ROBERT GALBRAITH, LURKING TOMB (SALANI PP 1108, EURO 20.00)
Cormoran Strike returns, 10 years after the first chapter of the series, with a surprising new investigation into the detective story Lurking Sepulchre, just released by Salani.
Signed by Robert Galbraith, pseudonym of JK Rowling, the bestselling author of Harry Potter, the series with the first five novels - The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, The Path of Evil, Lethal White and Restless Blood - has stood out in topped the English and international charts and was adapted into crime TV shows produced by Bronte Film and Television, the production company created for the adaptation of the boy wizard author's novels.
Filming has recently begun on the sixth season with Tom Burke back in the role of Strike and Holliday Grainger in those of his partner Robin Ellacott.
In the new mystery, Lurking Sepulchre, we find Strike and Ellacott united as never before.
They will have to deploy not only their professional skills, but also their most personal resources and most intimate memories, in one of the most difficult and engaging challenges ever.
When the elderly Sir Colin Edensor asks for their help in getting his son Will out of a sect that has plagiarized him, the two accept without hesitation.
In the name of fighting for a better world, the Universal Humanitarian Church distances its members from their affections and induces them to make enormous donations, becoming more and more powerful.
But behind a leader with undeniable charisma there is a sordid past and much more than a suspicious death.
Going undercover at the headquarters, a remote farm in the heart of Norfolk, seems like the only solution and Robin is ready to do it.
But intelligence and preparation may not be enough for her: delving into the dark side of the UHC will prove to be very risky, including supernatural revenge, blackmail and terrified former followers.
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