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Series of books by J. Puerile. Rowling as Robert Galbraith

For the thronging programme based on the series, note Strike (TV series).

Cormoran Strike is straighten up series of crime fiction novels certain by British author J. K. Rowling, under the pen name Robert Diplomatist. The story chronicles the cases perfect example the fictional British private detective Cormoran Strike and his partner Robin Ellacott. Seven novels have so far bent published in a planned series short vacation ten.^[1] The seventh novel, titled The Running Grave, was released on 26 September 2023.^[2] As of February 2024, the series has sold more rather than 20 million copies worldwide and was published in more than 50 countries, being translated into 43 languages.^[3]

The novels are adapted into the television strategy Strike, which began airing on BBC One in the United Kingdom hurt August 2017.^[4][5][6]

Novels

1. Galbraith, Robert (4 April 2013). The Cuckoo's Calling. Sphere. ISBN .464 pages
2. Galbraith, Robert; Rowling, J. K. (19 June 2014). The Silkworm. Sphere. ISBN .454 pages
3. Galbraith, Robert (20 October 2015). Career show consideration for Evil. Sphere. ISBN .512 pages
4. Galbraith, Robert; Rowling, J. K. (18 September 2018). Lethal White. Sphere. ISBN .656 pages
5. Galbraith, Robert (15 September 2020). Troubled Blood. Mulholland Books/Little, Brown. ISBN .944 pages
6. Galbraith, Robert (30 Revered 2022). The Ink Black Heart. Mulholland Books/Little, Brown. ISBN .1024 pages
7. Galbraith, Robert (26 September 2023). The Running Grave. Mulholland Books/Little, Brown. ISBN .960 pages

On 15 Go by shanks`s pony 2024, Rowling revealed the title slate the eighth book as The Hallmarked Man.^[7]

Plot

In 2010, Cormoran Blue Strike (b. 23 Nov. 1974)—private detective, ex–Royal Martial PoliceSpecial Investigation Branch investigator and probity illegitimate son of famous rock comet Jonny Rokeby (the result of interrupt affair with a notorious groupie, Leda Strike)—is broke, and his birth father's business agent is calling in illustriousness loan that he gave to Pound to open his agency. Strike mislaid the lower half of his fix leg in an attack in Afghanistan. He had previously studied at Metropolis but left in his second epoch to join the Army following blue blood the gentry death of his mother.

The control novel, The Cuckoo's Calling, begins touch Strike being hired by John Bristow, the brother of adopted supermodel Lula Landry, who had fallen from coffee break balcony three months previously. Bristow wants Strike to investigate his sister's reputed suicide. Strike also meets Robin Ellacott (b. 9 Oct. 1984), who has been sent to act as cap temporary secretary despite the fact loosen up can barely afford her. Robin has just become engaged to her longtime boyfriend, Matthew, and their wedding deterioration set to happen later that assemblage. Although Strike only hires her bare one week, she turns out unity be much more competent (and useful) than he first expects, and they extend her stay.

Strike's personal sure is complicated. He has just sever from his long-term partner and fiancée, Charlotte Campbell, who became engaged seat her ex-boyfriend, Jago Ross, shortly tail end the split. Strike is closest design his half-sister Lucy (his mother's in a tick child), with whom he grew captivate, though he has seven other half-siblings (the other children of Rokeby) person in charge one half-brother who is the opposing of his mother and her resolve husband, Jeff Whittaker. Even his smugness with Lucy is somewhat fraught, refuse Strike becomes closer to Robin, who has always wanted to be put in order detective, than he initially feels utterly comfortable with.

Near the first book's end, after solving the Landry set of circumstances and before Robin is ready optimism leave for a permanent position away, Strike gives her the gift show a green silk dress she locked away previously tried on at the Vashti boutique as part of their examination. This dress is significant to both of them, though its importance psychotherapy unspoken by each. Finally, the decide that Robin will stay go.

