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HBO seems to be doubling down on its support for highly controversial author J.K. Rowling, who continues to spreading anti-trans rhetoric. Unfortunately, her controversial nature is not enough to deter Hollywood corporations from continuing their partnerships with her. HBO has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming sixth season of the crime drama series C.B. Strike, in addition to revealing its premiere date. The show is based on Rowling's "Cormoran Strike" detective novels, which she writes under the male psudonym Robert Galbraith.

The four-episode series will debut on January 23 on HBO and Max. The latest season is based on Galbraith's 2022 novel The Ink Black Heart and features a returning Tom Burke in the titular role of the burly private investigator, and Holliday Grainger as his assistant and business partner, Robin Elacott. The minute-long trailer introduces the new mystery that Strike and Robin attempt to solve while navigating their personal relationship. As per the new season's official logline, "Strike and Robin are hired to investigate a murder involving a creator of a cult TV cartoon and an anonymous online troll known as 'Anomie.' With a complex web of online aliases, business interests and family conflicts to navigate, our heroic pair find themselves in a case that stretches them to their limit with the threat of this mysterious killer around every corner."

All four episodes of the sixth season were directed by Sue Tully and were written by Tom Edge. A co-production with the BBC, the new season debuted in the United Kingdom in December to mixed reviews. On the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, The Ink Black Heart holds a borderline "fresh" 60% rating. Six of the seven Strike novels have now been adapted for television. The series began in 2017 in the U.K., with a three-episode adaptation of The Cuckoo's Calling. This was followed by The Silkworm later that same year, Career of Evil in 2018, Lethal White in 2020, and Troubled Blood in 2022.

Watch the Season 6 Trailer for 'C.B. Strike' Here

HBO and the BBC previously partnered in 2015 on an adaptation of Rowling's standalone novel The Casual Vacancy. In addition to that, HBO is currently putting together a hugely anticipated seven-season adaptation of the Harry Potter books. The bestselling fantasy series was previously adapted into a blockbuster eight-film franchise, which spawned three spin-off movies. There has been controversy surrounding Rowling's continued involvement in the show, with protests from a large section of the fans.

The Harry Potter series is expected to debut in 2026, but C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart will premiere on January 23. Previous episodes are available to stream on Max. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.

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C.B. Strike
TV-MA
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Cast
Tom Burke , Holliday Grainger , Kerr Logan , Jack Greenlees , Christina Cole , Natasha O'Keeffe , killian scott , Sarah Sweeney
Main Genre
Crime
Seasons
6
Release Date
June 1, 2018
Writers
Tom Edge
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TV News
Holliday Grainger
JK Rowling
Since its premiere in 2017, the “C.B. Strike” series (known simply as “Strike” across the pond) has become one of BBC One‘s most popular series. And for good reason: “Furiosa” star Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger make an engaging lead duo as a private detective and his business partner who work together to solve crimes that elude London’s police.

Based on J.K. Rowling‘s hit book series (written under her pen name, Robert Galbraith) the show’s latest season, subtitled “The Ink Black Heart,” arrives on HBO and Max later this month. The case for series #6? A murder involving the creator of a cult TV cartoon and an anonymous online troll.

Here’s an official synopsis for “C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart,” courtesy of HBO:

Strike and Robin are hired to investigate a murder involving a creator of a cult TV cartoon and an anonymous online troll known as “Anomie.” With a complex web of online aliases, business interests and family conflicts to navigate, our heroic pair find themselves in a case that stretches them to their limit with the threat of this mysterious killer around every corner.

Along with Burke and Grainger, “The Ink Black Heart” also stars David Westhead, Christian McKay, Emma Fielding, Tupele Dorgu, and James Nelson-Joyce. Ruth Sheen, Jack Greenlees, Natasha O’Keeffe, and Caitlin Innes Edwards round out the main cast.

Tom Edge adapts Rowling’s novel for the small screen. Edge also serves as executive producer with Rowling, Neil Blair, and Ruth Kenley-Letts, as well as BBC‘s Nick Landon.

“C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart” premieres on HBO and Max on January 23. Watch a trailer for the four-episode series below.
C.B. Strike is back for another installment, with the four-episode limited series The Ink Black Heart premiering Thursday, Jan. 23 at 9/8c on HBO (and streaming on Max).

Based on J.K. Rowling’s crime novels written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart is the sixth story in the BBC co-production, which stars Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger.

In the new season, “Strike (Burke) and Robin (Grainger) are hired to investigate a murder involving a creator of a cult TV cartoon and an anonymous online troll known as ‘Anomie,'” reads the official synopsis. “With a complex web of online aliases, business interests and family conflicts to navigate, our heroic pair find themselves in a case that stretches them to their limit with the threat of this mysterious killer around every corner.”

Watch a newly released trailer for C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart above.

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HBO has announced that the four-episode Original limited series C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart will debut on Thursday, January 23 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. The series will premiere on HBO and will be available to stream on Max.

C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart is the sixth story of the crime drama in co-production with BBC and based on J.K. Rowling’s best-selling crime novels written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart to Debut on HBO and Max
In the new installment, Strike and Robin are hired to investigate a murder involving the creator of a cult TV cartoon and an anonymous online troll known as “Anomie.”

With a complex web of online aliases, business interests and family conflicts to navigate, our heroic pair find themselves in a case that stretches them to their limit with the threat of this mysterious killer around every corner.

Holliday Grainger as Robin Ellacott in C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart
The cast includes Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, David Westhead, Christian McKay, Emma Fielding, Tupele Dorgu, James Nelson-Joyce, Ruth Sheen, Jack Greenlees, Natasha O’Keeffe and Caitlin Innes Edwards.

