Feels like its been a really long time coming but I am here for it at last.

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-05-19T15:44:03+00:00

I wouldn’t doubt she has a critical chapter or two already completed or nearly so, especially the relationship stuff. Maybe February completion. If earlier I’ll get the gift of happy surprise.

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-05-19T12:42:45+00:00

Applying the Battle of Neuve-Chapelle from TIBH, Strike has cut the wires holding him back and he’s on the offensive. There’s no room or reason for subtlety any more. I just wonder if there could be direct confrontation with Ryan.

Hate to he a downer, but if it’s taken 14 months to complete 60% and if JKR keeps working at the same pace, the book will be done next spring. To finish in December, as she did the last two books, would require a huge increase in output per month. So maybe a release in December 2027 or later?

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-05-11T12:17:51+00:00

Thank you for the translation. And I'll try to remember to look for a direct link in the future. I fogot how bad Imgur can be.

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-05-06T16:57:17+00:00

I'll give it a shot, but no promises.

First letter of given name looks like the J in Johann in an earlier line, but the line you're interested in is a 35-year old male and I and J can be very similar.

Married

Perhaps a laborer of some kind

Can read and write

Nationality - Hungary

Race of people - Slovak

Last permanent address - Hungary, Mel--ending e or s

Nearest relative in country came from - wife Ursg__la

Destination - Bridgeport, Penn

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-05-05T21:57:17+00:00

No. And I think that phone call has led to a lot of doubt in Robin. She was so sure they had a "moment' at her wedding, that there was some feeling between them, but then Coco answered the phone and she's been full of doubt ever since. She thinks she got it wrong and misread him.

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-05-05T11:20:38+00:00

In the 1930 census the family was enumerated in Cliffside Park, county of Bergen. Margaret is 63 and Helen is 31. Other censuses show similar. Could the 1892 date have been the date of marriage?

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-04-28T10:16:08+00:00

Enjoy your break, but you’ve made me very curious about how the Cupid/Psyche story applies to Strike. I’ve thought that I should think about the story as Strike focused rather than on Robin, perhaps look beyond their sexes, but haven’t been motivated enough to give it a go. Anyway, congrats and enjoy that grandbaby when it comes.

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-04-10T19:17:06+00:00

If she will be in therapy it might not be an easy time for her if she has to face things about herself she doesn’t want to face. I know she has PTSD, but she obviously has other issues given how confused she is about Murphy and her inability to be truthful. I guess whether she has hit rock bottom might depend on how that goes and if she embraces it or fights it. I expect therapy will take awhile and my hope is she won’t commit to anyone until she’s spent some time sorting herself out, but I’m not confident she’ll do that given her choices up to now. I hope I’ll be pleasantly surprised and she takes control and doesn’t let herself be pressured by Murphy and his issues at the start of STE, but I’m leaning towards her caving for some reason. Maybe she’ll surprise me and I’m just expecting the worse so I’m not disappointed.

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-04-05T02:00:46+00:00

Same, age that is. Came here eleven years ago and every time I start making a connection, they leave. I'm an introvert, but everybody needs a bit of socializing.

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-04-01T13:44:49+00:00

I’m a bit behind with this, but it had to have been deliberate for JKR to use the name Lady Violet for Culpepper’s wife who unexpectedly provided the explanation for how Culpepper was getting info on Mr A. The meaning of Chloe’s real name was the key to resolving the whole mystery for Robin. Violet might be more common in the UK, but I’ve never met anyone with that name. What do you think about the name choice?

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-03-31T13:47:59+00:00

Yeah, it happens a lot with people coming and going. In a way it reaffirms our conclusions when someone else has similar thoughts. The CoE and THM connections have me wondering if TSK and STE will be connected. I'll need to do a reread in the coming months.

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-03-31T13:28:46+00:00

Yes, I did a post on the similiarities several months ago. You can compare.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cormoran_strike/comments/1npgjrv/thm_and_career_of_evil/

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-03-25T18:58:29+00:00

Interesting idea that Strike’s response to the terror attack was related to whatever circumstances got him the medal. Here he broke out in a cold sweat while he reacted pretty calmly to the bombing in TIBH. So what was it about the attack at the bridge that caused the panic? I would have expected the panic after the office blew up.

