The Hotel of Robin's Reception

The hotel where Robin's wedding reception takes place is where Robin talks to Strike and both of them agree that she will come back to work, but this time with a contract. It is also where she and Matthew fight when she realizes that he erased her call history and hid the knowledge that Strike tried to contact her.

The setting serves to bring readers who did not read the previous narrative, or those who did some time ago, up to date with what is happening between Robin and Strike, Robin and Matthew, and with Strike's job. Through the conversations and actions at the hotel, readers learn about the case that Strike solved in the previous installment of the series. At the same time, the setting serves to show the tension between Robin and Matthew and Matthew and Strike as a wedding reception should...