C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart was adapted for the screen by writer and executive producer Tom Edge. It was directed by Sue Tully, and the executive producers include J.K. Rowling, Neil Blair, and Ruth Kenley-Letts alongside the BBC‘s Nick Lambon.
Strike
Series title over a headshot of the dishevelled title character in his office
Also known as C. B. Strike
Genre
Crime drama
Detective fiction
Based on Cormoran Strike
by Robert Galbraith
Written by
Ben Richards
Tom Edge
Directed by
Michael Keillor
Kieron Hawkes
Charles Sturridge
Sue Tully
Starring
Tom Burke
Holliday Grainger
Opening theme "I Walk Beside You" by Beth Rowley
Composer Adrian Johnston
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language English
No. of series 6
No. of episodes 19
Production
Executive producers
Ben Richards
Neil Blair
Ruth Kenley-Letts
J. K. Rowling
Elizabeth Kilgarriff
Tom Edge
Tommy Bulfin
Producers
Jackie Larkin
Alex Rendell
Running time 57–59 minutes
Production companies Brontë Film and Television
Original release
Network BBC One
Release 27 August 2017 –
present
Strike (also known as C. B. Strike internationally) is a British crime drama television programme based on the book series Cormoran Strike by J. K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.[1] The programme was first broadcast on BBC One on 27 August 2017, after receiving an advance premiere at the British Film Institute on 10 August 2017.[2]

The programme follows Cormoran Strike (Tom Burke), a war veteran turned private detective operating out of a tiny office in London's Denmark Street, who uses his unique insight and his background as a Special Investigation Branch investigator to solve complex cases that have eluded the police along with his assistant, subsequently business partner, Robin Ellacott (Holliday Grainger).[3]

Nineteen episodes across six series have been broadcast to date, each series adapting a novel: The Cuckoo's Calling (2013), The Silkworm (2014), Career of Evil (2015), Lethal White (2018), Troubled Blood (2020), and The Ink Black Heart (2022) respectively.[4][5][6]

The programme premiered on 1 June 2018 in the United States on Cinemax and in Canada on HBO Canada.[7] Following the fourth series, the programme was exhibited in the United States on HBO.[8][9]

Cast and characters
Main cast
Tom Burke as Cormoran Blue Strike
Holliday Grainger as Robin Venetia Ellacott
Recurring cast
Kerr Logan as Matthew Cunliffe
Ben Crompton as "Shanker"
Natasha O'Keeffe as Charlotte Campbell
Killian Scott as DI Eric Wardle
Ann Akin as Vanessa Ekwensi
Sargon Yelda as DI Richard Anstis
Caitlin Innes Edwards as Ilsa Herbert
Kierston Wareing as Leda Strike
Jack Greenlees as Sam Barclay
Sarah Sweeney as Lucy
Ruth Sheen as Pat Chauncey
Tupele Dorgu as Midge Greenstreet
Stephen Hagan as DCI Richard Murphy
Guest cast
S1: The Cuckoo's Calling
Siân Phillips as Lady Yvette Bristow
Martin Shaw as Tony Landry
David Avery as Nico Kolovas-Jones
Leo Bill as John Bristow
Tara Fitzgerald as Tansy Bestigui
Amber Anderson as Ciara Porter
Kadiff Kirwan as Guy Somé
Bronson Webb as Evan Duffield
Elarica Johnson as Lula Landry
Brian Bovell as Derrick Wilson
S2: The Silkworm
Dorothy Atkinson as Kathryn Kent
Monica Dolan as Leonora Quine
Dominic Mafham as Jerry Waldegrave
Tim McInnerny as Daniel Chard
Peter Sullivan as Andrew Fancourt
Jeremy Swift as Owen Quine
Lia Williams as Liz Tassel
Sarah Gordy as Orlando Quine
S3: Career of Evil
Andrew Brooke as Niall Brockbank
Emmanuella Cole as Alyssa
Jessica Gunning as Holly Brockbank
Matt King as Jeff Whittaker
Neil Maskell as Donald Laing
S4: Lethal White
Nick Blood as Jimmy Knight
Robert Glenister as Jasper Chiswell
Joseph Quinn as Billy Knight
Sophie Winkleman as Kinvara Chiswell
Christina Cole as Izzy Chiswell
Adam Long as Raff Chiswell
Natalie Gumede as Lorelei Bevan
Saffron Coomber as Flick Pardue
Danny Ashok as Aamir Malik
Robert Pugh as Geraint Winn
S5: Troubled Blood
Jonas Armstrong as Saul Morris
Linda Bassett as Joan Nancarrow
Fionnula Flanagan as Oonagh Kennedy
Sutara Gayle as Kim Sullivan
Abigail Lawrie as Margot Bamborough
Ian Redford as Ted Nancarrow
Andy de la Tour as Nico 'Mucky' Ricci
Sophie Ward as Anna Phipps
Kierston Wareing as Leda Strike
Michael Byrne as Roy Phipps
Anna Calder-Marshall as Janice Beattie
Cherie Lunghi as Gloria Conti
Carol MacReady as Irene Hickson
Madhav Sharma as Dr Dinesh Gupta
Samuel Oatley as DI George Layborn
Kenneth Cranham as Dennis Creed
Robin Askwith as Steve Douthwaite
Christina Cole as Izzy Chiswell
S6: The Ink Black Heart
Jacob Abraham as Josh Blay
Ewan Bailey as Nils De Jung
Kevin Bishop as Wally Cardew
Ellise Chappell as Kea Niven
Jack Donoghue as Gus Upcott
Emma Fielding as Katya Upcott
Mirren Mack as Edie Ledwell
Christian McKay as Inigo Upcott
James Nelson-Joyce as Pez Pierce
Luke Norris as Phillip Ormond
David Westhead as Grant Ledwell[10]
Production and development
On 10 December 2014, it was announced that the Cormoran Strike novel series, written by J. K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, would be adapted for television by the BBC, for broadcast on BBC One, beginning with The Cuckoo's Calling. Two years later, it was confirmed that the series would total seven episodes of sixty minutes, with shooting to begin in London in the autumn of 2016.[3] Tom Burke was announced in the role of Cormoran Strike in September 2016,[11] while Holliday Grainger was announced in the role of Robin Ellacott in November 2016.[12]

