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When novelist Owen Quine goes missing,his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike.
At first,she just thinks he has gone off by himself for a few days - as he has done before - and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home.But as Strike investigates,it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realises.
The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were published it would ruin lives - so there are a lot of people who might want to silence him. And when Quine is found brutally murdered in bizarre circumstances,it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer,a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before...
A compulsively readable crime novel with twists at every turn,The Silkwormis the second in the highly acclaimed series featuring Cormoran Strike and his determined young assistant Robin Ellacott.
This is the acclaimed second crime novel by J.K. Rowling,writing under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The novels in the series so far are,in order:Cuckoo's Calling,The Silkworm,Career of Eviland 2018's Lethal White.
Publisher: Little,Brown Book GroupISBN: 9780751549263Number of pages: 592Weight: 404 gDimensions: 196 x 126 x 44 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'An unputdownable tale of malice and murder in a toxic literary world...this almost preposterously compulsive page-turner is irresistible summer reading'- The Sunday Times
'Teems with sly humour,witty asides and intelligence...A pleasure to read'- The Times
'A damn good read...It's a book to gulp down'- The Daily Telegraph
'Huge credit is due to Galbraith in portraying (Strike) so vividly... Galbraith has pulled off a thoroughly enjoyable classic and I'm already looking forward to Strike's next outing'- Peter James,The Sunday Express
'An atmospheric,propulsive narrative'- Metro
'An entertaining novel in which the most compelling characters are not the killer or the victim,but the detectives charged with solving the crime'- The New York Times
'A pacey detective story...moreish'- Independent
'A gimlet eye for detail and beautifully crafted plot make it a delight from start to finish,and a perfect summer read'- The Daily Mail
'A properly addictive whodunit. And in the unlikely pairing of ungainly Strike and his clever young assistant,Galbraith has created an investigative duo with spark and empathy'- The Financial Times
Robert Galbraith
Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling,bestselling author of theHarry Potterseries andThe Casual Vacancy. J.K Rowling chose to write under apseudonym to separate her work and so that her crime work would be receivedfree from hype.
Visit the Robert Galbraith author page
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