Career of Evil - Robert Galbraith 
 Rating: (Reviewed in February 2017) 
 The third instalment of the Cormoran Strike series is my least favourite so far. 
 After receiving a woman's severed leg, Cormoran Strike dresses a list of men he knows would send him a severed limb and investigates his suspects instead of examining the victim's life, as he did in the two previous novels. 
 Reading from the perspective of the serial killer disgusted me and his choice of victims didn't make much sense (opportunity versus planning). Something else that didn't make sense is Strike's sudden attraction for Robin, it is not the kind of relationship I want to see between them. 
 Matthew is still getting on my nerves and I hoped, at a certain point in this book, that his relationship with Robin would end, but it didn't go that way, much to my disappointment. I'm not a fan of the way the novel ends on a cliffhanger and the lyrics at the beginning of the chapters didn't mean anything to me, having never listen to Blue Oyster Cult (and not planning to). 
 I still liked the humour and the setting. It was good to finally know what happened to Robin when she was in University, although it was bit of a let-down. Robin's role is bigger in this novel, which was great, as was her compassion for victims of abuse. 
 I would not recommend starting the series with this book as it differs a lot from the others, but you don't need to have read The Cuckoo's Calling and The Silkworm beforehand and they won't be spoiled them for you. I hope the following novels will resemble the previous two more than this one, or I might abandon the series. 
 "'I didn't get sent a leg [at work] because Amazon couldn't deliver to the house!' Robin had said hotly." - Chapter 4 
 "Robin said nothing, but sat behind the wheel and watched shoppers moving up and down Adam and Eve Street. She envied them. Whatever their private preoccupations, they were unlikely to include mutilation and murder." - Chapter 28