Ben Richards adapted The Cuckoo's Calling, and Tom Edge adapted The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White and Troubled Blood. Richards stated that the series is "very different tonally and visually from other crime dramas." He compared Strike to the British detective television show Morse. Similarly, Edge commented that "people use old-fashioned as a pejorative word, but to me that's part of why these books, and, I hope, the TV series, works so well."[13]

Episodes
Series Episodes Originally released Average UK viewers
(millions)
First released Last released
1
3 27 August 2017 3 September 2017 8.45
2
2 10 September 2017 17 September 2017 8.35
3
2 25 February 2018 4 March 2018 8.08
4
4 30 August 2020 13 September 2020 7.82
5
4 11 December 2022 19 December 2022 6.92
6
4 16 December 2024 24 December 2024 TBA
Series 1: The Cuckoo's Calling (2017)
The Cuckoo's Calling was released on DVD on 27 November 2017.[14]

No.
overall No. in
series Title Directed by Written by Original release date UK viewers
(millions) [15]
1 1 "The Cuckoo's Calling: Part 1" Michael Keillor Ben Richards 27 August 2017 8.89
2 2 "The Cuckoo's Calling: Part 2" Michael Keillor Ben Richards 28 August 2017 8.28
3 3 "The Cuckoo's Calling: Part 3" Michael Keillor Ben Richards 3 September 2017 8.18
Series 2: The Silkworm (2017)
The Silkworm was released on DVD on 19 February 2018.[16]

No.
overall No. in
series Title Directed by Written by Original release date UK viewers
(millions) [15]
4 1 "The Silkworm: Part 1" Kieron Hawkes Tom Edge 10 September 2017 8.67
5 2 "The Silkworm: Part 2" Kieron Hawkes Tom Edge 17 September 2017 8.02
Series 3: Career of Evil (2018)
Career of Evil was released on DVD on 16 April 2018.[17]

No.
overall No. in
series Title Directed by Written by Original release date UK viewers
(millions) [15]
6 1 "Career of Evil: Part 1" Charles Sturridge Tom Edge 25 February 2018 8.43
7 2 "Career of Evil: Part 2" Charles Sturridge Tom Edge 4 March 2018 7.72
Series 4: Lethal White (2020)
Lethal White was released on DVD on 23 November 2020.[18]

No.
overall No. in
series Title Directed by Written by Original release date UK viewers
(millions) [19]
8 1 "Lethal White: Part 1" Sue Tully Tom Edge 30 August 2020 8.61
9 2 "Lethal White: Part 2" Sue Tully Tom Edge 31 August 2020 7.58
10 3 "Lethal White: Part 3" Sue Tully Tom Edge 6 September 2020 7.85
11 4 "Lethal White: Part 4" Sue Tully Tom Edge 13 September 2020 7.22
Series 5: Troubled Blood (2022)
No.
overall No. in
series Title Directed by Written by Original release date UK viewers
(millions) [19]
12 1 "Troubled Blood: Part 1" Sue Tully Tom Edge 11 December 2022 8.07
13 2 "Troubled Blood: Part 2" Sue Tully Tom Edge 12 December 2022 6.34
14 3 "Troubled Blood: Part 3" Sue Tully Tom Edge 18 December 2022 6.86
15 4 "Troubled Blood: Part 4" Sue Tully Tom Edge 19 December 2022 6.41
Series 6: The Ink Black Heart (2024)
No.
overall No. in
series Title Directed by Written by Original release date UK viewers
(millions) [19]
16 1 "The Ink Black Heart: Part 1" Sue Tully Tom Edge 16 December 2024 6.08
17 2 "The Ink Black Heart: Part 2" Sue Tully Tom Edge 17 December 2024 5.44
18 3 "The Ink Black Heart: Part 3" Sue Tully Tom Edge 23 December 2024 4.92
19 4 "The Ink Black Heart: Part 4" Sue Tully Tom Edge 24 December 2024 4.54
Reception
The Cuckoo's Calling received generally positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gave it an approval rating of 85%, based on 20 reviews, and an average score of 6.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads "The TV adaptation of C. B. Strike delivers an entertaining detective series that faithfully and effectively adheres to genre tropes."[20] Morgan Jeffery of Digital Spy, who reviewed the first episode, praised both Burke and Grainger's performances, calling Burke's performance "a revelation".[21]

Similarly, the adaptation of The Silkworm was met with positive reviews, with critics again praising Burke and Grainger's performances.[22][23] However, the first episode was criticised for showing a suicide scene on World Suicide Prevention Day, making some viewers claim that this scene was insensitive.[24]

Career of Evil holds an 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 8 reviews, and an average score of 7/10.[25]

Lethal White holds a 73% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 11 reviews, and an average score of 5.6/10.[26]

