One of the best books of the year, according to USA Today, J. K. Rowling's spectacular debut mystery introduces Detective Cormoran Strike as he looks into a supermodel's suicide. It is the first book in the brilliant series that served as the inspiration for the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B. Strike. Cormoran Strike is struggling as a private eye after losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan. Strike has only one customer left, creditors are calling, and he is now residing in his office following the breakup with his longterm partner. Then John Bristow appears at his door with a startling tale: a few months ago, his sister, the iconic supermodel Lula Landry?famously known to her friends as the Cuckoo?fell to her death.