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Aug
Contains spoilers for Strike: The Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm and Career of Evil The more incomprehensible and unsettling the real world gets, the more we welcome TV characters who make us feel safe. BBC One’s Cormoran Strike, a Cornish war veteran turned private investigator who operates out of a shabby Soho office, is reassurance personified. He’s a good man with sad eyes and a tragic past, the kind of TV detective you want to feed a shepherd’s pie and send away with a Tupperware full of leftovers. Everything about Strike, from his smoking habit to his hidden pain and carbs-n-booze…