At The Strike & Ellacott Files, we love discussing theories and predictions for the future of the Strike books, from the plausible to the completely outlandish (we’re looking at you, Pools).
This blog will explore some of those theories in greater depth, and allow us to expand on our analysis of the novels in a more detailed and shareable way! Feel free to leave us a comment and let us know what you think. We’d love to hear from you!
Diving Deep: A Clue to the Murder in The Running Grave?
Big thanks to @LudicrousMonica for all your help on this post! As with many Strike & Ellacott related things, we… Read More
Jumping Stumps and Memory Lapses: Strike’s Trauma History and What it Could Mean For The Running Grave
We are so excited to be able to share this guest post, written by Louise M. Freeman, Professor of Psychology… Read More
Living Graves: Solve et Coagula in Robert Galbraith’s forthcoming The Running Grave
Living Graves: Solve et Coagula in Robert Galbraith’s forthcoming The Running Grave by Kurt Schreyer What might the title of… Read More
Epigraph Misattributions in The Ink Black Heart
If you listen to The Strike & Ellacott Files, you’ll know that we love to discuss the chapter epigraphs. Paying… Read More
Tannhäuser in The Ink Black Heart – Act 3
By Marty Ellacott Welcome back to my analysis of parallels between The Ink Black Heart and the opera Tannhäuser… Read More
Tannhäuser in The Ink Black Heart – Act 2
By Marty Ellacott Welcome back to my analysis of parallels between The Ink Black Heart and the opera Tannhäuser… Read More
Tannhäuser in The Ink Black Heart – Act 1
By Marty Ellacott Overture “Beside Strike and Midge, a portly Russian was explaining the plot of Tannhäuser to his much… Read More
The Ryan Murphy/Halvening Theory
Guest Post written by Amber, @LitleLessCuckoo on Twitter After finishing The Ink Black Heart for the first time, I was… Read More
The 40/45 Comparison and What it Could Mean for IBH
Before Troubled Blood was published, one thing I was really hoping for was a chapter where Robin begins to reflect… Read More
The “Gillespie” Theory….
As we discussed in episode 18 of season one, “…In the Post?” you’ll know that one of our favorite theories… Read More