Troubled Blood holds a 93% approval rating from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 26 reviews.[27]

The Ink Black Heart holds a 51% approval rating from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 20 reviews.[28]

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Furness, Hannah (7 September 2016). "Confirmed: Tom Burke to play Cormoran Strike in BBC's JK Rowling dramas". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
Griffiths, Emmy (29 November 2022). "BBC's hit crime show Strike confirms season 5 airdate - and it's sooner than you might think". Hello!. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
"Troubled Blood coming to BBC One this December". Robert Galbraith. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
"Strike The Ink Black Heart cast and creatives on Robin and Strike's relationship, online anonymity, and bringing books to life on screen". BBC. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
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External links
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Strike at IMDb

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The Ink Black Heart

UK first edition cover
Author Robert Galbraith (J. K. Rowling)
Language English
Genre Crime fiction
Publisher Sphere Books
Publication date 30 August 2022
Publication place United Kingdom
Pages 1,024
ISBN 978-0-7515-8420-2
Preceded by Troubled Blood
Followed by The Running Grave
The Ink Black Heart is a crime novel written by British author J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.[1] It was released on 30 August 2022. It is the sixth and longest novel in the Cormoran Strike series.[2]

Plot
After Strike and Robin visit The Ritz for Robin's 30th birthday, Strike attempts to kiss Robin; she evades the kiss. Feeling rebuffed, Strike starts a relationship with Madeline, an acquaintance of his ex-fiancée Charlotte, a relationship he keeps secret from Robin.

Edie Ledwell, an animator who co-created the successful cartoon The Ink Black Heart on YouTube and which is now being adapted into a film on Netflix, visits the agency. She asks Robin to investigate the identity of Anomie, who co-created Drek's Game, an online game based on the cartoon, and who started harassing Edie on social media after she criticised the game. Robin refers Edie to another agency with more cybercrime experience. Within the game, two moderators appear to have a dossier of proof that Anomie and Edie are the same person. They share this with Josh Blay, the other co-creator of The Ink Black Heart and Edie's ex-boyfriend. Soon afterwards, Edie and Josh are tasered and stabbed while meeting in Highgate Cemetery, the cartoon's setting. Edie dies while Josh is paralysed.

The agency is hired to investigate Anomie's identity by a film producer seeking to adapt The Ink Black Heart. They investigate various individuals associated with the cartoon and the North Grove Art Collective. Much of the investigation takes place online with the detectives investigating Anomie's abuse and another figure, The Pen of Justice, who criticised the cartoon for being racist, ableist and transphobic. They also investigate Drek's Game, where Anomie openly confesses to the murder, something treated as a joke by the other moderators, including its co-creator Morehouse. Two moderators appear to be associated with the Halvening, the far-right group that compiled the dossier with fake proof and the police suspect committed the murder. Robin accesses the game and becomes an active player. Robin and Strike attempt to eliminate suspects by carrying out surveillance and examining who is otherwise engaged while Anomie is active in the game. They also receive phone calls telling them to exhume Edie's grave and open letters buried with her. In the game, Paperwhite, another moderator, and Morehouse appear to have a relationship, with Paperwhite sending a racy picture to Morehouse and including Anomie by accident.

After leaving Comic Con, where she interviewed Yasmin, the former employee of Edie and Josh, Robin joins Strike to follow a suspicious individual to a station. A man dressed as Batman pushes the target onto the tracks as a train approaches. Robin helps save his life and her photograph appears in the newspapers. It is revealed that she saved Oliver Peach, the moderator Vilepechora in Drek's Game and member of the Halvening. In the game, Anomie confesses this crime to Oliver's brother, LordDrek, before banning him from the game. Soon afterwards, a parcel bomb damages Strike's office, although nobody is injured. The publicity causes Morehouse to discuss going to the agency with Paperwhite. Robin is able to speak to the moderator Fiendy1 on a personal level and discovers she is Edie's cousin. She is able to provide the identity of Morehouse and Strike and Robin decide to interview him, but Morehouse is murdered before they reach him.

Strike interviews Yasmin himself and discovers that she was being blackmailed by Anomie to login as them on several occasions, rendering much of their work to eliminate suspects moot. Robin also receives the picture that was supposedly sent by Paperwhite to Anomie and is able to trace the girl to a Glasgow art student. They then figure out Paperwhite was a sock puppet account controlled by Anomie to keep tabs on Morehouse and the other moderators. She then receives a phone call, threatening to kill her. Strike realises that Edie's uncle did not bury Josh's letter with Edie. After reading misogynistic abuse in the letter, they deduce someone with access to Katya, Josh's agent, replaced the original letter.

Soon afterwards, Katya's daughter calls them, screaming for help. After driving to Katya's house, Gus, Katya's son, now revealed as Anomie, tasers Strike. Robin sets off a rape alarm before fleeing upstairs, where she sees Gus's father's corpse. A machete-wielding Gus pursues her until he is distracted by neighbours alerted by Robin's alarm, allowing her to hit him in the back of the head.

In hospital afterwards, Strike tells Robin that her name has been added to the office door, which brings her to tears, and that he has broken up with Madeline. Robin, who believed he was still dating Madeline, reveals she is now dating the officer, Ryan Murphy. After she leaves, Strike reflects that he may have missed his chance to date Robin.

