Audiobook: The Cukoo's Calling

The Cuckoo's Calling

by Robert Galbraith

Length: 15 hours, 54 minutes

Format: Audio
Price: Free - checked out from the library using the Overdrive App

How I heard about it: Right after it came out, on the news, as it's actually written by JK Rowling

Basic Premise: Down and out private investigator Cormoran Strike finds himself in a tangled web of murder, lies, fame, and fortune when he reluctantly accepts a case dealing with the death of the famous Lula Landry, a model whose mysterious death has become an international affair and whose peculiar brother can't seem to let go.

My Take: 7 out of 10 (scale here)

I listened to this book on my way to Oklahoma, mainly because it was the ONLY audio book I could find on Overdrive. Audio books are so popular! And while I enjoyed listening to the British guy who read it...well, let's just say I was thankful I didn't have kids in the car. A very adult book, the language and content are most certainly not for children, (which seems to surprise me every time I read a book that isn't YAL). The story was obivously well-written (it is JKR, after all) and the plot was intriguing. It had a very Girl with the Dragon Tatoo-ish feel about it, in that the protagonist was kind of a scumbag, the mystery surrounded a family in which a young girl had disappeared (or died, in this case), and the obvious was right under your nose the whole time. I did really like the PI's assistant. She was from a temp agency and she ended up being very valuable to the case and the book in general. 

The end of the book sounded as though it was setting up for a sequel. I'm not sure I will be reading it though. I have too many things on my list to read!