The Silkworm
2014 • 580 pages
Ratings115
Average rating4
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Ratings115
Average rating4
'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, TROUBLED BLOOD, 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
Featured Series
7 primary booksCormoran Strike is a 7-book series with 7 primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Robert Galbraith.
Reviews with the most likes.
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.
