The Silkworm
Ratings188
Average rating3.9
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Ratings188
Average rating3.9
When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband 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 realizes. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives--meaning that there are a lot of people who might want him silenced. When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before.
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7 primary booksCormoran Strike is a 7-book series with 7 primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Robert Galbraith.
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If these books get any better I'll be mad at Rowling for wasting so much time writing children's fantasy. More Cormoran Strike please!
I really, really love this series. Robert Galbraith (or JKR) has created two amazing characters in this detective series. I absolutely love both Cormoran and Robin. They are a great team and I enjoy how seamlessly they work together.
As for the plot of this one, I love how the story unfolds with it first being a missing person's case and then turning into something so much more. Especially when the contents of Owen's unfinished book are released and everyone becomes a suspect.
For me, this book was stronger than the first. I think the writing is better and Robert has settled into the genre. There were so many aspects of this book that were downright creepy and disturbing, but it was highly enjoyable nonetheless. I cannot wait for more of these books! Hopefully we get a title and a release day soon for the third.
Wanted to pick this up since forever.
Was alright. Would have liked to see a bit more on strike's past life.
Just found out they've made a series on it.
Mildy entertaining, not not a lot of substance to these books though.
