Book Nine: Lethal White (Cormoran Strike #4) by Robert Galbraith

Format:  Kindle

Date Started:  February 15, 2019
Date Finished:  February 25, 2019

When I first started this series, I didn't have very high expectations.  While I LOVED Harry Potter, The Casual Vacancy fell flat, and I didn't finish it.  However, J.K. Rowling can do no wrong in my book, so I set out cautiously and optimistically with Cormoran Strike.

What I like about this fourth book in the series is the convergence of Robin and Strike's personal lives with the actual case.  Instead of having Robin set aside her marriage issues and mental health issues to work on the case, Galbraith weaves them into the story.  To me, this feels much more realistic.  I mean, if I've had a rough patch at home, it absolutely affects my day at work.  And, I'm not even solving crime and fighting off bad guys.  

I love the interpersonal dynamic of Strike and Robin as well.  Having spent the last 16 years working in various kinds of offices, I've certainly had co-workers of the opposite gender who I was very close friends with...and yet there was still some kind of...what?  Tension?  Tacit acknoweldgement of what could be?  But, there was always the unspoken understanding that nothing would happen. 

I think, though, that I would really like to see what would happen with Strike and Robin...but freaking Charlotte!  She is the worst, and I wish she would move to the countryside or get really into badminton or something.