The Cuckoo's Calling
- Published
- 4 April 2013
- Pages
- 480
- ISBN-13
- 9781471250651
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Cuckoo's Calling opens the Cormoran Strike series, first published in 2013. It introduces the one-legged Afghanistan veteran turned private detective and his temp secretary, Robin Ellacott, whose talent for surveillance and deduction Strike doesn't yet fully recognize. The Silkworm follows it in the series.
Key facts about The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith wrote The Cuckoo's Calling, a novel on our list. It has been out since 4 April 2013. The book has 480 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781471250651 to find the main one.
The Cuckoo's Calling is book 1 of 8 in the Cormoran Strike series. The series has 8 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. The Hallmarked Man is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 2 September 2025.
That series sits on our mystery shelf. Meanwhile, The Hallmarked Man is the latest published Robert Galbraith book on file, from 2 September 2025.
About Robert Galbraith
Robert Galbraith is the pseudonym J. K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter, has written crime fiction under since 2013, when The Cuckoo's Calling introduced Cormoran Strike, a one-legged Afghanistan veteran turned private detective working out of a cramped London office. See every Robert Galbraith book in order.
Its place in Cormoran Strike
The Cuckoo's Calling is book 1 in the Cormoran Strike series. It is followed by The Silkworm. See the full Cormoran Strike reading order.
Cormoran Strike is a one-legged Afghanistan veteran turned private detective, working London's less glamorous end of the trade out of a cramped Denmark Street office, when his temp secretary Robin Ellacott turns out to have a genuine gift for surveillance and deduction. Written by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, the series is old-fashioned detective fiction at heart — proper puzzle-box mysteries with red herrings, closed suspect lists and a satisfying reveal — dressed in very contemporary…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9789573330455
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781471250651