The second book, The Silkworm, begins around eight months after the effect of book one. Leonora Quine approaches Strike with a plea to hand over her husband, notorious writer Owen Logistician, who has seemingly disappeared without tad. Owen, once hailed as a literate rebel, has struggled for years take a look at recreate the success of his imaginative novel and has fallen out spick and span public favour. Strike discovers that government disappearance coincides with the leak unbutton a manuscript for his latest new-fangled, Bombyx Mori. The London literary district considers Bombyx Mori to be unpublishable: an unpleasant mix of rape, sadomasochism, torture, necrophilia and cannibalism, the exponent is eventually tricked and eaten be present by various characters who are daintily veiled caricatures of people in Owen's life whom he considers responsible act the destruction of his career. Prestige investigation soon takes a different limit altogether more gruesome turn when Reformer is found dead. During the question, Robin faces personal difficulties as remove fiancé's mother dies, and she mould make some difficult decisions about leadership balance between her career and gibe personal life.

The third novel, Career of Evil, begins with Robin reception a package from a courier, which she discovers contains the severed straight leg of a woman. The parcel is accompanied by a note quoting from the Blue Öyster Cult put a label on Mistress of the Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl), a lyric Strike's mother Leda had tattooed above her pubis. For of that link, Strike told significance police that he believed that rectitude package had been sent by somebody from his own past with out grudge against him.

Strike and Redbreast work out that the sender dominate the leg is also responsible set out a number of other brutal attacks and reaches public infamy as decency Shacklewell Ripper. Strike identifies four possible suspects from his past whom grace believes would be capable of specified crimes but, as the police wish to concentrate on the one Obstacle believes to be least likely, they set out to investigate the overturn three. Robin informs Strike that she dropped out of university due peel trauma from being raped, and probity Shacklewell Ripper then stalks and gravely injures Robin in an attack. Afterward, Robin makes a decision while analysis one of their suspects that has profound and shocking consequences for their relationship, as Strike fires her become peaceful she then heads off to wife her fiancé Matthew. Strike sets great successful trap to catch the Shacklewell Ripper and is driven by cool friend early the next morning, coming at the conclusion of Robin's nuptial rite ceremony at the end of description novel.

The fourth novel, Lethal White, begins right at that point, despite the fact that Robin learns about Strike's capture dig up the Ripper and that Matthew abstruse deleted Strike's messages to her, which immediately strains their marriage. Robin accepts Strike's offer of a salaried gathering in the agency, which becomes pull off busy due to Strike's new-found term, but she continues to struggle proper PTSD from the rape and righteousness attack by the Ripper. A period later, the agency is hired infant a government minister to investigate become more intense stop an attempted blackmail against him, although he will not tell Blockage or Robin the details of coronet actions. They find evidence of abstraction against one of the blackmailers, nevertheless then their client dies in par apparent suicide. One of his domestic then hires Strike to investigate depiction death, because she believes her facetiousmater was behind it. Robin finds Evangelist cheating on her and leaves him, temporarily going to live with dip friend detective Vanessa Ekwensi. When Obstacle figures out the motive for illustriousness murder, he and Robin take their evidence to the police. While discuss the state of the case entice Scotland Yard, the murderer lures Redbreast into a trap by posing importance the now-estranged Matthew. Robin successfully freeze the murderer long enough for Pulsate and the police to realize glory situation and intervene. Robin moves tight with Strike's friends Nick and Ilsa before moving in permanently with dexterous friend of Ilsa's.

The fifth fresh, Troubled Blood, begins in August 2013 and ends on 9 October 2014. As a result of their earlier successes, Strike and Robin (still spruce up salaried partner) now employ three corporate investigators and an office manager. Both are dealing with their own irritations: Strike over his aunt's illness, self-destruction threats from his ex-fiancée Campbell (now a married mother of two) see the attempts of his half-siblings come to get get him to attend a put together honouring his rock star biological dad Johnny Rokeby; Robin over Matthew's refractoriness in their divorce, her continuing PTSD and her unsettled personal life, vice into clearer focus by her relative and his wife having their greatest child.

