The Running Grave

Book Details

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Author(s):

Robert Galbraith

Copyright:

First Published:

2023

Genre(s):

Crime; Detective Fiction; Mystery; Thriller

First Read:

2025

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 21

Prologue

Part One

Chapters 1-19

Part Two

Chapters 20-36

Part Three

Chapters 37-51

Part Four

Chapters 52-64

Part Five

Chapters 65-77

Part Six

Chapters 78-89

Part Seven

Chapters 90-100

Part Eight

Chapters 101-121

Part Nine

Chapters 122-133

Epilogue

Chapters 134-136

Internal ID:

13851

Series:

The Ink Black Heart
The Hallmarked Man

Cormoran Strike*

#7 of 8

Cormoran Strike*

A Crime Mystery series written by J K Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

View this series in the book list

1) The Cuckoo's Calling
2) The Silkworm
3) Career of Evil
4) Lethal White
5) Troubled Blood
6) The Ink Black Heart
7) The Running Grave
8) The Hallmarked Man

Dedication:

To my goddesses,
Lynne Corbett, Aine Kiely and Jill Prewett,
Juno, Ceres and Astarte

First Sentence:

Will,

We were applled to learn from your personal tutor yesterday that you've dropped out of university and joined some kind of religious movement.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Happiness is a choice that requires an effort at times, and it was well past time for him to make the effort.

Comments:

No comments on file

Extract (may contain spoilers)

Emails between Sir Colin Edensor
and Kevin Pirbright

Sir Colin Edensor
2 March 2015
Giles Harmon's Reading
To: Kevin Pirbright

Dear Kevin,

I was extremely unhappy to read about your behaviour at Giles Harmon's book reading. I'm mystified as to how you think it will help any of us for you to stand up in public and start hurling abuse at a respected author. Given that they also publish Harmon, I wouldn't be surprised if Roper Chard terminated your contract.

Colin

Kevin Pirbright
20 March 2015
Re: Giles Harmon's Reading
To: Sir Colin Edensor

If you'd been there you'd understand exactly why I stood up and told Harman what I thought of him. These ####### rich ###### like him and Noli Seymour never see what happens at Chapman Farm. They're being used as recruitment tools and they're too ####### dumb and arrogant to realise it.

The book's stalled, so Roper Chard will probably drop me anyway. I'm dealing with a lot of stuff I think I repressed. There was a night when all the kids were given drinks that I now think must have been drugged. I'm having nightmares about the punishments. There are also big stretches of time where I can't remember anything.

I can feel the presence of the Drowned Prophet all around me. If anything happens to me, she'll have done it.

Kevin

Added: 09-Feb-2024

Last Updated: 18-Sep-2025

14-Nov-2023

Hachette Audio

Book on CD

Date Issued:

14-Nov-2023

Format:

Book on CD

Cover Price:

$60.00

Length:

34 hrs 14 min (961 pages)

Catalog ID:

2-A3518

"Read":

Once

Reading(s):

1) 27 Jul 2025 - 4 Aug 2025

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

43829

Publisher:

Hachette Audio

ISBN:

1-668-63518-6

ISBN-13:

978-1-668-63518-6

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Robert Glenister - Narration

In the seventh installment in the Strike series, Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in the trap of a dangerous cult.

Private detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside.

The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organization that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, and unexplained deaths.

In order to try to rescue Will, Strike's business partner, Robin Ellacott, decides to infiltrate the cult, and she travels to Norfolk to live incognito among its members. But in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there or for the toll it will take on her...

The Running Grave moves Strike's and Robin's story forward in this epic, unforgettable seventh installment of the series.

ROBERT GALBRAITH is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, bestselling author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy. All six previous Strike novels, The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White, Troubled Blood and The Ink Black Heart, topped the national and international bestseller lists, and the series has been adapted for television, produced by Brontë Film and Television.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

28 CDs

Other book covers for this series run

14-Nov-2023
Hachette Audio
Book on CD

Author(s)

Robert Galbraith

Awards

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