Cuando se le entrega un paquete misterioso a Robin Ellacott, ella se horroriza al descubrir que contiene la pierna cortada de una mujer. Su jefe, el detective privado Cormoran Strike, está menos sorprendido pero no menos alarmado. Hay cuatro personas de su pasado que cree que podrían ser responsables, y Strike sabe que cualquiera de ellas es capaz de una brutalidad sostenida e indescriptible. Con la policía enfocándose en el único sospechoso que Strike está cada vez más seguro de que no es el perpetrador, él y Robin toman el asunto en sus propias manos y se adentran en los mundos oscuros y retorcidos de los otros tres hombres. Pero a medida que ocurren actos más horrendos, el tiempo se acaba para los dos ... Career of Evil es la tercera de la aclamada serie que presenta al detective privado Cormoran Strike y su asistente Robin Ellacott. Un misterio diabólicamente inteligente con giros inesperados en cada esquina, también es una historia apasionante de un hombre y una mujer en una encrucijada en sus vidas personales y profesionales. 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. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible -- and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality. 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 ... Career of Evil is the third in the highly acclaimed series featuring private detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott. A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, it is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives.
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