Line #89 Characters/TheCuckoosCalling


1	This page is for characters introduced in the novel ''Literature/TheCuckoosCalling''. For characters who appear across [[Literature/CormoranStrikeNovels the series]] see '''[[Characters/CormoranStrikeNovels here]]'''.
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6	!The Bristow Family
7	[[folder:Lula Landry]]
8	!!Lula Landry (real name: Tallulah Bristow)
9	A world famous supermodel who died three months prior to the events of the novel.
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11	* LonelyRichKid: Despite being very rich and having lots of friends, at heart Lula felt very alone.
12	* LovableAlphaBitch: Lula may have let fame go to her head, but witnesses tend to remember her as kinder than your typical troubled starlet.
13	* NiceGirl: She's described as this by pretty much everyone who knew her, [[NiceToTheWaiter treating even the security guards where she lived with genuine kindness]].
14	* NomDeMom: She uses her mother’s maiden name professionally.
15	* PlotTriggeringDeath: Strike’s investigation of her death forms the plot of the novel.
16	* ReplacementGoldfish: Lula is said to be a replacement for Charlie.
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19	[[folder:John Bristow]]
20	!!John Bristow
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22	Lula Landry’s adopted brother and the man who hires Cormoran Strike to investigate her death.
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24	* [[spoiler:AxCrazy: It becomes clear toward the end of the novel that John Bristow is not exactly right in the head despite his attempts to act normal.]]
25	* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:John actually kills ''both'' of his favoured siblings.]] Magazines apparently [[LampshadeHanging take note]].
26	* DetectivePatsy: [[spoiler:A classic example in John Bristow.]]
27	* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler:He murdered his brother when he was very young.]]
28	* MamasBoy: Distressing his dying mother is a sure way to send him into barely concealed hysterics.
29	* TheUnfavorite: The degree of attention his parents devoted first to Charlie and then to Lula made him feel this way, [[spoiler:which drives him to kill them]].
30	[[/folder]]
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32	[[folder:Charlie Bristow]]
33	!!Charlie Bristow
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35	Cormoran Strike’s childhood friend who died when he was a little kid. John’s Bristow’s brother.
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37	* PosthumousCharacter: He is long dead by the time the story starts, due to falling off a cliff he was told explicitly not to go to. [[spoiler:It was John Bristow's doing.]]
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40	[[folder:Lady Bristow]]
41	!! Lady Yvette Landry Bristow
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43	The adoptive mother of Charlie, John, and Lula.
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45	* MiseryPoker: She is a consummate player, even on her deathbed.
46	* MyBelovedSmother: Lady Bristow spoils and smothers her children. Subverted for [[spoiler:John — the fact that his mother ''didn't'' smother him, [[TheUnfavourite compared to Charlie and Lula]], is implied to be a major factor behind his insanity.]]
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49	[[folder:Tony Landry]]
50	!!Tony Landry
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52	Lady Bristow’s brother and uncle to John and Lula.
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54	* {{Jerkass}}: Despite his impressive appearance, he is a thoroughly unpleasant individual.
55	* RacistGrandma: It doesn’t take much poking to find out how much of a bigot he is. Starting with his disapproval of his sister adopting a mixed-race child. [[spoiler:Althouhg in a partial subversion, the fact that John murdered Charlie might have had more to do with it.]]
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58	[[folder: Alison]]
59	!!Alison
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61	John Bristow’s girlfriend.
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63	* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Her obvious infatuation with Tony Landry.
64	[[/folder]]
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66	!Lula Landry's social circle
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68	[[folder: Evan Duffield]]
69	!! Evan Duffield
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71	Lula’s on-again off-again musician boyfriend.
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73	* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: Before Lula's death was ruled a suicide, the press practically crucified him for it.
74	* HiddenDepths: Once Strike actually gets to talk to him, he turns out to be far more levelheaded than his public image would indicate, being truly devastated by Lula’s death.
