History Characters / CormoranStrikeNovels

[[folder: Robin Ellacott]]

[[folder: Matthew Cunliffe]]

[[folder: Lucy Strike]]

[[folder: Switch Whitaker]]

[[folder: Charlotte Campbell]]

[[folder: Jonny Rokeby]]

!!The Ellacot family.

[[folder: Shanker]]

[[folder: Sam Barclay]]

[[folder: Izzy Chiswell]]

[[folder:MidgeGreenwood]]

Robin's flatmate beginning in the fifth book, an actor. Has a daschund named Wolfgang.

[[folder: Roy Carver]]

[[folder: Richard Anstis]]

[[folder: Eric Wardle]]

* AdaptedOut: Carver doesn't show up in the tv adaptations of The Cuckoo's Calling or Career of Evil, his parts in those instead being given to Eric Wardle. No one misses him.

* HumiliationConga: While it's mostly off-screen, its implied that he undergoes this in both instances when Strike does solve the case instead of him. The first book mentions him being chased down the street with reporters, and their photos capturing the sweat stains on his jacket. The third book has him locking himself in his office and refusing to see Strike and book 7 mentions he was forced into retirement.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Is viewed by her brother as a bit pestering, although she has a point about Strike's lifestyle. She's one of the people he loves most in the entire world but she annoys him to jo

%%* StrawmanHasAPoint:

* TheGhost: She's yet to appear in person, although Strike reads a few text messages from her in the fifth book and decides he wants to meet her once things settle down. They don't get the chance to meet because her daughter is injured in an accident at a climbing gym.

* BrattyHalfPint: Luke is selfish, often petulant and a big part of the reason Strike is such a ChildHater. Adam is less bad but is described as "whiny" by his uncle.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Shanker's off-page appearances in ''Cuckoo'' made it on-screen in [[Series/Strike2017 the tv adaptation]], mostly due to his EnsembleDarkhorse status.
* FaceOfAThug: Subverted. Shanker looks like a terrifying criminal, and he can be. However, he's quite civil to Robin, appears to respect women generally, and acts protectively towards a young child who's being sexually abused.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Shanker is not is real name, in ''Troubled Blood'' it's mentioned that Strike would be hard pressed to remember what his real name is.

* BigBrotherInstinctL Martin, one of Robin's brothers, punches Matthew for messing with her phone to delete a message from Strike.

* IHaveManyNames: Each one of Strike's many friends and acquaintances seem to know him by a different name. Robin is bemused when during her first day on the job, she receives calls for "Oggy," "Monkey Boy" and simply "Mr. Strike." Detective Inspector Richard Anstis calls him "Mystic Bob," and his ex-girlfriend Charlotte Campbell calls him "Bluey" because of his middle name being "Blue." Shanker calls him "Bunsen," although he's not sure why. A complete list can be found [[http://strikefans.com/cormoran-strike/ here]]. At one point, Robin jokingly asks him if, among his many names, anyone has ever called him "Lightning."[[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke "Lightning Strike"]][[/note]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: Although it occurred in his BackStory, the revelation that [[spoiler:he cheated on Robin while she was recovering from her rape]] makes him irredeemable.

* GutturalGrowler: She has a raspy voice from several decades of smoking. Many callers to the agency mistake her for a man.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: He's a NiceGuy and genuinely admires Cormoran but can't seem to grasp his unwillingness to forgive their famous father, with whom he himself has a good relationship.

* AwfulWeddedLife: He and his wife don't sound like they get along very well (although they've been married for a long time with two kids), largely because of his tendency to make important decisions without asking her.

* StrawmanHasAPoint:

** Strike's final break-up with her happens because he does not believe her claimt that she miscarried a child fatehred by him. In ''The Silkworm'', just before getting married to Jago Ross, she sends him a text stating "It was yours." She continues to cling to this throughout the series, [[spoiler:but as with the above, her suicide means that the question will never likely be truly answered for sure.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: In ''The Running Grave'', Charlotte claims to have been diagnosed with breast cancer. [[spoiler:Cormoran never managed or wanted to find out if she was telling the truth before she kills herself. He doesn’t ask when he has lunch with her sister Amelia at the end of the book either]], leaving the truth ambiguous.

[[folder:Michelle "Midge" Greenwood]]

* BrutalHonesty: Once she finally appears in person, she is willing to speak openly to Robin about her father's juvenile attitude and how Robin is taking some big risks with her plan to infiltrate a cult that one of Prudence's patients was once a member of.

A former soldier investigated for drug offences by Strike during his army days. Barclay uncovered contractors defrauding the British taxpayer, who then planted drugs in his possession. Strike saw the charges against Barclay dropped, but could not prevent his court martial. He later hires Barclay as a freelance investigator and has him infiltrate Jimmy Knight's gang.

[[folder:Andy Hutchins]]
!!Andy Hutchins
An ex-policeman hired by Strike between the third and fourth books at the recommendation of Eric Wardle.

* EvilIsPetty: downplayed. While not actually 'evil', Matthew [[spoiler: spends most of''Troubled Blood'' dragging out the divorce negotiations - Robin's lawyer tells her theirs is the most contentious divorce she's ever handled without custody arrangements being involved. Robin believes that Matthew's habit of petty one-upmanship is driving this; he needs to 'win' their divorce, so he is purposely trying to drive her to poverty with lawyer's fees so he'll come out of the divorce in the better position.]]

[[folder:Graham Hardacre]]
!!Graham "Hardy" Hardacrew
An old colleague of Strike from his time in the military.

* FailedASpotCheck: Downplayed, but he drives a Mini to pick up Cormoran before remembering how tight of a fit it will be for him.
* FriendOnTheForce: Hardacre is still serving as a military policeman, and is the man Strike seeks out in the third book when he needs information about two men he investigated in his army days. Hardacre can't let him take their files, but [[LoopholeAbuse does let him take a picture of them since neither man is still serving in the military.]]