Robert Galbraith has 12 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 16 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.7★ across 4,291 ratings. The most-rated is The Cuckoo's Calling.
The Cuckoo's Calling
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Published under a pseudonym, J. K. Rowling’s brilliant debut mystery introduces Detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates a supermodel's suicide in “one of the best books of the year” (USA Today). After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, creditors are calling, and after a breakup with his longtime girlfriend, he’s living in his office. Then John Bristow walks through his door with a shocking story: His sister, the legendary supermodel Lula Landry - known to her friends as the Cuckoo - famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man. You may think you know detectives, but you've never met one quite like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous, but you've never seen them under an investigation like this. Fast-paced and sharply drawn, this dazzling detective novel inspired Strike, the BBC crime drama series that has captivated millions of viewers worldwide.
©2013 Robert Galbraith (P)2013 Hachette Audio
Lethal White
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An unsettling cold case investigation ensnares Cormoran Strike and his partner in a web of dangerous secrets in this number one New York Times best seller - "Rowling's wizardry as a writer is on fulsome display" (USA Today). When a troubled young man named Billy asks Cormoran Strike to help him investigate a crime he witnessed as a child, the private eye is left deeply troubled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic. Trying to get to the bottom of Billy's story, Strike and Robin Ellacott - once his assistant, now a partner in the agency - set off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of London, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament, and to a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside. And during this labyrinthine investigation, Strike's own life is far from straightforward. His newfound fame as a private eye means he can no longer operate behind the scenes as he once did. Plus, his relationship with his former assistant is more fraught than it ever has been; Robin is now invaluable to Strike in the business, but their personal relationship is much, much trickier than that. The most epic Robert Galbraith novel yet, Lethal White is “addictive, murderous fun” for British mystery lovers and crime fiction fans alike (Vox).
©2018 Robert Galbraith (P)2018 Hachette Audio
Troubled Blood
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A breathtaking, labyrinthine epic, Troubled Blood is the fifth Strike and Robin novel and the most gripping and satisfying yet. Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough - who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974. Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one 40 years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on, adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike. As Strike and Robin investigate Margot’s disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. And they learn that even cases decades old can prove to be deadly.... PLEASE NOTE: The endings to Chapters 2 and 43 are intentional as each ends on an ellipsis.
©2020 Robert Galbraith (P)2020 Hachette Audio
The Silkworm
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In this “wonderfully entertaining” mystery (Harlan Coben, The New York Times Book Review), private investigator Cormoran Strike must track down a missing writer - and a sinister killer bent on destruction. When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days - as he has done before - and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home. But as Strike investigates, he discovers that Quine's disappearance is no coincidence. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were published, it would ruin lives - meaning that almost everyone in his life would have motives to silence him. When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, Strike must race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any he has encountered before.... A compulsively listenable crime novel with twists at every turn, The Silkworm is the second in J. K. Rowling’s highly acclaimed series featuring Cormoran Strike and his determined young assistant, Robin Ellacott.
©2014 Robert Galbraith (P)2014 Hachette Digital
Career of Evil
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A disturbing package leads Detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott to investigate four dangerous murder suspects in this “magnetic” British mystery (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times). When Robin Ellacott opens an unexpected delivery, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but just as alarmed. He suspects that four people from his past could be responsible - and any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality. With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike has essentially ruled out, he and Robin take matters into their own hands and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out for the two of them.... Career of Evil is the third in J. K. Rowling’s highly acclaimed series featuring private detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott. A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, Career of Evil is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives.
©2015 Robert Galbraith (P)2015 Hachette Audio
L'Appel du coucou
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Une nuit à Londres, Lula Landry, célèbre mannequin, est retrouvée défenestrée. Son frère, John Bristow, ne croit pas au suicide et contacte Cormoran Strike, détective privé. Strike est un homme à la dérive : il a perdu une jambe à la guerre et sa vie est un désastre. Chargé par Bristow d'enquêter sur la mort de Lula, il se résout à plonger dans les eaux glauques que dissimulent les paillettes de la vie noctambule. Trahisons, secrets, vengeance émergeront peu à peu jusqu'à l'explication finale. Avec son intrigue haletante et sa galerie de personnages plus vrais que nature, L'Appel du Coucou, premier volet des aventures du détective Strike, s'inscrit dans la tradition du grand roman policier classique illustrée par Ruth Rendell et P.D. James. Une interprétation haletante, rendant palpable l'inquiétante noirceur de ces personnages apparemment festifs que l'on croise au coin d'une rue, la nuit.
