What is the name of the fictional detective at the center of J.K. Rowling’s crime novels?

Cormoran Strike is the fictional detective at the center of J.K. Rowling’s crime novels published under the name Robert Galbraith.

Strike is a private investigator in London and a former Special Investigation Branch investigator in the Royal Military Police. His military service left him with a prosthetic leg, a detail that shapes both his daily life and his approach to cases.

Robin Ellacott becomes his secretary and later an essential investigative partner. Their changing professional relationship is a continuing thread across the series, alongside individual murder investigations.

The character first appeared in The Cuckoo’s Calling in 2013. Later novels include The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White, Troubled Blood, The Ink Black Heart and The Running Grave.