"In his popular BBC series Just One Thing, the late Michael Mosley made the case for resistance training. Lifting weights, he explained, not only builds stronger muscles, it also boosts the immune system, maintains a healthy heart and improves brain function. Best of all, it can be done in your kitchen, using ordinary domestic items: pints of milk in place of dumbbells, say, or squats wearing a backpack full of books."
"Galbraith's tendency to whopperdom has in the past elicited a fair amount of griping from critics, me among them, who argued that judicious pruning would better serve her plots and her charismatic private detective duo, the sweary one-legged army veteran Cormoran Strike and his brave, decent business partner Robin Ellacott. Not that it changed anything. The books remained resolutely huge (as did sales by 2024, a staggering 20 million books had been sold in over 50 countries)."
A grotesquely butchered corpse is discovered in the vault of a City of London silver shop. Police identify the body as armed robber Jason Knowles, but Decima Mullins insists the dead man is the vanished father of her newborn child. Detectives Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott reluctantly accept the case and investigate contradictory evidence. The narrative runs to 912 pages and sustains a brisk, relentless momentum. Prior criticism targeted excessive length, yet the dense plotting, rich detail and energetic pacing make the expansive form feel warranted and engaging.
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