Characters
Main
Cormoran Strike – A private detective. He is a minor celebrity, thanks in part to his rock star father and his solving of high-profile murders. He is also a war veteran who lost his leg in an explosion. Throughout the book, Strike suffers extreme pain in his stump due to weight-gain as a result of his unhealthy lifestyle, forcing him to diet. The pain he suffers in his hamstring ultimately forces him to substitute his prosthetic leg with a pair of crutches, hindering his movement in the denouement and forcing Robin to handle things on her own.
Robin Ellacott – Strike's former assistant, now business partner, trained in criminal investigation. She is a survivor of a rape and attempted murder and repeatedly suffers unwanted male attention, causing her to suffer occasional paranoia.
Recurring
Pat Chauncey – The agency's office manager, a chain-smoker.
Sam Barclay – An excellent Scottish contract investigator
Charlotte Campbell Ross – Strike's neurotic and narcissistic ex-fiancee, a beautiful socialite and supermodel.
Jago Ross: Charlotte's new husband, a violently angry man who is abusive to his daughters.
Michelle "Midge" Greenstreet – A contract investigator who is excellent at baking.
Dev Shah – A contract investigator
Madeline Courson-Miles – Strike's new girlfriend, who proves almost as needy and unstable as Charlotte.
Lucy – Strike's half sister with three sons, Strike is fond of the middle son, Jack
Offline characters
Edie Ledwell – Co-creator of The Ink Black Heart, a successful cartoon started on YouTube and about to be made into a film. She is abused online by Anomie and other fans before her murder and is also falsely accused of being racist, ableist and transphobic by the Pen of Justice.
Josh Blay – The former boyfriend of Ledwell who was also the co-creator of The Ink Black Heart. Although he was stabbed in the neck by Anomie whilst attempting to protect Edie in Highgate Cemetery, leaving him paralysed, he lives and does not receive the same online abuse as Edie.
Grant Ledwell – Edie's wealthy, drunken uncle who wishes to carry on Edie's desire to create a movie version of The Ink Black Heart after her death for purposes of financial gain.
Rachel Ledwell – Grant's daughter and cousin to Edie. She is the moderator Fiendy1 in Drek's Game and is able to provide vital information to Robin on who the co-creator Morehouse is.
Seb Montgomery – An animator on the first few episodes of The Ink Black Heart who Edie suspects of being Anomie.
Wally Cardew – Josh's friend who voiced Drek in The Ink Black Heart until Edie fired him over a video mocking the holocaust. He runs his own YouTube channel.
Preston 'Pez' Pierce – A womanising digital artist who voiced Magspie in the early episodes of The Ink Black Heart and a resident of North Grove Art Collective. He models for Mariam's classes.
Tim Ashcroft – A former actor who voiced the Worm in the early episodes of The Ink Black Heart who now runs a theatre group that works with schools. A predatory ephebophile who repeatedly grooms teenage girls online, he is revealed to be the author of the pious and hypocritical Pen of Justice blog.
Zoe Haigh – An artist with the collective and fan of The Ink Black Heart. She is the moderator Worm28 in Drek's Game and Ashcroft's girlfriend, a victim of his psychological abuse and grooming.
Philip Ormond – Edie's egotistical boyfriend at the time of the murder who is also collaborating with Yasmin, Edie's former employee, on a book about The Ink Black Heart.
Yasmin Weatherhead – Former employee of Edie and Josh. She is the moderator Hartella in Drek's Game and is working with Phillip Ormond to write a book about the cartoon and online game. Weak-willed, gullible and cowardly, she is effortlessly manipulated by members of a far-right terrorist group called the Halvening. Anomie is able to keep her quiet by threatening her with going to the police about her interactions with members of the Halvening.
Nils de Jong and Mariam Torosyan – Owners of the North Grove Art Collective, the establishment where Edie, Josh, Tim, Katya and the rest of the people associated with The Ink Black Heart met. Nils de Jong is a Neo-Nazi and member of the Halvening.
Bram de Jong: Nil's brilliant but mentally disturbed and voyeuristic teenage son.
Kea Niven – Chronically ill former girlfriend of Josh who claims Edie stole her idea for The Ink Black Heart.
Katya Upcott – Josh's agent and Edie's former agent.
Inigo Upcott – Katya's husband, a gifted musician forced to retire due to myalgic encephalomyelitis. Self-centered and belligerent, he is emotionally and psychologically abusive to his wife on whom he cheats compulsively, and to his son Gus. Inigo attempts to vicariously live his dreams of being a famous musician by forcing Gus to endlessly practise the cello.
Gus Upcott – Katya and Inigo's adult son, a gifted musician who is bullied by his father.
Flavia Upcott – Katya and Inigo's highly intelligent 12 year old daughter. She is treated poorly by both parents and is instrumental in helping Strike and Robin solve the case.
Ryan Murphy – Benign local CID officer called to the agency for Robin's account of her meeting with Edie Ledwell. He develops a romantic interest in Robin.
Online characters
Anomie – A co-creator and moderator of Drek's Game, who persecutes Edie after a video is released in which she said she did not like the game. A vindictive misogynist and an obsessive, controlling bully, he is ultimately driven to murder Edie Ledwell and paralyse Josh Blay. He goes on to attempt to kill Oliver Peach who told him how to purchase the machete he used to stab Ledwell and Blay on the Dark Web, in order to cover his tracks and goes on to murder his co-creator Vikas Bhardwaj for planning to reveal his identity.
Morehouse – A co-creator and moderator of Drek's Game, and the online identity of Dr. Vikas Bhardwaj. Unlike Anomie, he does not attack Edie online.
Vilepechora and LordDrek – Oliver and Charlie Peach, members of the Halvening and moderators who compile a dossier purporting to prove Anomie is Edie prior to her death. They provide this dossier to Hartella.
Paperwhite – A moderator who is in an online relationship with Morehouse but is later revealed to be a fake account of Anomie.
Fiendy1 – A moderator who believes Anomie is dangerous and later agrees to speak with Robin.
Hartella – A moderator who claims to have proof Edie is Anomie, but was in reality being manipulated by members of the Halvening. She later admits to Strike she was the person pretending to be Anomie on his orders.
Worm28 – A moderator of Drek's Game who struggles with dyslexia.
Reception
The Ink Black Heart sold 50,738 copies in its first week on sale in the UK, placing it first on the UK Official Top 50 book sales list.[3]