75	* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: The press paints him as the embodiment of this trope, but in reality he is not that bad.
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78	[[folder: Guy Somé]]
79	!! Guy Somé
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81	A famous designer and Lula’s close friend.
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83	* ClusterFBomb: In a book filled with characters who swear, he is the biggest offender.
84	* GayBestFriend: He was this for Lula, though he's devoid of most of the stereotypes.
85	* GreenEyedMonster: Duffield claims that he was in love with Lula, despite being gay, in an IfItsYouItsOkay sense. What is clear is that Guy loathes Duffield and hated Lula dating him.
86	* HiddenDepths: His CampGay style is mostly an act, and Cormoran names him as "sharp". Moreover, of all Lula's friends, he's the one who was closest to the truth behind her death; he knew she didn't kill herself, he knew that she was obsessed with finding her paternal family, and he knew that [[spoiler:John really, really wanted her fortune]]. His blind hatred for Evan prevents him from connecting the dots, though.
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89	[[folder: Ciara Porter]]
90	!! Ciara Porter
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92	A famous model and Lula’s friend.
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94	* GirlOfTheWeek: [[spoiler: She has a one-night stand with Strike, which helps him to start recovering from his breakup with Charlotte.]]
95	* InformedFlaw: Virtually everyone describes her as a combination of DumbBlonde and AlphaBitch. When Strike meets her, she's a bit fluffy but otherwise perfectly pleasant and one of the few people to be completely honest with him.
96	* HiddenDepths: She quotes Oscar Wilde and wants to take a literature course.
97	* NiceGirl: She's very friendly and pleasant, getting along well with Strike.
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100	[[folder: Freddy Bestigui]]
101	!! Freddy Bestigui
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103	A film producer who lives in the same building as Lula Landry.
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105	* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: He spends most of the novel hindering Strike’s investigation, [[spoiler:with good reason]].
106	* BuyThemOff: [[spoiler:To the many women he's wronged.]]
107	* DomesticAbuse: [[spoiler:He locked his wife out in the balcony in her underwear while it was snowing after a fight.]]
108	* {{Jerkass}}: One of the few things most of the characters agree on is the fact that Freddy Bestegui is an absolute arsehole.
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111	[[folder: Tansy Bestigui]]
112	!!Tansy Bestigui
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114	Freddy’s wife and a key witness.
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116	* AttentionWhore: The press and the police eventually come to consider her this, dismissing her testimony out of hand.
117	* EveryoneHasStandards: She's money-hungry and plastic to the core, but even she can't quite bury her conscience when it comes to the death of a young woman. [[spoiler:Despite Freddy's best efforts to buy her silence, she was still on the verge of confessing to his abuse and to what really happened the night of the murder.]]
118	* GoldDigger: It’s pretty obvious that the only reason she married Freddy was because of his money.
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121	[[folder: Deeby Macc]]
122	!! Deeby Macc
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124	An American rapper who was supposed to move into Lula’s building the night of her death.
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126	* TheGhost: He is mentioned a lot by almost every character. However, the closest he comes to appearing in the flesh is a Website/YouTube interview Cormoran and Robin watch.
127	* SmallRoleBigImpact: His impending arrival at Lula’s building [[spoiler:proves instrumental in the way the murder was committed]].
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130	[[folder:Rochelle Onifade]]
131	!!Rochelle Onifade
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133	A friend of Lula’s from rehab.
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135	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Has quite the crush on Kieran. He doesn't even remember her name.
136	* TheConfidant: She is the only person in her life Lula is sure will never blab about her to the press. [[spoiler:Nonetheless, she's kind of a gold-digging scumbag, and the trope is ultimately subverted when she's shown to indeed be selling Lula's secrets — just not to the press.]]
137	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: She's ''extremely'' bitter and vicious towards nearly everyone, and none of Lula's friends have a good word for her.
138	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Murdered by Bristow after he realized that she was capable of pointing Strike towards Lula's will.]]

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