Characters in The Ink Black Heart

Cormoran Strike

Managing the most technically challenging investigation of his career while navigating the aftermath of the personal development in the previous novel.

Also in The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White, Troubled Blood, The Hallmarked Man

Robin Ellacott

Taking on the deep online undercover work the investigation demands, a setting that plays to her research skills and her ability to think about identity and motivation.

Also in The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White, Troubled Blood, The Hallmarked Man

Edie Ledwell

The murdered co-creator of The Ink Black Heart — her decision to approach Strike and the harassment campaign against her are reconstructed through the investigation's evidence.