When a young teenage boy calls upon Strike to keep tabs on some random girl, his and Robin's lives are turned upsidedown. (Quite literally) To quote Sherlock Holmes; "The impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

Robin and Cormoran in their office. A lose collection of three moments only tied together by a case at University of London and their (here not farting) couch. Chapter One: After a horrible surveillance day Robin crashed on the couch in their agency. How will Cormoran help his partner?

Robin is put in charge of leading her first case, while she and Strike might have to admit that their partnership is becoming more than just detective work.