Jake Kerridge from The Daily Telegraph rated the book 3 out of 5 stars, describing the series as a whole as "good comforting crime fiction", but criticising The Ink Black Heart for its length, stating it "[does not] seem to have more depth, or to cover more emotional territory, than the earlier ones did".[2] The author Mark Sanderson, writing in The Times, similarly criticised the length.[4]

Kirkus Reviews called the book "[a]n overblown whodunit", citing length and extensive focus on online conversations as reasons to skip it. They concluded the review by saying "[a]fter a thousand pages ... the reader is likely to no longer care" who the murderer is.[5] Darragh McManus from Irish Independent gave the book a positive review, praising it for "dozens of characters, multiple plotlines and, most crucially, lots and lots of things going on".[6]

The plot, in which a woman is killed after being accused of various prejudices, particularly transphobia,[12] drew comparisons to Rowling's real-life previous controversial comments surrounding transgender people, leading to allegations of self-insertion.[13] Rowling denied the claims that the book was inspired by her own controversies, stating, "I had written the book before certain things happened to me online".[14][15][16]

The book was shortlisted for the 2023 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger.[17]

Adaptation
Main article: Strike (TV series)
The Ink Black Heart has been adapted as part of the Strike television series starring Tom Burke as Cormoran Strike and Holliday Grainger as Robin Ellacott.[18]

References
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Kerridge, Jake (27 August 2022). "The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith review: JK Rowling's Strike faces the social media trolls". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
O'Brien, Kiera (6 September 2022). "Robert Galbraith's The Ink Black Heart beats a path to the top". The Bookseller. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
Sanderson, Mark (25 August 2022). "The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith review — no crime thriller should be 1,012 pages long". The Times. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
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"The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith: JK Rowling's tale of obsessive fans punches its substantial weight". Irish Independent. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
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Robinson, Nathan J. (31 August 2022). "J.K. Rowling's New Novel Shows Why Having an Editor is Important". Current Affairs. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
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Works by J. K. Rowling
Wizarding World
books
Harry Potter
The Philosopher's Stone (1997)The Chamber of Secrets (1998)The Prisoner of Azkaban (1999)The Goblet of Fire (2000)The Order of the Phoenix (2003)The Half-Blood Prince (2005)The Deathly Hallows (2007)
Other
Quidditch Through the Ages (2001)Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2001)Harry Potter prequel (2008)The Tales of Beedle the Bard (2008)Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide (2016)Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists (2016)Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies (2016)
Cormoran Strike
books
The Cuckoo's Calling (2013)The Silkworm (2014)Career of Evil (2015)Lethal White (2018)Troubled Blood (2020)The Ink Black Heart (2022)The Running Grave (2023)
Films and
TV series
Films produced
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
Films produced
and written
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
TV series adaptations
The Casual Vacancy (2015)Strike (2017–present)
Other works
The Casual Vacancy (2012)Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016)The Ickabog (2020)The Christmas Pig (2021)
Categories: 2022 British novelsCormoran Strike seriesLGBTQ-related controversies in literatureInternet-related controversiesMulholland Books booksBritish novels adapted into television shows
Tom Burke

Tom Burke, 2019
Born Tom Liam Benedict Burke
30 June 1981 (age 43)
London, England
Alma mater Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation Actor
Years active 1999–present
Parents
David Burke (father)
Anna Calder-Marshall (mother)
Relatives Arthur Calder-Marshall (grandfather)
Tom Burke (born 30 June 1981) is an English actor. He played Athos in the 2014–2016 BBC TV series The Musketeers, Dolokhov in the 2016 BBC literary-adaptation miniseries War & Peace, Cormoran Strike in the BBC series Strike, Orson Welles in the 2020 film Mank, and Praetorian Jack in the 2024 film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

Early life
Burke was born in London and grew up in Kent.[1] His parents, David Burke and Anna Calder-Marshall, are also actors, as were his godparents, Alan Rickman and Bridget Turner.[2] His maternal grandparents were writers Arthur Calder-Marshall and Ara Calder-Marshall. Burke was born with a cleft lip and had reconstructive surgery.[3]

Burke always wanted to become an actor. He attended the National Youth Theatre, the Young Arden Theatre in Faversham, and the Box Clever Theatre Company performing at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury,[1] and participated in the plays his parents staged in their hometown.[2]

As a child, Burke was diagnosed with dyslexia[2] and struggled academically. He left school before his A-levels because he "couldn't stand the idea of that" and thought he "wouldn't survive it".[4] As soon as he left school at 17, he wrote to an acting agency and got the first role he auditioned for.[4] He attended dance school before being accepted at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London when he was 18.[5]

Career
Burke's first role was as Roland in 1999's Dragonheart: A New Beginning, a direct-to-video sequel of the 1996 film Dragonheart. That year he appeared in an episode of the series Dangerfield and the television film All the King's Men. After graduating from RADA, he started working steadily in television, film and theatre.[citation needed]

Television
His first television part after drama school was Syd in the Paul Abbott thriller series State of Play, starring John Simm, Bill Nighy and James McAvoy. In 2004, he played Lee in the television film Bella and the Boys. In 2005, he played the 20-year-old version of Giacomo Casanova's son, Giac, in the television adaptation of Casanova, starring David Tennant and Peter O'Toole.[6]

In 2006, he played Dr. John Seward in the television film Dracula. In 2007, he played Napoleon Bonaparte in an episode of the BBC's docudrama Heroes and Villains and had a small part as a book publisher in the satirical drama The Trial of Tony Blair. In 2009, he played Lieutenant Race in an episode of the 12th series of Agatha Christie's Poirot.

