The Cuckoo's Calling

The Cuckoo’s Calling

(Review Writer: Akbar Rahmada Maulana)

          Murderer is a crime which happen almost every day in this world. Unfortunately, how about in your way to home, you find a demise body in the road and you know she is a popular model? Will you shout? Or do you want to call police office?  The Cuckoo’s Calling is a novel which show to us that crime novel  is suitable to read in this era. And this book tell us what is the real meaning of crime.

            Cormoran Strike is a detective who will probe and endeavor to find who is the executioner of the victim in this novel. In winter, some police car park in luxurious apartment because they find the most admired model dead and they find the body in the road. When they make an investigate they report this is a suicide. They thought this model, Lula Landry, jump from the bedsit to the road and she was died, Unfortunately, the family, her brother, Jhon Bristow indubitable that she was died because of the suicide. He believe that his sister was killed by someone. Thus, he find Cormoran Strike in his office and tell him what should the detective do. He wanted to know who is the killer. He told all the things that he knew before his sister dead. To make the investigate easier he gives the result paper from police office. 

 

            Robbin is the secretary of Cormoran Strike. Before she work in detective’s office she is offered by a big company to work there. However, she plum for work in Cormoran’s Office than get a work in the big company. She felt that was something wrong in detective’s live. The office was so pitty. It seems that Cormoran’s office is undead place inside and outside. Moreover, she thought that he has a personal problem in his live. Robbin is a loyal secretary who want to what the detective want to search. For instance she will find some facts which has a correlation with the chase. She is an censorious women, sometimes in the story she gives the advice for Cormoran Strike to find a new place that he could look for an information for the chase.

            Evan is Lula Landry’s boy friend. It seems that he is the killer of the top model. There are some reason why mass media shared to audiences that he is the subject of this chase. Evan is a drug user who have a relation ship with Lula Landry for a long time. Public think that the top model suffer a pitty condition because of Evan. They knew every night both Evan and Lula go to bar even more they consume drugs for a happy life. 

            On the other hand, Every popular model has their own designer. Guy Some is a famous designer in England, and he is the people who always Lula Landry in her job. He made some clothes model for her. Unfortunately, mass media assume that he made Lula Landry like doll which he could control every time. He wanted to make his brand become famous without make Lula Landry feel comfortable in her job. Cormoran Strike as a detective have interviewed him eventhough it was so hard because Guy Some always rejected his offered.

            On the other side, Cormoran Strike is much different like the other detective, If we have read about Sherlock Holmes, he has a good personal and rich enough. This is different with Strike. He has a lot of doubt. Even more, he should stay in office for sleep and eat there. He never come back to his home with his wife because of the problem that they face. He tried to cover this problem from his secretary, Robin. Unfortunately, Robin knew that Strike lived in his office because unintentional she found a fold bed in Strike room.  It is not good to know that the detective live in office, but Robin act as if she never find it up to Strike tell it to her by him self. Moreover, the Strike’s problem make his life irrasional. He feel frustrated because of it. Fantastically, he never give up to solve the chase of Lula Landry whether he has a big problem with his wife.       

            The writer of this novel, Robert Galbraith (this is the second name of J.K. Rowling who write Harry Potter and Casual Vacancy)  show to the reader how unpredictable of this novel. He could describe the conflict of detective’s personal problem, and the chase which should finish soon as a united plot. She could make the reader feel that the chase is surround them. This The romantic plot between Robin and her husband make a balance story when we read  the problem of Cormoran Strike and his wife. One of the most favorite plot is the end of this chase. We will find the killer of Lula Landry and the subject who has done it, is unpredictable for the reader. Unfortunately, This novel didn’t tell about the life of Strike’s wife detail.

            In my Conclusion, This novel is an excellent novel, whether it has a weakness but the plot, the character and the way how to break the chase is very impressive. I suggest to read this novel. Robert Galbraith will tell you how wonderful this crime is.