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7/10

The first five seasons of UK crime series,"CB Strike", are quite frankly, brilliant.

The crime tales which occupy a season of six episodes each are well crafted, complex and compelling, as are the intricate, inherently human and wholly relatable, characterisations. ...

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Strike

A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police. Based on the bestselling novels written by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

First Air

27/08/2017

Rating

⭐ 7.2/10

Status

Returning Series

Seasons

Episodes

Genres

Crime Drama Mystery

Languages

English

Links

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Lethal White

Aug 30, 20204 Episodes8.1

A troubled young man named Billy comes to private eye Cormoran Strike’s office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child. Strike and Robin set off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of London, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament and to a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside.

Troubled Blood

Dec 11, 20224 Episodes7.5

Private detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he’s approached by a woman, Anna Phipps asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough, who went missing under mysterious circumstances in 1974. Never tackling a cold case before, he’s intrigued and takes it on, adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner are currently working on. As Strike and Robin investigate Margot’s disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted.

The Silkworm

Sep 10, 20172 Episodes8.0

When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike thinking her husband has gone off by himself for a few days—as he has done before. But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realizes.

The Ink Black Heart

Dec 16, 20244 Episodes5.7

When frantic, desperate Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn't know quite what to make of the situation. The co-creator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie is desperate to uncover Anomie's true identity.

Career of Evil

Feb 25, 20182 Episodes7.3

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator, he and Robin take matters into their own hands, and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out for the two of them...

The Cuckoo's Calling

Aug 27, 20173 Episodes7.6