Wow. Really liked this one. It was a bit slow to start and there was quite a bit of dialogue. It felt a little flat, not that it held the same tone for the entire novel, but until the very end there was little suspense. I really liked the characters. It's probably because of Robin and Cormoran that I'm looking forward to reading the next one. I was really drawn in to the world of The Cuckoo's Calling. And that ending. (view spoiler)[Because of the way the Rowling presented the clues and left them pretty open ended I had several working theories of who did it and they were all missing some small pieces but I was pretty surprised when John's secret was revealed. I think that's the mark of a good mystery. Not too much is revealed and while you have your suspicions unless you guess correctly you don't know for sure until the end. (And I wasn't sure it was a murder for a while although I suppose it wouldn't be a mystery novel if it did end up just being a suicide.) (hide spoiler)] While I haven't read a lot of mystery novels yet, I enjoyed this one and I'm looking forward to reading more.