Career of Evil'Deliriously clever' GUARDIAN Now a major BBC drama: The Strike series When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg. Her immediate shock soon gives way to a deeper dread as she and her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, are thrust into a sinister investigation. Strike is alarmed but not entirely surprised. In his line of work, brutal reminders of past enemies are