Ademas de una trama de suspense ingeniosamente construida y repleta de giros inesperados, El oficio del mal nos ofrece una historia apasionante sobre un hombre y una mujer en una encrucijada tanto personal como profesional.

Un nuevo caso de Cormoran Strike.

En un paquete misterioso que ha llegado a la oficina, Robin Ellacott encuentra, horrorizada, una pierna de mujer.

Su jefe, el detective privado Cormoran Strike, se muestra tanto o mas sobresaltado ante el hallazgo, aunque mucho menos sorprendido. Hay cuatro personas de su pasado que podrian estar involucradas en el envio, y Strike sabe que todas ellas son capaces de actuar de una forma tan cruel y abominable.

Mientras la policia se concentra en la unica pista que Strike ya ha descartado, este y Robin deciden investigar por su cuenta y se sumergen en el mundo siniestro de los otros tres sospechosos. Pero cuando varios hechos igual de aterradores empiezan a sucederse, Strike y Robin se dan cuenta de que el tiempo se les agota por momentos…

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

In addition to a suspenseful plot that’s ingeniously constructed and full of unexpected twists, The Career of Evil offers us a gripping story about a man and woman at a personal and professional crossroads.

A new Cormoran Strike case.

In a mysterious package that arrives at the office, Robin Ellacott is horrorized to find a woman’s leg.

Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is as alarmed, if not more, by the discovery, although much less surprised. There are four people in his past that could be involved in the shipment, and Strike knows that all of them are capable of acting in such a cruel and abominable manner.

While the police concentrate on the only clue that Strike has ruled out, he and Robin decide to investigate on their own and submerge themselves in the sinister world of the other three suspects. But when other events equally as terrorizing begin to occur, Strike and Robin realize that time is running out for them by the second…