©2013 Robert Galbraith Limited / traduction française Éd. Grasset & Fasquelle (P)2013 Audiolib
Blanc Mortel
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Le jeune Billy se rend chez Cormoran Strike pour lui parler d'un meurtre dont il aurait été témoin il y a des années : un enfant retrouvé mort près d'un cheval. Mais le jeune homme est de toute évidence instable et se sauve avant que Strike n'ait eu le temps de l'interroger. Le célèbre détective privé et sa partenaire Robin Ellacott commencent néanmoins à enquêter, avec comme seule piste un nom de rue griffonné sur un bout de papier. Leurs investigations vont prendre un chemin sinueux à travers les bas-fonds de Londres, jusqu'aux plus hautes sphères du Parlement britannique. Robert Galbraith, pseudonyme de J.K. Rowling, déploie tout son talent pour donner vie à des personnages inoubliables. Avec Blanc mortel, quatrième épisode haletant des aventures de Cormoran Strike et Robin Ellacott, il nous plonge dans une enquête labyrinthique où la morale se dérobe à mesure que l'on pense approcher de la vérité... Les enquêtes de Cormoran Strike sont adaptées sous forme de série pour la BBC et diffusées en France par OCS. La liste complète des crédits pour les citations de l'œuvre d'Henrik Ibsen, Rosmersholm, les paroles et musiques, figure sur la dernière plage de l'enregistrement. Les personnages et les situations de ce récit étant purement fictifs, toute ressemblance avec des personnes ou des situations existant ou ayant existé ne saurait être que fortuite. Tous droits réservés. Aucun extrait de cet ouvrage ne peut être reproduit, stocké ou transmis, sous quelque forme ou quelque moyen que ce soit, sans permission écrite préalable de l'éditeur, ni circuler sous quelque format ou couverture autres que les présents. Le droit moral de l'auteur est garanti.
©2018 / 2019 J.K. Rowling / Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle (P)2019 Audiolib
Lost Children Archive
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"Impossibly smart, full of beauty, heart and insight.... Everyone should read this book." (Tommy Orange) From the two-time NBCC finalist, an emotionally resonant, fiercely imaginative new novel about a family whose road trip across America collides with an immigration crisis at the Southwestern border - an indelible journey told with breathtaking imagery, spare lyricism, and profound humanity. A mother and father set out with their two children, a boy and a girl, driving from New York to Arizona in the heat of summer. Their destination: Apacheria, the place the Apaches once called home. Why Apaches? asks the 10-year-old son. Because they were the last of something,answers his father. In their car, they play games and sing along to music. But on the radio, there is news about an "immigration crisis": thousands of kids trying to cross the Southwestern border into the US but getting detained - or lost in the desert along the way. As the family drives - through Virginia to Tennessee, across Oklahoma and Texas - we sense they are on the brink of a crisis of their own. A fissure is growing between the parents, one the children can almost feel beneath their feet. They are led, inexorably, to a grand, harrowing adventure - both in the desert landscape and within the chambers of their own imaginations. Told through several compelling voices, blending texts, sounds, and images, Lost Children Archive is an astonishing feat of literary virtuosity. It is a richly engaging story of how we document our experiences and how we remember the things that matter to us the most. With urgency and empathy, it takes us deep into the lives of one remarkable family as it probes the nature of justice and equality today. Includes a PDF of visuals from the book. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Valeria Luiselli (P)2019 Random House Audio
Ungovernable
