Silkworm

'Teems with sly humour, witty asides and intelligence ... A pleasure to read' TIMES

Now a major BBC drama: The Strike series

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 he has encountered before . . .

A compulsively readable crime novel with twists at every turn, The Silkworm is the second in the highly acclaimed series featuring Cormoran Strike and his determined young assistant Robin Ellacott.

The latest book in the thrilling Strike series, LETHAL WHITE is out now!

PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES:

'One of the most unique and compelling detectives I've come across in years' MARK BILLINGHAM

'The work of a master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH

'Unputdownable. . . Irresistible' SUNDAY TIMES

'Will keep you up all night' OBSERVER

'A thoroughly enjoyable classic' PETER JAMES, SUNDAY EXPRESS

Winner of Audible Sounds of Crime Award at Crimefest 2015 (UK)
Winner of US Audie Awards 2015 (UK)
Short-listed for CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger 2015 (UK)
Long-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2016 (UK)

“An unputdownable tale of malice and murder in a toxic literary world . . . this almost preposterously compulsive page-turner is irresistible summer reading - Sunday TimesTeems with sly humour, witty asides and intelligence ... A pleasure to read - The TimesA damn good read ... It's a book to gulp down - TelegraphHuge 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, Sunday ExpressA superb and polished thriller . . . an ingenious whodunit - Sunday MirrorPacy, unputdownable . . . I can't wait for the next one - Daily ExpressAn enticingly macabre whodunit ... taut and believable - MetroYou are absolutely carried along ... Well written, exciting - Front Row, BBC Radio 4”

An unputdownable tale of malice and murder in a toxic literary world . . . this almost preposterously compulsive page-turner is irresistible summer reading - 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 - 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, Sunday Express

A superb and polished thriller . . . an ingenious whodunit - Sunday Mirror

Pacy, unputdownable . . . I can't wait for the next one - Daily Express

An enticingly macabre whodunit ... taut and believable - Metro

You are absolutely carried along ... Well written, exciting - Front Row, BBC Radio 4

Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, bestselling author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy. All four Strike novels, The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil and Lethal White, topped the national and international bestseller lists and the series has been adapted for television, produced by Bronte Film and Television.

'Teems with sly humour, witty asides and intelligence ... A pleasure to read' TIMES----- Now a major BBC drama: The Strike series 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 he has encountered before . . . A compulsively readable crime novel with twists at every turn, THE SILKWORM is the second in the highly acclaimed series featuring Cormoran Strike and his determined young assistant Robin Ellacott. -----PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES: 'One of the most unique and compelling detectives I've come across in years ' MARK BILLINGHAM 'The work of a master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Unputdownable. . . Irresistible' SUNDAY TIMES 'Will keep you up all night' OBSERVER 'A thoroughly enjoyable classic' PETER JAMES, SUNDAY EXPRESS

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