They keep getting longer and longer. The latest in the highly successful Cormoran Strike series, The Running Grave, weighs in at 940 pages. I was happy to turn the final page because I had grown tired of the intricate and bloated (but not compelling) plot long before that point. But at least I could finish it, something I could not say about the previous installment. Someone needs to have a quiet word in J. K. Rowling’s ear. Less is sometimes more.