The Ink Black Heart

Despite the absurd length of this book (over 1000 pages) I was never bored and kept going back to it with enthusiasm. Galbraith (Rowling) has a talent similar to Stephen King in the ability to make the world of the book so attractive that you can't wait to go back to it. This doesn't mean it's saccharine or falsely positive. Quite the opposite, as some horrible people do horrible things. It's just that a world with Strike and Ellacott seems better than a world without. I recommend this series to everyone with whom I talk about books.