Cormoran Strike

Cormoran Strike is one of the main characters in the narrative. He is a war veteran who used to work for the Special Investigation Branch and now owns his own private investigation agency. Robin is his partner in the agency. Lorelei is the woman Strike is dating when the narrative begins. Charlotte is his ex-girlfriend whom he still has feeling for. Lucy is his half-sister and Jack is his nephew.

Like the character of Sherlock Holmes, Strike is intelligent and has excellent powers of observation and deduction. He is arrogant in that he likes to show these skills at the expense of others and thus, at the beginning of the narrative, does not have many allies in the police force. In addition, like the fictional character of Sherlock Holmes, he is cold and distant in his personal relationships with everyone with the exception of Robin who represents...