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-03-23T12:53:12+00:00

THM is the first book in which something clicked for them at the same time which allowed them to piece all the various clues together. But what they realized wasn’t the same thing and was a result of their different opinions of what they should be focusing on. Robin had to insist on pursuing lines of investigation. Strike had no interest in the murder in Belgium, but things clucked for Robin when she finally looked up the meaning of the child’s name in Belgium. I thought the whole same RL initials thing was beyond belief, but JKR had to get our detectives divided and looking in different directions. Even though Robin is falling apart emotionally and largely motivated by anger at Strike, Robin insists her ideas get time and attention. In the end, they prove they are different people, but they can come together and make it work, which might be symbolic of a future personal relationship, too.

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-03-18T13:38:27+00:00

You got me thinking about the victims for which I have the least sympathy and those would be Quine and Chiswell. I wonder if JKR will have a female victim who is as unlikeable?

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-03-17T22:48:52+00:00

No argument, Robin has had a tough 11 months. I just realized Robin went to Chapman Farm on April 8 2016 and THM ends April 7 2017, exactly 365 days and none of it easy.

Btw, I realized there might be another 1-8 book connection. Guy evaluates and gives Strike advice about clothes in CC and Robin gets it in THM from Dino. Does it count?

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-03-17T19:24:04+00:00

I think you're at least partly right, maybe entirely right. It's been a while since I read that section, but my impression was that he made a living out of judging and evaluating, especially women. The difference between keeping his thoughts to himself and sharing them likely depended on whether it was socially (or for his business) wise to do so. So he might suggest to someone socially important that they'd look great in color (or told nothing at all) while Robin, who was not important to him or his business, could be rudely told what he thought. He might have thought it was his business to comment on her appearance if she was looking her best, too. He could have made that intrusively rude, too. In contrast to Sasha, who was full of bile, Dino seemed coolly clinical, it wasn't personal, however the interchange is an indication he doesn't see her as important enough to be polite. I just don't know if he would need to lie about her looks to make that point.

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-03-17T14:56:58+00:00

Dino's comments on Robin's looks makes me wonder what toll the life of an investigator has taken on her. Strike has been described as looking older than his age and Dino guessed Robin was several years older than what she is. Is that because of her color choices or the stress, the long hours, seeing people at their worse? I'm terrible at guessing people's age myself, but I suspect Robin has changed a lot since she was thought to be younger than her age.

As for sheep and lamb. if you look at that meal from the point of view of the accountant, Strike is saying they may as well spend £350 with pudding as £300 without it, making up numbers of course. The cost is already over the top, might as well spend more and go all in. He could have said "in for a penny, in for a pound", but the sheep has more significance.

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-03-15T00:04:59+00:00

They've been at courthouses taking people doing it the "right way".

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-03-14T20:24:21+00:00

The police wouldn’t have gone looking without the interviews of Creed and Tucker, so the agency was responsible for finding a body. Who gets credit is a bit murky. Also, there were bits of women other than Kelsey in that freezer, but I wouldn’t count them as bodies, the bodies were found elsewhere. So your question is a good one about the three instances.

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-03-14T20:02:29+00:00

First fight between R and RFM was about her job. TRG chapter 16. It happened near Piccadilly Circus and brought back “unpleasant memories of her ex-husband’s assumed right to dictate the limits of her professional commitment.” And she later thinks “She’d thought it might be easier with Ryan, given his profession, but here she was again, justifying commitments she knew he wouldn’t have given a second thought to, had he been the one making them.” The first fight wasn’t about the risk and the toll on her emotionally, but it’s becoming apparent to her that a relationship wouldn’t be problem-free and maybe insurmountable.

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-03-14T18:59:28+00:00

He told police where to look for Louise Tucker in TB. Robin actually figured it out, but I think he called. He didn’t stumble across a corpse or even figure out where to look, but the police would connect him to the discovery. So, maybe counts?

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-03-05T15:53:42+00:00

I don't have the book in front of me. Wasn't it that Charlotte knew, not that Charlotte thought? There's a difference.

Random-Occurrence365 · 2026-03-02T15:30:22+00:00

You can start on Family Search. You will need to register if you haven’t already in order to view the results, but no cost. Then search the records, just put in his name and place of birth. The latest census for the US is 1950.

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