Cormoran Strike · Book 5

Troubled Blood

Published
15 September 2020
Pages
691
ISBN-13
9780751579932
Type
novel
Cover of Troubled Blood

About this book

Troubled Blood is the fifth book in the Cormoran Strike series, published in 2020. Like the rest of the series, it's an old-fashioned puzzle-box mystery -- a decades-cold missing-persons case -- dressed in very contemporary detail, and one of the longest entries yet.

Key facts about Troubled Blood

Troubled Blood is a novel by Robert Galbraith. Readers have had it since 15 September 2020. It runs to 691 pages.

Our list holds 2 editions of Troubled Blood. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780751579932 to find the main one.

Troubled Blood is book 5 of 8 in the Cormoran Strike series. The series has 8 published books. However, the series starts with The Cuckoo's Calling (2013). 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

Troubled Blood is book 5 in the Cormoran Strike series. It follows Lethal White. It is followed by The Ink Black Heart. 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…

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