In 2011, he played Bentley Drummle in two episodes of the BBC's adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. In 2012, he became a regular cast member in the second series of BBC Two's The Hour as journalist Bill Kendall. From 2014 to 2016, he played Athos on the BBC One series The Musketeers, an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers.[6] He also plays Cormoran Strike in the BBC miniseries Strike, based on the detective novels of Robert Galbraith;[7][8][9] and Rebrov in Sky TV's The Lazarus Project, which will air in the U.S. on the TNT cable network. He played Father Derek 'Dazzle' Jennings, Princess Margaret's friend, in The Crown.[10]

Film
In 2004, Burke had his first cinema part in The Libertine. In 2007, he played an aspiring filmmaker who ends up directing a porn film in the comedy I Want Candy. In 2008, he played Bluey in Donkey Punch, a horror thriller that debuted at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. In 2009, he played Geoff Goddard in Telstar: The Joe Meek Story, and had a small part in Stephen Frears' Chéri. In 2010, he played Davy in Third Star, a drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch, JJ Feild and Adam Robertson, which follows a trip four friends, one of them terminally ill, make to Barafundle Bay in Wales.[6]

In 2012, he played Mark in Cleanskin. In 2013, he played Billy, the older brother of Ryan Gosling's character in Only God Forgives, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. That year he had a supporting role in the Ralph Fiennes–directed film The Invisible Woman.[6]

In 2020, he played American filmmaker Orson Welles in David Fincher's Netflix original film Mank, opposite Gary Oldman as Herman J. Mankiewicz. He also starred in English director and photographer Mitch Jenkins's 2020 film The Show (written by Alan Moore) as private investigator Fletcher Dennis. In November 2021, Burke joined Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth in the Mad Max: Fury Road spinoff film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, replacing Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.[11]

Theatre
As a theatre actor, Burke has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has appeared in plays at Shakespeare's Globe, playing Romeo in Romeo and Juliet in 2004; at the Old Vic in Noël Coward's Design for Living opposite Andrew Scott and Lisa Dillon in 2010; and at the Almeida Theatre playing Greg in reasons to be pretty in 2011. In 2002, he played Hamlet in Howard Barker's Gertrude – The Cry, a reworking of Shakespeare's Hamlet which focuses on the character of Gertrude, the protagonist's mother.[12]

In 2006, he worked with Ian McKellen in the play The Cut. In 2008, he played Adolph in Creditors at the Donmar Warehouse. Actor Alan Rickman, Burke's godfather, staged the play, which earned Burke an Ian Charleson Award. The play subsequently premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York in 2010. In 2012, he played Louis Dubedat in The Doctor's Dilemma at the National Theatre.[13]

