The Strike & Ellacott Files

An unofficial #CormoranStrike #podcast, hosted by three women who love all things #StrikeAndRobin. 📧: [email protected]

[The Strike & Ellacott Files @TheSEFilesPod]

👀 SNEAK PEEK! 👀

In this week's episode, we...

- find silver linings in some of the miserable moments in this book 🧐
- love us some parallel structure
- laugh at Robin having qualms about professional stalking 🕵️‍♀️
- want to remind Strike that no one - least of all Robin - wants a gambolling gazelle 🦌
- are annoyed that Robin's irritation prevented good banter about Griff's interior decorating skills
- appreciate how the Internet has become present in the books post #TheInkBlackHeart 💻
- see Lindsay coming around to one of Pools' theories 🤪

All of this and more in Episode 29 ("The Three Ds"), covering chapters 65-67 of #TheHallmarkedMan, out 29 October at 4pm PT/7pm ET! 🩶

[Lindsay @LindsayMLand]

Ohhh this new header is very exciting!! The crocodile charm was one of my favorites!

[LudicrousMoniker @LudicrousMonica]

Natalia Tena who played Nymphadora Tonks in Harry Potter, will be playing Bijou Watkins in Strike: The Running Grave! 🥳
(Source: IMDb)

[The Rowling Library @rowlinglibrary]

A little gift for anyone who misses Harry Potter fansites from the early 2000s! An interactive website that recreates what it was like to browse those old fan pages back in 2003–2005.

Visit it here 👉 https://t.co/zlzH7rwXjS

[LudicrousMoniker @LudicrousMonica]

Curtis Kemlo is playing Kevin Pirbright in Strike: The Running Grave!
(Source: IMDb)

[LudicrousMoniker @LudicrousMonica]

Kerry Howard has been cast as Cherie Gittins in Strike: The Running Grave!
(source: IMDb)

[LudicrousMoniker @LudicrousMonica]

Simon Shepherd has been cast as Colonel Graves in Strike: The Running Grave!
(source: IMDb)

[LudicrousMoniker @LudicrousMonica]

Shane Taylor has been cast as Jordan Reaney in Strike: The Running Grave!
(source: IMDb)

[LudicrousMoniker @LudicrousMonica]

Angel Coulby has been cast as Prudence Donleavy in Strike: The Running Grave!
(source: IMDb)

[LudicrousMoniker @LudicrousMonica]

IMDb has started listing more cast members for The Running Grave! No new names as yet but not long to wait now!

https://t.co/KpCBu6f0Sl

[The Strike & Ellacott Files @TheSEFilesPod]

🧬 NEW EPISODE! 🧬

Today, we cover chapters 60-64 of #TheHallmarkedMan. We discuss Robin and Murphy's argument about the case, Strike's phone call with Wardle, Robin's interview with Valentine Longcaster, and Robin's call with Ilsa and the aftermath.

Next episode (29 October): Chapters 65-67

Link in bio 🔗

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

@LudicrousMonica Getting along nicely. It’s my favourite of the series 😊

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Given that your last two suggested changes were ‘“Yeah,” Said Strike’ and ‘her bright orange, tan’, no, Copilot, I will not require your assistance to draft this paragraph.

[Ginger @GingerBriq]

You mean this comparison, Pamela @NicklessPamela? 🤔

Reaction to Murphy’s engagement ring: 𝑶𝒉 𝑮𝒐𝒅, 𝒏𝒐.
Reaction to Strike’s charm bracelet: 𝒐𝒉 𝑮𝒐𝒅, 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎
…and we thank @jk_rowling for the difference! 😂

[The Strike & Ellacott Files @TheSEFilesPod]

@maryk_debarr Haven’t recorded for that one yet but will be soon! That will be in the news section of episode 26

[The Strike & Ellacott Files @TheSEFilesPod]

👀 SNEAK PEEK! 👀

In this week's episode, we...
- relate to Robin quite a lot
- notice two conversations about the crime scene pictures play out very differently
- are distracted from important clues by innuendos and Valentine being annoying
- find the prevalence of pregnancy and pregnancy issues in a book predominantly about men intriguing
- realize Robin is living through the Lethal Wait (the waiting period prior to Lethal White's release)
- can't imagine how terrified Ilsa would have been while on the phone with Robin
- appreciate the double-duty that the threat Robin received does in her thought processes

This and more in Episode 25 ("(Don't) Be My Valentine"), covering chapters 60-64 of #TheHallmarkedMan, out 15 October at 4pm PT/7pm ET! 🩶

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Today I've been writing a really sad chapter that made me cry several times, but every time I cried I pulled myself together and went back in to make sure it's exactly as sad as I need it to be, so I suppose Graham Greene had a point about the splinter of ice.

[Ginger @GingerBriq]

In astrology, Venus and Mars represent personal relationships, attraction, how people love (Venus), and how they pursue or fight for what they want (Mars)

This is my birthday wish for Robin (and Strike)

[The Strike & Ellacott Files @TheSEFilesPod]

The last one truly *is* the most impressive. 🥹

Happy birthday to our favorite Libra, Robin Ellacott! ❤️♎️

[Sarah | Memes Before Motive @easily_remedied]

The last one is the most impressive, tbh. Happy birthday, Robin Ellacott!

[Sarah | Memes Before Motive @easily_remedied]

Sorry I didn’t get any work done today, I was busy ruminating on the interpersonal dynamics of two fictional British detectives.