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"Strike shares a trait with many great fictional detectives: He is darn good company." -- Harlan Coben
When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine thinks her husband has just gone off by himself for a few days, as he has done before, and asks Strike to find him and bring him home. But as Strike investigates, he discovers that Quine has just completed a manuscript revealing poisonous secrets about almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives--meaning that there are lots of influential people who might want him silenced.
When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, Strike and Robin, his determined young assistant, embark on a race against time to understand the motivations of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any they've encountered before...
A compulsively readable novel in the highly acclaimed Cormoran Strike series, The Silkworm has unforgettable twists at every turn.

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Format: TradePaperback
Author: Galbraith, Robert
ISBN: 9780316486385
Condition: Used
Dimensions: 8.20 x 1.40
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Year: 2018

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Strike is back and better than ever.

Kristen B. - 3 years 6 months ago

Cormoran Strike is back in The Silkworm, still abuzz from solving supermodel Lula Landry's murder in The Cuckoo's Calling. Requests for his services as a private detective - mostly women wanting to know if their husband is cheating on them - have been pouring in, but one day a woman unlike all the rest walks in and asks Strike to find her husband. On a whim, Strike takes the case and quickly realizes that all is not as it seems, thus sending him on whirlwind journey to find out what really happened. The Silkworm is a beautifully written mystery novel. There are moments of Galbraith's (aka J.K. Rowling) genius when Strike and his assistant, Robin, are talking through the details of the case, such as motives and suspects. The writing in The Silkworm is beautiful and descriptive, not bulky or overdone and proves Rowling yet again to be a master of her craft.
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A Cormoran Strike novel

Kathleen B. - 3 years 6 months ago

This is Robert Galbraith's (aka J. K. Rowling) second Cormoran Strike novel. I enjoyed this one more than the first one, A Cuckoo's Calling. I felt like the characters were better developed and the plot was smoother. Cormoran is embroiled in what starts out as a missing person's case, and then turns into a murder case. There is some rather graphic violence and plenty of plot twists and turns to keep you hooked. If you like mystery/thrillers, you will like this series.
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Private detective in London

Laura F. - 3 years 11 months ago

Having read all her other work I still wouldn't have known this was written by J.K. Rowling if her pen name hadn't been leaked. Utterly different than both Harry Potter and A Casual Vacancy, it was still a treat to read. There are two constants that run through all of her work, however, and this series is no different. First, Rowling always writes wonderful complex characters. They are flawed and admirable and frustrating and likable and they always grow and change. Secondly, Rowling has an ax to grind about class and privilege in western society as a whole and Britain in particular. She uses her art to shine a light on these issues in a way I never find preachy or patronizing. For a bonus try listening to the book on CD. The narrator is wonderful.
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Awesome Series!

Cathy H. - 5 years 11 months ago

I love this series! The characters are very well thought out and the mysterious plot stays hidden till the end. I love how the author describes the English streets, shops and lingo.
Love J.K.

Tayler W. - 7 years 3 months ago

First, how funny is Rowling for being friends with Galbraith on twitter? Secondly, The Silkworm, and Rowling's mystery novels in general leaves you feeling you could have solved the case if you had just paid more attention or written things down in a flip notebook like a real detective. Her style in the second Strike novel seemed to bloom open more slowly than the first, but once opened, gushed out every haunting detail of a horrific murder right in front of you. Hoping for more.
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Strike is back and better than ever.

A Cormoran Strike novel

Private detective in London

Awesome Series!

Love J.K.