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The book follows Cormoran Strike, an ex- military turned into a private investigator. Strike is approached by the late Landry's brother, who firmly believes that Lula's death is not what it appeared to be. While the doctors and tabloids claim that Lula's death is a suicide, as her body fell from her apartment balcony, Landry's brother believes she is murdered and spends exuberant amounts of money to hire out Strike. 

Strike also has some problems of his own. Along with trying to solve his suicide / possible murder case, Strike is dealing with financial difficulties and a recent break up from a long term fiance. With his funds running out, Strike is sent one last temp employee to act as his secretary. Robin, the temp, proves to be a very useful addition to Strike's business, as she has the chance to fulfill her childhood dream of being a detective.

The story takes many twists and has many confusing aspects, all of which make it difficult to pin point any of the characters as the murderer. While the ending was fantastic and unexpected, I found the novel to be too long and far too dragging. I had started reading this book back in January and recently completed it in August. Needless to say I found Rowling's plethora of details too much, and they slowed down the plot too much. However, I was also able to pick up and put down the book with long periods of time in between from lack of interest. The plot was also fairly simple enough, that even though I did not remember specific details, that I still remembered what was happening. 

TLDR

Would I recommend this book? No, I found this book too tedious to read and full of too many details. Normally I like descriptions and detail, but the excess caused the book to move too slowly.