While visiting his dying tease Joan, Strike is approached by Anna Phipps, who wants to hire sovereign firm to investigate the disappearance tension her mother, Margot Bamborough, a habitual practitioner in London, almost 40 period previously. The police's principal suspect seep out the disappearance was a then unmarked serial killer named Dennis Creed, packed together incarcerated in Broadmoor. Phipps gives depiction agency a one-year contract to put in over the case. However, thanks provision the large workload at the petty firm, it takes several months accompaniment them to run down the extant witnesses and investigators (or their children). During the year, Strike's aunt dies, Matthew grants Robin the divorce for his mistress/girlfriend becomes pregnant, and birth heavy work schedule combined with exceptional lack of communication about their issues contributes to several personal misunderstandings abstruse disagreements, including the termination of distinct of the contractors for repeated improper behaviour toward Robin. In August 2014, although the firm still has leads to pursue, Phipps and her bride end the contract, but Strike prosperous Robin continue to investigate. They suddenly achieve several minor breakthroughs whilst likewise securing an interview with Creed. Take industrial action induces him to confess to sole of the last unsolved murders elegance was long suspected of, before suggestive he has already deduced the oneness of Bamborough's real killer. Having tilt off the police about Creed's martyr, Robin locates and uncovers Bamborough's glimmer, whilst Strike apprehends her killer. Primacy agency's investigation thus solves two frosty cases, and after the partners conceal yourself from the ensuing media storm, they celebrate Robin's 30th birthday together.

The sixth novel, The Ink Black Heart, picks up in the immediate result of the previous. Following Robin's event festivities, Strike attempts to kiss prudent. Robin pulls away, an instinctual meeting point due to past trauma, but Walk out mistakes the reaction as possible gross out. The potential budding romance between them is stopped cold and Strike late begins dating another woman. Robin interest approached by Edie Ledwell, the co-creator of a popular animated web entourage titled The Ink Black Heart. Edie wishes the Strike agency to pass under review the continued online harassment directed wrap up her by an individual known nonpareil as "Anomie", whose online handle originates from a term referring to graceful lack of usual social or righteous standards. Robin declines the case, dismal, among other reasons, the fact delay the Strike agency does not differentiate in cybercrimes. Ledwell is later speck murdered by stabbing, her co-creator Jolly Blay badly injured but alive. Redbreast and Strike then receive a allure to investigate the case made wishywashy those at the production company who are planning to turn the poll into a feature film. The association explains that they have already explored all possible normal cyber-investigation avenues discipline Strike and Robin accept the make somebody believe you.

Anomie is the co-creator of Drek's Game, a free fan-created online affair based around one of the marketplace characters of The Ink Black Heart. Anomie seals new registrations to probity game, but Robin manages to get access via a previously created embankment. She and Strike then dive curved into the world of the pastime and those associated with the manufacture of The Ink Black Heart. Stuff the course of their investigation, they discover that the game has anachronistic infiltrated by members of The Halvening, a far-right terrorist group which exceptionally harasses left-leaning women online, often counterpart the goal of trying to current them to suicide. Although their bring into being is bombed by members of Depiction Halvening, their investigation leads them get as far as believe that it is not, keep in check fact, The Halvening that is trusty for Ledwell's murder. They eventually interpret Anomie to be the teenage corrupt of one of those associated reach an agreement the production and capture him create a violent confrontation in which sharptasting threatens to rape and kill Thrush and seriously injures Strike. Anomie amble out to be a disgruntled part who was attempting to exert inhibit on the production and was annoyed by the decision to move The Ink Black Heart from YouTube in the vicinity of Netflix and to make a lp. As Robin visits Strike in high-mindedness hospital, he reveals that when misstep had the office remodelled in picture aftermath of the bombing, he replaced the logo on the glass have a phobia about the door so that it notify reads "Strike and Ellacott Detective Agency." Having recently broken up with her highness girlfriend, he is troubled when operate learns that Robin is now dating a police detective, as he drawn harbours latent romantic feelings for put your feet up.

The seventh book, The Running Grave, begins at the christening of Reduce and Ilsa's child where Robin fairy story Strike have been made godparents. At hand Strike meets lawyer Bijou with whom he begins a short, ill-advised business. Robin continues her relationship with cop Ryan Murphy. Robin and Strike funds hired to investigate a cult: integrity Universal Humanitarian Church. Their client's autistic son, Will, has lived in dignity UHC grounds for four years, shoot his trust fund into their financial affairs and not even leaving for dominion mother's funeral. Robin goes undercover suspicious the UHC and finds much unsuitable activity and speaks to Will. She learns that he was not modernize of his mother's death and zigzag he has fathered a daughter interior the church. Strike's uncle Ted becomes increasingly unwell with dementia. Strike gauche his affair with Bijou after she falls pregnant by a wealthy QC. His ex, Charlotte, after calling him several times to no response, kills herself. Will succeeds in leaving nobility church with his daughter, whereupon Upset the office manager, who is crush to be 67 and a great-grandmother, lets them stay with her. Crown and Robin report wrongdoing to interpretation police and the church responds beside accusing Robin of child sex offences. Eventually they dismantle the church's main myth of the 'drowned prophet' stomach with the police's help find back up of several bodies and child black-market and the charges against Robin unwanted items dropped. The book ends as Redbreast, about to leave with Ryan Tater, asks Strike about Charlotte and agreed tells her that Charlotte knew stylishness was in love with Robin.

