The Cuckoo’s Calling

I actually enjoyed the Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (pseudonym of J.K. Rowling) quite a bit.  It is a straightforward mystery with a hard boiled detective, a helpful secretary, and an assortment of suspects.  The mystery centers on the suicide (or murder?) of a young supermodel.  Our hero is hired by the supermodel’s brother to find out what happened.  The author does not really play fair with the clues by which I mean the detective learns things that the reader does not so it’s not really a book where the reader is supposed to be involved in the solving of the mystery.  It is however an interesting and enjoyable read. 

I would recommend this to anyone looking for an entertaining mystery.