J.K. Rowling Reveals Title of Fourth Cormoran Strike Novel
Mar 14, 2017
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The word is out… https://t.co/0GortYkD09
— Robert Galbraith (@RGalbraith) March 14, 2017
Lots of news about all things Cormoran Strike have been released lately, so here’s a quick round up!
The new BBC Cormoran Strike series crew was seen in Hatfield, filming at the local Potters Bar in High Street at the end of February.
Strikefans.com recently did a write up of the Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub, one that’s featured in the Cormoran Strike novels. They give a short literary history of the place,
“It’s fitting that editor Nina would choose such a spot. Literary legends Yeats, Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, Mark Twain, Alfred Tennyson and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock!) are all said to have visited the establishment, and Charles Dickens was a regular. There’s been a pub at this location since 1538.”
Courtesy of Strikefans.com
They painstakingly went through the book and plucked out quotes that describe the actual establishment; including passages about the stuffed grey parrot that is really in the pub, and the fact that you have to mind your head when walking to the bathroom or else you’ll be like Strike who, “smacked his head even while stooping.”
To read more about the Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub and to see additional pictures; go to strikefans.com
To top it all off, Jo’s been tweeting again – and this time it’s all about cracking the code on the name of the new Cormoran Strike novel.
Jo seemed to have a wild time along with the fans as they attempted to solve her puzzle:
_ _ _ H _ _ _ H _ _ _ https://t.co/fa0rJRKnCS
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017
and the followers came up with some great guesses:
I would also read a book called 'Python Shame', but that's not the fourth Strike. https://t.co/hSvXNSIgue
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017
No, but I would definitely read novels called 'Eighty Shoes' and 'Mashed Chips.' https://t.co/Ru6FLtUEIE
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017
Someone got really close for a second:
Somebody just sent me a joke suggestion that is one letter away from the title…
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017
There were a few more predictions;
Thank you, but we're guessing a book title here. https://t.co/w5XU1kMtIG
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017
Nice work, @thymegrowers, but no. pic.twitter.com/aZy6OU2XJU
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017
I want to see my editor's face when I tell him I've changed the title to 'Woohoo, chips!' https://t.co/KTS1ys11i3
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017
Loads of people have got the first word.
A few people have got the second word.
Nobody seems to have put them together yet.— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017
and then finally someone guessed it; the fourth novel will be called Lethal White!
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. https://t.co/2aOXDYi6qA
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017
It looks like the lucky winner will Strike it rich with an autographed copy!
.@warpathed DM me your address and I'll make sure you get a signed copy when I finally finish it!
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017
Then she went off into the night to finish the book.
Well, that was fun. Back to chapter 23.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 14, 2017
So now, with all of that anticipation, we’ve just got to wait for the book to be finished. We’re sure it’ll be worth it!
