"Cuando Billy, un joven con problemas, acude al consultorio privado de Cormoran Strike para pedirle ayuda y que investigue un crimen que cree haber presenciado cuando era nįo, Strike se queda perplejo. Si bien Billy tiene obvios problemas mentales y no logra recordar muchos detalles concretos, hay algo sincero en ̌l y en su historia. Pero, antes de que Strike pueda hacerle m̀s preguntas, Billy, presa del p̀nico, sale corriendo de su oficina. Tratando de llegar al fondo de la historia de Billy, Strike y Robin Ellacott, su antigua asistente y ahora socia de la agencia, emprenden un camino sinuoso que los lleva a trav̌s de las callejuelas de Londres hasta las salas m̀s rec̤nditas y secretas del Parlamento, pasando por una hermosa pero siniestra casa sęorial perdida en el campo. Y mientras la investigaci̤n se vuelve cada vez m̀s laber̕ntica, la vida de Strike es cualquier cosa menos sencilla: su nueva fama como detective privado lleva impl̕cita la incapacidad de operar pasando desapercibido y el ambiente en la oficina es m̀s tenso que nunca. Robin es indispensable para Strike, pero su relaci̤n personal se complica d̕a a d̕a." -- publisher website "When Billy, a troubled young man, goes to Cormoran Strike's private practice to ask him for help in investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is stumped. While Billy has obvious mental problems and can't remember many details There is something sincere about him and his story. But before Strike can ask him any more questions, Billy runs out of his office in a panic. Trying to get to the bottom of Billy, Strike, and Robin Ellacott's story. , his former assistant and now partner of the agency, set out on a winding path that takes them through the alleys of London to the most hidden and secret rooms of Parliament, passing a beautiful but sinister manor house lost in the country. The investigation becomes more and more labyrinthine, Strike's life is anything but simple: his new fame as a private detective implies the inability to operate while unnoticed. gone and the atmosphere in the office is more tense than ever. Robin is indispensable to Strike, but their personal relationship is getting complicated by the day. "- publisher website
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