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From the author of the "hysterically funny and unsettlingly fascinating"* New York Times best seller Unmentionable, a hilarious illustrated guide to the secrets of Victorian child-rearing [*Jenny Lawson] Feminist historian Therese Oneill is back, to educate you on what to expect when you're expecting...a Victorian baby! In Ungovernable, Oneill conducts an unforgettable tour through the backward, pseudoscientific, downright bizarre parenting fashions of the Victorians, advising us on: How to be sure you're not too ugly, sickly, or stupid to breed What positions and room decor will help you conceive a son How much beer, wine, cyanide, and heroin to consume while pregnant How to select the best peasant teat for your child Which foods won't turn your children into sexual deviants And so much more Endlessly surprising, wickedly funny, and filled with juicy historical tidbits and images, Ungovernable provides much-needed perspective on - and comic relief from - the age-old struggle to bring up baby. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Therese Oneill (P)2019 Hachette Audio
Der Seidenspinner
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Ein neuer Fall für Cormoran Strike: Als der Romanautor Owen Quine spurlos verschwindet, bittet seine Frau den privaten Ermittler Cormoran Strike um Hilfe. Es ist nicht das erste Mal, dass Quine für einige Tage abgetaucht ist, und sie möchte, dass Strike ihn findet und nach Hause zurückbringt. Doch schon zu Beginn seiner Ermittlungen wird Strike klar, dass mehr hinter Quines Verschwinden steckt, als seine Frau ahnt. Der Schriftsteller hat soeben ein Manuskript vollendet, das scharfzüngige Porträts beinahe jeder Person aus seinem Bekanntenkreis enthält. Sollte das Buch veröffentlicht werden, würde es Leben zerstören - zahlreiche Menschen hätten also allen Grund, Quine zum Schweigen zu bringen. Als Quine tatsächlich tot aufgefunden wird, brutal ermordet unter bizarren Umständen, beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, um das wahre Motiv des skrupellosen Mörders aufzudecken - eines Mörders, wie Strike ihm noch nie zuvor begegnet ist. Absolut fesselnd und voller unerwarteter Wendungen: Der Seidenspinner ist der zweite Roman der hochgelobten Krimiserie um den Ermittler Cormoran Strike und seine entschlossene junge Assistentin Robin Ellacott.
©2014 Blanvalet (P)2014 Random House Audio
Der Ruf des Kuckucks
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Das Krimi-Ereignis, über das die Welt spricht! Als das berühmte Model Lula Landry von ihrem schneebedeckten Balkon im Londoner Stadtteil Mayfair in den Tod stürzt, steht für die ermittelnden Beamten schnell fest, dass es Selbstmord war. Der Fall scheint abgeschlossen. Doch Lulas Bruder hat Zweifel - ein Privatdetektiv soll für ihn die Wahrheit ans Licht bringen. Cormoran Strike hat in Afghanistan körperliche und seelische Wunden davongetragen, mangels Aufträgen ist er außerdem finanziell am Ende. Der spektakuläre neue Fall ist seine Rettung, doch Strike ahnt nicht, was die Ermittlungen ihm abverlangen werden. Während er immer weiter eindringt in die Welt der Reichen und Schönen, fördert Strike Erschreckendes zutage und gerät selbst in große Gefahr... Ein fesselnder, einzigartiger Kriminalroman, der die Atmosphäre Londons eindrucksvoll einfängt - von der gedämpften Ruhe in den Straßen Mayfairs zu den versteckten Pubs des East Ends und dem lebhaften Treiben Sohos. "Der Ruf des Kuckucks" ist das hochgelobte Krimidebüt von J.K. Rowling, geschrieben unter dem Pseudonym Robert Galbraith, in dem sie mit Cormoran Strike einen ungewöhnlichen Ermittler präsentiert.
©2013 Blanvalet Verlag (P)2013 Random House Audio
Ustyrligt blod
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Under et besøg hjemme i Cornwall bliver privatdetektiven Cormoran Strike antastet af en kvinde, der beder ham hjælpe med at finde hendes mor, Margot Bamborough - som forsvandt under mystiske omstændigheder i 1974. Det er nyt for Strike at arbejde med en henlagt sag - for slet ikke at tale om en fyrre år gammel, uopklaret én af slagsen. Trods den spinkle chance for succes, bliver han interesseret og påtager sig opgaven, oven i den stribe sager han og hans partner på detektivbureauet, Robin Ellacott, allerede arbejder med. Robin slås samtidig med en problematisk skilsmisse, uønskede tilnærmelser fra anden side og sine følelser for Strike. Efterforskningen af Margots forsvinden viser sig at være en djævelsk kompleks sag, som omfatter tarotkort, en psykopatisk seriemorder og upålidelige vidner. Og de må sande, at selv en årtier gammel sag kan vise sig at være dødsensfarlig... Ustyrligt blod er den femte Cormoran Strike-roman, og dette labyrintiske værk, som tager vejret fra en, er samtidig det mest fængslende og gribende til dato. Robert Galbraith er et pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, forfatteren til Harry Potter-bøgerne og Den tomme plads.
©2020 Gyldendal (P)2020 Gyldendal