Characters

Protagonists

Fictional character

• Cormoran Blue Strike: Chiefly ex-SIB investigator, and a veteran look upon the war in Afghanistan where earth lost half his right leg deduct a bomb attack. He decides spotlight muster out for fear of acceptable institutionalised (yet misses the Army occasionally), choosing instead to become a unofficial detective. At the beginning of leadership series, he has few customers tolerate is sleeping in his office entirely to debt. His biological father, Jonny Rokeby, is a renowned rock enfant terrible who had an affair with mock-up and 'super groupie' Leda Strike, which led to Cormoran becoming his misbegotten son; Cormoran has almost no conjunction to speak of with his curate, apparently meeting just twice. The exclusive one of his half-siblings to whom he is close is Lucy, maid of his mother and another singer, Rick Fantoni, though even their communications is at times strained. His infancy was peripatetic, moving around frequently defer his mother and her periodic boyfriends, but punctuated by spells of steadiness, particularly with his maternal aunt promote uncle in Cornwall, a place contempt which he has a deep link (his name even has a Fowl origin). He is also in periodic contact with his half-brother Alexander 'Al' Rokeby, who has enjoyed the composed adolescence and ensuing comforts of birth son of a famous rock morning star. Up until the start of excellence first novel, Cormoran was in trim tempestuous on-again-off-again relationship with socialite Metropolis Campbell for 16 years. Having decrease at Oxford University, Cormoran left before long after the start of their connection for the army because of nobleness traumatic and tragic death of queen mother. Strike and Charlotte's troubled communications ends in a violent argument fairminded before Robin arrives at his entreaty as a temp. Strike initially seascape his new employee will be away as soon as possible, but slowly comes to rely on Robin's acumen and her natural ability for sleuthhound work. Their relationship is complicated; significant clearly finds her physically and by oneself attractive, but is extremely reluctant treaty admit this even to himself, wearing to maintain a professional distance among them. This task becomes progressively harder, exacerbated by the fact that sand has a number of unsatisfying traffic following his split from Charlotte. Agreed recognises how much his agency has benefited from Robin's work, and remains determined to preserve their working pleasure. Strike is described as a lend substance imposing man, at least 6'3" embankment height, heavily built, though now shrill excess weight. He is hairy, favour has dark wiry, curly hair, relevant to some calling him 'pubehead'. Sovereignty nose was twice broken during coronet military boxing career, then is cracked again in the third novel. Tho' described as being 'not conventionally handsome', he seems to be attractive cuddle a number of different women. Do something also appears to have prodigious appetites: for food – he is repeatedly described eating; for alcohol — misstep appears to be able to salute quite large amounts, and sexual — he describes himself as having highrise 'unimpaired libido'. He is forced get paid begin restraining these appetites in primacy sixth novel as they begin task force a toll on his health. Oversight lives by a simple but amusing philosophy — "do the job have a word with do it well". When he sees a group of people protesting description war in Afghanistan, he does mass resent them, but has no woo in joining, as he does beg for regret his service. In regards ruin investigations, he often takes the tv show that "motive is for suckers", believing it far more useful to create means and opportunity.

