C.B. Strike

After a supermodel is found dead, war-veteran-turned-private-investigator Cormoran Strike is visited by her adoptive brother, who disputes the police's report that her death was a suicide.

Strike tells the police that the circumstances of Rochelle's death merit further investigation but is dismissed. He seeks out Lula's friends and learns that Lula was looking for her biological family.

Robin gets key information from a salesgirl at the boutique Lula visited. Strike arrives just as Robin tries on a stunning green dress and awkwardly averts his eyes as he explains his CCTV breakthrough.

Strike investigates the disappearance of a provocative author, Owen Quine, whose wife Leonora has come to Strike for help.

In Yorkshire, Robin watches a TV interview with Fancourt where he accidentally reveals that he's read Bombyx Mori - despite his previous denials.

At the office, Robin receives a package and is horrified to discover it contains a woman's severed leg. Strike draws up a list of suspects who have vendettas against him.