but the full character name is Cormoran Strike.