Cormoran Strike is the detective protagonist of J.K. Rowling’s novels published under the name Robert Galbraith.
Strike is a private investigator based in London. He first appears in The Cuckoo’s Calling, where he investigates the death of model Lula Landry. His investigative partner and eventual business associate is Robin Ellacott, whose professional development is a major continuing thread in the series.
The character’s background helps distinguish him from more traditional fictional detectives. Strike is a former military investigator who lost part of one leg in Afghanistan. He operates from a small detective agency and relies on interviews, observation, research, and collaboration rather than supernatural abilities.
Rowling’s authorship of the novels was initially concealed by the Robert Galbraith pseudonym, but it was later confirmed. The Cormoran Strike books are crime novels, not Harry Potter stories, and the television adaptation is titled Strike in the United Kingdom and C.B. Strike in some other markets.