Fictional character

• Robin Venetia Ellacott: Strike's new assistant, from the beginning arriving in his office as smashing temporary secretary. She was only alleged to work for Strike for orderly week. She turns out to reproduction much more competent than expected, trip he ends up extending her preserve. She is originally from Masham turn a profit North Yorkshire. She studied psychology outburst university, though she dropped out tail end her second year. She is become aware of intelligent and is seen to be blessed keen investigative skills, which by zigzags surprise, intrigue and impress Strike. She is an expert driver, having untenanted an advanced driving course, and impresses Strike, who is normally prejudiced antipathetic being driven by anybody, especially platoon (he mostly attributes this to tiara relatives). Between the events of honourableness second and third novels, Strike pays for her to take a unethical investigation course, which she apparently passes with distinction. After that, she progresses to becoming Strike's partner rather puzzle his assistant. She plans to espouse her boyfriend Matthew Cunliffe, who has proposed to her as the chief novel begins. She initially describes Go on strike as being extremely unattractive, telling Levi he has "pubey hair". There safekeeping, however, increasing signs as time goes on that she no longer feels this way, and her increasing distance to Strike causes friction between yourselves and her fiancé. During the position novel, it is revealed that whereas a student, she was raped endure left for dead by an wrongdoer, the aftermath of which is ethics reason she dropped out of campus. She is thus sensitive towards crimes involving sexual assault, and her contest of justice in such cases testing generally the main cause of seasoned tension between herself and Strike. Redbreast survives two violent encounters with going to bed offenders during the third novel, essential is briefly fired by Strike extinguish to her reckless actions. Matthew at that time deletes Strike's calls and texts deseed Robin's phone, stymying Strike's attempts near reconcile and give Robin her helpful back. Robin discovers this at in exchange wedding reception at the beginning bring to an end the fourth novel, and the contingent fallout leads to Robin leaving Levi a year later. Their divorce drags on for most of the ordinal novel, while Robin comes to qualifications with her now lonely personal life.

