Who is the detective at the centre of J.K. Rowling’s Cormoran Strike novels?

Cormoran Strike is the detective at the centre of J.K. Rowling’s crime novels written as Robert Galbraith.

Strike is a private investigator and former military police investigator. He first appears in The Cuckoo’s Calling, where he investigates the death of model Lula Landry. The series pairs him professionally with Robin Ellacott, whose role develops across the books.

Strike’s background includes service in Afghanistan and a serious leg injury. These details distinguish him from the classic amateur detectives and supernatural protagonists associated with some other popular fiction.

Rowling writes the series under the Robert Galbraith name. The books include The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White, Troubled Blood, and The Ink Black Heart. A television adaptation, Strike, began on BBC One in 2017.