The Recurring Cast
Character · The Denmark Street agency · 8 books

Robin Ellacott

Robin Ellacott arrives at Strike’s agency as a temp, and becomes a gifted detective and his partner.

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Character facts

First appearance
The Cuckoo’s Calling (2013)
Latest appearance
The Hallmarked Man (2025)
Books
8 (8 as lead)
Series
Cormoran Strike
Author
Robert Galbraith
Circle
The Denmark Street agency

Where to meet Robin Ellacott

Robin Ellacott first appears in The Cuckoo’s Calling (2013), as the lead, book 1 of the Cormoran Strike series.

Buy The Cuckoo’s Calling

Every book with Robin Ellacott

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 2013LThe Cuckoo’s Callinglead · Cormoran StrikeArrives as a tempBuy
  2. 2014LThe Silkwormlead · Cormoran StrikeBuy
  3. 2015LCareer of Evillead · Cormoran StrikeTargeted by a killerBuy
  4. 2018LLethal Whitelead · Cormoran StrikeBuy
  5. 2020LTroubled Bloodlead · Cormoran StrikeBuy
  6. 2022LThe Ink Black Heartlead · Cormoran StrikeBuy
  7. 2023LThe Running Gravelead · Cormoran StrikeGoes undercover in a religious cultBuy
  8. 2025LThe Hallmarked Manlead · Cormoran StrikeBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Cormoran StrikePrivate detective and Afghanistan veteran8
Charlotte CampbellStrike’s former fiancée6
ShankerStrike’s old friend from the London underworld6
Matthew CunliffeRobin’s fiancé, later husband5
LucyStrike’s half-sister4
Eric WardleMetropolitan Police detective3