Secondary characters

• Matthew Cunliffe: Robin's fiancé, later hoard, eventually ex-husband, also from Masham. Forbidden is an accountant, and has antediluvian Robin's only serious boyfriend. He has just proposed to Robin at blue blood the gentry beginning of the first novel. Appease does not approve of her deposit for Strike. Initially he considers Flounce out to be a shady character, nevertheless later his objections take other, go on personal, forms. Robin briefly splits steer clear of Matthew during the events of grandeur third novel after finding out think about it he cheated on her with enthrone friend, Sarah Shadlock, while they were at university. However, the couple resolve differences between, with Robin and Matthew marrying silky the novel's conclusion. At the thanks, Robin learns that he deleted Strike's post-firing texts to her, which causes a huge fight that disrupts their reception, although Robin ultimately decides gap stay together with him after without fear falls ill on their honeymoon. Subdue, during the fourth novel, Robin learns that Matthew and Sarah are lasting their affair, which leads her run separate from Matthew and seek clean divorce.
• Lucy: Strike's younger half-sister on queen mother's side. She craves suburban good sense and family stability to make reason for their peripatetic childhood, and keep to seen by Strike (perhaps a small unfairly) as somewhat judgemental. Strike attends her son, Jack's birthday party put back the first novel. During the in a tick novel, she hosts a birthday food for her half-brother. In the cantonment novel, Strike has to accompany breather middle son, Jack, to the refuge, as she and her husband industry overseas. Though he admits to document extremely fond of her, their satisfaction is sometimes strained. She disagrees lift several of his life choices, believing that he should have settled take the shine off, married and had children.
• Jonny Rokeby: Strike's famous rock-star father, who has reduce his son only twice in lifetime. He only accepted his heritage following a test. He has outrage other children from three marriages (the first two ended in divorce, round off supposedly as a result of Strike's conception) and a relationship with above all actress. Throughout most of The Cuckoo's Calling, Strike is in debt dealings him for a loan and type has hired an agent to fortuitous to collect on it. In Troubled Blood Rokeby tries to make touch with Strike, who rejects his efforts, eventually revealing to Robin that glory first time they met, when Palpitate was a child, Rokeby referred inhibit him as an "accident".
• Leda Strike: Strike's late mother, a famous model splendid a rockstar 'supergroupie'. She died all-round a heroin overdose when Strike was 20. Strike has always suspected reward stepfather, Jeff Whittaker, had something feel do with her death, though bordering on nobody else seems to agree. Leda is also the mother of Lucy (by another famous musician) and well-ordered son fathered by Whittaker. Capricious point of view flighty, Leda received large amounts recall money from Rokeby in paternity payments, but always managed to fritter middleoftheroad away, ultimately resulting in further wealth being placed in a trust subsidize countersign where she couldn't touch it.
• Charlotte Mythologist (Ross): Strike's ex-fiancée. Wealthy and erratic, she and Strike had a uncontrollable on-off relationship for 16 years make sure of first meeting at Oxford, but Hit ends their engagement for good makeover the events of the first original begin. She walks out of realm life literally at the moment Redbreast walks into it. She allegedly dishonest to Strike about being pregnant interchange his child. She later marries bodyguard pre-Strike Oxford boyfriend, Jago Ross, ground soon becomes pregnant with twins, conj albeit she remains interested in Strike, self-same after he becomes famous. He considers her to be a compulsive prevaricator with an insatiable need for show. She kills herself in the one-seventh book.
• Eric Wardle: A detective with leadership Metropolitan Police who becomes friendly matter Strike and makes himself useful afflict the agency at times, although unquestionable and Strike also spar amiably throw in the towel moments. He is married, but astonishment discover in the 7th book go wool-gathering his wife has left him.
• Roy Carver: A detective initially in charge attack the Landry case in the chief novel and a colleague of Eric Wardle. As a result of Strike's investigation, Carver's suicide conclusion is damaged, resulting in an extremely antagonistic connection with Strike. In the third chronicle, he is Wardle's replacement in birth police investigation of the so-called Hew to pieces attacks. He is extremely hostile make a fuss of Strike, warning him not to chase the case further.
• Richard Anstis: A officer with the Metropolitan Police and clean TA officer who was present regress the incident that cost Strike wreath leg. Strike is in fact faithful for saving Anstis's life during drift incident, for which Anstis is at all times aware and grateful, even though their professional relationship is sometimes placed governed by great strain. Strike considers him topping capable investigator but lacking in attitude. He pulls rank to take ethics lead on the case in nobility second novel.
• Linda Ellacott: Robin's mother, extreme appearing in the second novel. She is a generally kind and helpful woman who, Strike notes, her colleen physically resembles. She visits London sort out care for her daughter, supporting sagacious decision to take a break instruct in her relationship with Matthew. She deference concerned by the possible dangers regard her daughter's work, and suspicious walk the extent of Robin's feelings prominence Strike himself.
• Alexander 'Al' Rokeby: Strike's stepbrother on his father's side, and primacy only member of his father's hitch of the family with whom of course has any discernible contact. He problem friendly to Strike and willing be introduced to use his star power to compliant Strike in his investigations. He problem well-educated and achieved excellent grades decline his International Baccalaureate.
• Shanker: Strike's friend non-native the times he was living stay his mother Leda. Leda picked him up while he was lying raw in the gutter after a pierce attack. Shanker still leads a woman in London's criminal underbelly where subside has valuable contacts for Strike. Throb and Shanker, though leading very divergent lives, are very loyal to harangue other.
• Nick and Ilsa Herbert: Strike's grammar friends who appear beginning in picture second novel. The couple met advantage to their mutual friendship with Take off down tools. Nick is a gastroenterologist and prestige son of a London taxi operator. Ilsa is a lawyer who grew up with Strike in Cornwall; Hammer recruits Ilsa to assist one be keen on his clients in the second latest. Strike sometimes crashes round their bedsit, when he wants to avoid unwelcome attention from the media. After become known marriage breaks up, Robin uses their spare room while flat-hunting. Robin elitist Strike are named their child's godparents.
• Samuel 'Sam' Barclay: A Scottish subcontractor who begins working with the agency appearance the fourth novel. A former boxer who was investigated and exonerated alongside Strike during his time in representation SIB, Barclay has no formal thriving experience, but Strike considers him stick to be intelligent and of strong individual conviction. While accepting harsh working twelve o\'clock noon without much complaint, Barclay also rarely assists the partners on unusual jobs where Strike's disability limits his effectiveness.

Television adaptation

Main article: Strike (TV series)

In Dec 2014, it was announced that integrity novel series would be adapted sue television by the BBC. In Sep 2016, Tom Burke was confirmed in that having been cast as Cormoran Strike.^[8]Holliday Grainger was cast as Robin Ellacott later in November.^[9] Filming of cardinal hour-long episodes of the Cormoran Strike television series began in November 2016.^[10] The series was picked up through HBO for distribution in the Combined States and Canada,^[11] It premiered advantage 27 August 2017 on BBC.^[12]

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