J.K. Rowling’s detective Cormoran has the surname Strike.
Cormoran Strike is the central investigator in Rowling’s crime novels published under the name Robert Galbraith. He is a private detective and former Special Investigation Branch investigator in the Royal Military Police. The character first appears in The Cuckoo’s Calling, published in 2013.
Strike works from an office in London and often investigates cases that attract intense media attention. Robin Ellacott begins as his temporary secretary and becomes his professional partner. Their evolving working relationship is a continuing thread across the series.
Cormoran Strike is sometimes confused with the author name Robert Galbraith. Galbraith is Rowling’s pseudonym, while Strike is the fictional detective. The series has also been adapted for television as Strike, known in some markets as C.B. Strike.