Author: Richard Galbraith

Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott are partners in a private detective agency. A wealthy client hires the agency to check on the welfare of his son, Will, who is a member of a very secret organization called the Universal Humanitarian Church. Some say the UHC is a cult and although many have tried to bring them down none have succeeded. In order to get information about Will, Robin goes undercover and joins the group.

One of the things I liked about the story is that the detective agency had other clients that they were working with simultaneously and they had other employees. It wasn’t a single story line with only two heroes. Although this book is #7 in a series it wasn’t necessary to have read any of the others to fully understand the story. I’ll look for other books in the series when I’m next at the library and needing a book.

When I was about three-quarters of the way through the book I looked at the note on the inside back cover. Richard Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rawling (of Harry Potter fame).

Goodreads Rating: * * * * *