Warning: this article contains spoilers from the third and final part of Strike: The Cuckoo's Calling.
We finally learned who killed Lula Landry on last night's (September 3) Strike: The Cuckoo's Calling, though it seems some viewers were left more confused than satisfied by the twist.
As you have been warned, spoilers lie below. Continue at your peril.
As the three-part murder mystery drew to a close, we got the answer that we had all been waiting for when it was unveiled that Lula's killer was actually her adoptive brother John.
However, many fans were confused by the question of why John would hire groggy detective Strike in the first place if he killed her?
The reason was actually explained in JK Rowling's original novel, where John actually hired Strike to frame Lula's biological half-brother Jonah Agyeman.
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Jonah stood to inherit a large fortune in the event of Lula's death, so John wanted to hide that fact from everyone and stand to gain the fortune due to Jonah's incapacity. So there you have it.
Following the resolution of The Cuckoo's Calling, Strike is set to return this weekend for his next case, The Silkworm.
It will see the gumshoe detective be assigned the case of tracking down the missing husband of Leonora Quine, who has disappeared after his latest book libelled almost everyone he knew.
We are also set to get a whole lot more Strike in the future, as Rowling is planning on writing a load more adventures.
"It's always slightly unnerving, because you are obviously giving up control, so you'd better really trust the people you're working with. That's key for me. Who am I going to be working with?" she said.
"For Strike that was even more important because literally, the first time I met Tom [Burke], I said, 'Well I hope to God you do enjoy playing this character because I think I've got at least another 10 books in me, so you could be locked in for quite a few years here.'"
Strike: The Silkworm begins Sunday (September 10) on BBC One.
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