Filmography
Film
Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Notes
2000 Dragonheart: A New Beginning Roland Direct-to-video
2003 The Burl Connor Short film
2004 Squaddie Andy Short film
2005 The Libertine Vaughan
2006 The Enlightenment Daniel Clay Short film
2007 Supermarket Sam Sam Short film
Anastezsi Mario
I Want Candy John 'Baggy' Bagley
The Collectors Edgar Short film
2008 Donkey Punch Bluey
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story Geoff Goddard
2009 Chéri Vicomte Desmond
Death in Charge Uncle Sean Short film
Roar Mick Short film
2010 The Kid Mr. Hayes
Third Star Davy
Look, Stranger
2011 The Sweethearts Janek Short film
2012 An Enemy to Die For Terrence
Cleanskin Mark
2013 One Wrong Word Norbert Short film
Only God Forgives Billy
The Invisible Woman Mr. George Wharton Robinson
The Brunchers Him Short film
2014 The Hooligan Factory Bullet
2019 The Souvenir Anthony
2020 The Show Fletcher Dennis
Mank Orson Welles
Blood Sugar Liam Short film
2021 The Souvenir Part II Anthony
True Things Blond
2022 Living Sutherland
The Wonder William Byrne
Klokkenluider Chris (a.k.a. Kevin)
2024 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Praetorian Jack
2025 Black Bag
TBA Winter of the Crow Ambassador
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1999 Dangerfield Gavin Kirkdale Series 6; Episode 11: "Something Personal"
All the King's Men Private Chad Batterbee Television film
2003 State of Play Syd Mini-series; Episodes 3–6
The Young Visiters Horace Television film
P.O.W. Robbie Crane Episode 3
2004 Bella and the Boys Lee Television film
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Julian Britton Series 3; Episode 1: "In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner"
2005 Casanova Giac, aged 20 Mini-series; Episode 3
The Brief Dan Ottway Series 2; Episode 2: "Lack of Affect"
Jericho Edward Wellesley Mini-series; Episode 1: "A Pair of Ragged Claws"
All About George Paul Episodes 2–6
2006 Dracula Dr. John Seward Television film
Number 13 Edward Jenkins Television short film
2007 The Trial of Tony Blair Book Publisher Television film
Heroes and Villains Napoleon Bonaparte Episode 1: "Napoleon"
2008 In Love with Barbara Ronald Cartland Television film
2009 Agatha Christie's Poirot Lieutenant Colin Race Series 12; Episode 4: "The Clocks"
2011 Great Expectations Bentley Drummle Mini-series; Episodes 2 & 3
2012 The Hour Bill Kendall Series 2; Episodes 1–6
2013 Heading Out Ben Episode 6
2014 Utopia Philip Carvel Series 2; Episode 1
2014–2016 The Musketeers Athos Series 1–3; 30 episodes
2016 War & Peace Fedya Dolokhov Mini-series; Episodes 1–6
2017–2024 Strike Cormoran Strike Main role; Series 1–6; 19 episodes
2019 Responsible Child William Ramsden Television film
2020 The Crown Derek 'Dazzle' Jennings Series 4; Episode 7: "The Hereditary Principle"
2021 Modern Love Michael Series 2; Episode 1: "On a Serpentine Road, With the Top Down"
2022–2023 The Lazarus Project Denis Rebrov Series 1 & 2; 16 episodes
TBA Blade Runner 2099 Mini-series; Episodes 1–10
Theatre
Year Title Role Location Notes
2002 Gertrude – The Cry Hamlet Riverside Studios
2003 The Wax King (Henry VI, Part 3) Lord Clifford The Dreaming Will Initiative part of the documentary film How Do You Know My Daughter?
Fragile Land Fidel Hampstead Theatre
The Monument Stetko Finborough Theatre
2004 Romeo and Juliet Romeo Shakespeare's Globe [14]
2005 Macbeth Malcolm Almeida Theatre
The Incarcerator Liddle Old Red Lion Theatre
2006 The Cut Stephen Donmar Warehouse [15]
2007 Scenes from an Execution Carpeta Hackney Empire [16]
Glass Eels Kenneth Hampstead Theatre [17][18]
Don Juan Comes Back From the War Don Juan Belgrade Theatre
2008 I'll Be The Devil Dermot Tricycle Theatre
Excerpt from The Poisoned Atmosphere Soho Studio Director
Creditors Adolph Donmar Warehouse
2009 Restoration Robert Merivel Salisbury Playhouse
2010 Design for Living Otto The Old Vic [19]
2011 reasons to be pretty Greg Almeida Theatre [20][21][22]
2012 The Doctor's Dilemma Louis Dubedat National Theatre [23][24][25]
2016 Reasons to be Happy Greg Hampstead Theatre
The Deep Blue Sea Freddie Page National Theatre [26]
2018 Don Carlos Posa / The Grand Inquisitor Northcott Theatre [27]
2019 Rosmersholm Johannes Rosmer Duke of York's Theatre [28]
Awards and nominations
Year Award Work Result
2008 Ian Charleson Award Creditors at Donmar Warehouse Won[29]
2019 British Independent Film Award for Best Actor The Souvenir Nominated[30]
2022 British Independent Film Awards for Best Ensemble The Wonder Nominated[31]
2023 London Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor The Wonder Nominated[32]
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Sommers, Kat. "First Look: Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger in 'Cormoran Strike'". BBC America. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
Furness, Hannah (7 September 2016). "Confirmed: Tom Burke to play Cormoran Strike in BBC's JK Rowling dramas". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
"Tom Burke cast in JK Rowling TV drama". Bbc.com. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
Dane, Patrick (15 November 2020). "The Crown Season 4: Who was Derek 'Dazzle' Jennings?". Metro. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
Kroll, Justin; D'Alessandro, Anthony (29 November 2021). "Tom Burke Replaces Yahya Abdul-Mateen II In George Miller's 'Mad Max' Spinoff 'Furiosa'". Deadline.
"Gertrude – The Cry, Riverside Studios, London". The Independent. 30 October 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
Billington, Michael (25 July 2012). "The Doctor's Dilemma – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
"Romeo and Juliet". Thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
"Theatre - The Cut". Thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
"Scenes from an Execution". Thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
"Theatre Review - Glass Eels". Thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
Billington, Michael (10 July 2007). "Theatre review: Glass Eels / Hampstead Theatre, London". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
"Design For Living, Old Vic Theatre - The Arts Desk". Theartsdesk.com. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
"Reasons To Be Pretty". Almeida Theatre. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
Billington, Michael (18 November 2011). "Reasons to be Pretty – review". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
"The Stage - Reasons To Be Pretty". Thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
"The Stage Review > The Doctor's Dilemma". Thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
Auld, Tim (6 August 2012). "The Doctor's Dilemma, at National Theatre, Seven magazine review". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
Billington, Michael (25 July 2012). "The Doctor's Dilemma – review". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
Billington, Michael (9 June 2016). "The Deep Blue Sea review – Helen McCrory blazes in passionate revival". Theguardian.com.
Maltby, Kate (18 October 2018). "Don Carlos review – Tom Burke strikes out with Schiller's tale of intrigue and incest".
Wood, Alex (1 February 2019). "Hayley Atwell and Tom Burke to star in Ibsen's Rosmersholm in the West End". WhatsOnStage.
Groom, Holly. "Tom Burke scoops Ian Charleson award". The Sunday Times. 17 May 2009.
Dalton, Ben. "‘The Personal History Of David Copperfield’, ‘Wild Rose’ head 2019 BIFA nominations". Screen Daily. 30 October 2019.
"The British Independent Film Awards 2022 Winners and Nominees — RADA".
"London Film Critics' Circle Nominees run gamut from 'Top Gun' to 'Aftersun'". 21 December 2022.
External links
Tom Burke at IMDb
Tom Burke at the British Film Institute
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