Cuckoo's Calling, Galbraith (Rowling) - C+

                                                 From sales of approximately 1500 to the best-seller lists when its actual author was identified, this novel is now part of pop culture - famous for being famous.  It's oh-so-trendy and  sequels are being anticipated.  Cormoran Strike is about to become a series. Perhaps the BBC should make a bid before it's too late.   If the author had not been identified, this book clearly would have disappeared.  It's kind of interesting and maybe even well-written, but the story is not that compelling.  A fashion model falls to her death and her brother hires a down-and-out detective to find out if she had been killed, after the police had ruled it a suicide.  The inquiry does highlight the fascinating world of supermodels, designers, rock stars and social-climbers.  The key clue is a designer one-off hoodie  made for a rapper, who has written songs about Lulu, the poor victim here.  I don't think the Strike character is that interesting and certainly isn't fully developed. The Times reviewer couldn't resist calling it a "book set in all-Muggles London", but concludes it "is flawed by a Psycho-like explanatory ending".