Woohoo! We've gotten a new JK Rowling #SleepTightEvangeline header for Strike 9 this Sunday! The image shows the statue of Robert Raikes in Victoria Embankment Gardens in London. 💍⚰️🦋 Some very quick searches gave me this (please forgive the chaotic order. I don't want to forget anything): Raikes had worked on prison reform for years and through that work realised that crime was linked to education and social class. He felt that educating young people was probably more effective than reforming adults so he opened the first (of many) Sunday Schools for children. He used the bible and psalms to teach children to read. We saw that psalm charm on Jo's gold bracelet (and a devil in the box). Raikes might be sort of the father of British education. But the classes in those schools were given by all local women from what I can find, often mothers. Some of the other Cormoran Strike headers also have an obvious link to children, like the treehouse and the dolls. Both (gave me the creeps and) made me feel like they show a false safe space. The trojan horse and devil in the box kind of do the same. The York Minster header (religion) and Portsmouth (navy) header link to other authorities. You could say that education could be the third authority we see. Is this about protection systems/institutions that claim to help young people but actually do harm? There seem to be more links to mothers, like Persephone and her mother, and a mother in law (Cupid's mom Venus). The title of the book offers a parental/child link IMO with its 'Sleep Tight'. The name Evangeline links to religion, as does of course York. If The Hallmarked Man was focused on men, and had a silver lining 😏, perhaps Sleep Tight, Evangeline is focused on mothers? With a heart of gold, or a golden cage? It's an interesting juxtaposition: will see the hidden labor of women, with perhaps also a corrupt matriarchy? That would be another dark mirror like the male heroes and scumbags-who-deserve-to-be-hit-with-a-priest in THM. Another interesting dark mirror is the location of the Raikes statue. It's located in a public park, but is built on or near underground sewers and a railroad, see pic below. In the 1860s Joseph Bazalgette built the city's underground sewer network to rescue London from the 'Great Stink' and the deadly cholera epidemics that came with it. Gross, but there's your possible Strike poop link. Anyways, the dirt is gilded over with that public garden, like some systemic dirt is also hidden away. Maybe we'll see institutional rot by or against women that is being covered up. Some random thoughts now that we have this new header: crocodiles lie waiting underneath the surface, but there are also crocodile tears. And we have that coffin emoji that also in hidden the ground. My assumption for now is that this header is more about the investigation for the next Robert Galbraith book than about Cormoran and Robin's relationship. Maybe. Yeah. I dunno. #CormoranStrike #Strike9 #JKRowling #RobertGalbraith #RobinEllacott #reading #books

JK Rowling has a new header! It is a statue of Robert Raikes in London!

Yes, they’re currently in Strike’s BMW heading for a pub.

🧬 NEW EPISODE! 🧬 This week, we cover chapters 33-35 of #TheHallmarkedMan. We discuss Rokeby and Sacha Legard contacting the office, Robin travelling to Masham with Murphy, and Strike thinking about Charlotte and Robin while on surveillance. Next episode (18 June): Chapters 36-39 Link to listen 🔗: lnk.bio/thesefilespod

👀 SNEAK PEEK! 👀 In this week's episode, we... - wonder whether Robin's habit of sitting on toilets during tense moments will come up in #SleepTightEvangeline - are begging Strike to swallow his pride and accept help from Rokeby - are divided on whether some of the parallel structures are good or painful (or both!) - can't stop thinking about future parallels for the five Christmas text kisses - interrupt our episode to talk about the 'open pursuit' tweet - know Murphy is thrilled about Strike's bout of bad press - analyze how JKR's themes regarding a mother's love appear in the Strike and Harry Potter series - are pretty sure no other series' romance plot can compare to the Strike series This and more in Episode 17 ("Tainted Love,") covers chapters 33-35 of #TheHallmarkedMan, out Thursday 4 June at 4pm PT/7pm ET! 🩶

🌊 TRG TV News! 🌊 David Bark-Jones will be playing UHC prophet Alexander Graves' brother-in-law, Nicholas Delaunay, in the upcoming BBC adaptation of #TheRunningGrave. Source: app.spotlight.com/9437-7839-…

May 24th On This Day In My Favourite #JKRowling 'Likes' - 2023 Two books left in the #Strike & #Ellacott series ... there's still time ...

🧬 NEW EPISODE! 🧬 Today, we cover chapters 31 and 32 of #TheHallmarkedMan. We discuss Culpepper's second hit piece on Strike, Strike losing his temper, and he and Robin's talk. Next episode (4 June): Chapters 33-35 Link in bio 🔗

I know it hasn’t even been finished yet, but I think it’s safe to guess that #SleepTightEvangeline is already my favorite Strike and Robin book.

I could not resist the challenge.... Presenting: Murphy's luck. @TheSEFilesPod

👀 SNEAK PEEK! 👀 In this week's episode, we... - are taken on an emotional roller coaster 🎢 - find something we have in common with Murphy - want Robin to show us her sock drawer - discuss the loudness of the silence from Strike's friends and family after the Candy story - are unsure about an aspect of Strike's characterization - wonder why Strike asks Robin to leave the room while talking to Robertson This and more in Episode 16 ("Unromantic, Unwilling, Unbearable,") covering chapters 31 and 32 of #TheHallmarkedMan, out Thursday, 21 May at 4pm PT/7pm ET! 🩶

Happy Open Pursuit Day to all who celebrate. 5.19.2026 ♥️🌹 🐻 🫠

3/5 of the way through!

I’m really enjoying writing it because of the change in their relationship. After a mere seven years, Strike is finally in open pursuit.

Yes, I'm on chapter 72 but I'm mid-migraine so sustained writing might not be resumed until tomorrow 😖

✍️ NEW BLOG POST! ✍️ In a new guest blog on our website, listener Sophia delves into the Wizard of Oz-inspired parallels found throughout #TheHallmarkedMan. She explores whether the novel’s characters are punished for the very qualities that should make them heroic, and examines the devastating impact of reputation. Link in bio 🔗

🌊 TRG TV News! 🌊 Nichola McAuliffe will be playing Shelley Heaton in the upcoming BBC adaptation of #TheRunningGrave. Source: app.spotlight.com/4371-8974-…

Big podcast milestone for us here at TSEF today! ❤️

Tower Alley and the Round Tower, Portsmouth. #SleepTightEvangeline

🧬 NEW EPISODE! 🧬 Today, we cover chapters 28-30 of #TheHallmarkedMan. We discuss Strike's interview with Jim Todd, Robin's altercation in Harrod's, Robin's interview with Albie Simpson-White, and pickles. Next episode (21 May): Chapters 31-33 Link in bio 🔗