Private investigatorCormoran Strike returns in a new mystery from Robert Galbraith, authorof the #1 international bestseller The Cuckoo's Calling.Whennovelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detectiveCormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has goneoff by himself for a few days--as he has done before--and she wantsStrike to find him and bring him home.But as Strikeinvestigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine'sdisappearance than his wife realizes. The novelist has just completed amanuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone heknows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives--meaningthat there are a lot of people who might want him silenced.WhenQuine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomesa race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, akiller unlike any Strike has encountered before...Acompulsively readable crime novel with twists at every turn, THESILKWORM is the second in the highly acclaimed series featuring CormoranStrike and his determined young assistant, Robin Ellacott.2. The Silkworm (2014)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 . . .