The Cuckoo's Calling

This book was quirky.  Not so much for the story line, more for the characters.  The main character is an ex military guy who got his foot blown off and is now a private investigator.  He certainly doesn’t have clients banging down his door and has just been kicked out of his girlfriend’s apartment.  It seems their relationship has been turbulent from day one.  He is also just about to be kicked out of his office because he cannot pay the rent when this client or more exact his golden goose walks in the door.  This client whose sister was a famous model allegedly jumped off her third floor apartment balcony and the police are calling it a suicide.  Her brother is not buying it.  He thinks she was murdered by one of the shady people who she new or by one of their associates and he is determined to prove this by hiring Strike (the PI).  Strike reluctantly takes the job because quite frankly, he needs the money and so we are introduced to a vast array of what I said before, quirky characters.  J.K Rowling writes quirky incredibly well.  Who can forget Dumbledore and Luna Lovegood.   

Aside from the characters that she writes so well, I like reading her books because I always add definition of words to my vocabulary.  This is one book I am glad I downloaded to my kindle.  The dictionary look up came in handy.  Don’t get me wrong, it is not as if she writes so that you need to look up every word rather she writes and is not afraid to use the English language.  She has a wonderful way with words and she wrote a very good story.