The Silkworm

Cormoran Strike, Book 2

By: Robert Galbraith

Narrated by: Robert Glenister

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

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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! ***

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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©2014 Robert Galbraith Limited

Critic reviews

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

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

A damn good read ... It's a book to gulp down

Galbraith has pulled off a thoroughly enjoyable classic and I'm already looking forward to Strike's next outing

A superb and polished thriller . . . an ingenious whodunit

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

An enticingly macabre whodunit ... taut and believable

You are absolutely carried along ... Well written, exciting

A great detective novel: sharp, immensely readable, warm-hearted but cool-headed ... populated with dozens of memorable characters

Enthralling, not only for its twists and turns, but for the fun of the teamwork

An atmospheric, propulsive narrative

An entertaining novel in which the most compelling characters are not the killer or the victim, but the detectives charged with solving the crime

A pacey detective story ... moreish

Fast-paced and entertaining ... Strike has all kinds of potential. It'd be a crime not to keep up with him

The Silkworm is a deeply satisfying work of crime fiction, more complex and darker than its predecessor

Galbraith brings flair and wit to [his] reflections on the state of contemporary publishing ... [He] takes the existing strengths of the genre and uses them as the building blocks for [his] own considerable storytelling gift, crafting books crammed with memorable characters that make irresistible reading ... There are aspects of the traditional English crime novel reaching right back to the golden age of Christie, Sayers, Allingham and Marsh ... The Cuckoo's Calling was a calling card for a series that has legs

If [Galbraith] had as much fun writing The Silkworm as I did reading it, [he] had a blast

An absorbing puzzle with vivid characters . . . Robert Galbraith deserves the inevitable bestseller

An intelligent and captivating drama driven by fascinatingly real characters. This is storytelling at its very best

Bring on the next one, please ... [Galbraith] writes with wit and affection for detective-novel tradition ... and races us through a twisty plot so smoothly that you won't notice as the hours tick by

A gimlet eye for detail and beautifully crafted plot make it a delight from start to finish, and a perfect summer read

A properly addictive whodunit. And in the unlikely pairing of ungainly Strike and his clever young assistant, Galbraith has created an investigative duo with spark and empathy

Love it!

Good story, excelent narrator. However, the quotes in the beginning of each chapter did not add anything to the story

what a great book

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

yes, the book is great

What did you like best about this story?

The surprising ending and disclosure of the murder.

What about Robert Glenister’s performance did you like?

The narrator is absolutely flawless. His characters never jar, he never over-eggs his narration and always gives them detail and definition without 'acting' them out.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

The 'whodunnit' story is set in the world of publishing and you know Rowling is an expert witness in telling us what it's like there.

brilliant

absolutely brilliant , a very good read, writes in such a way that you can never guess who did it until the end

Just as good the second time

I didn't love the first or second Galbraith books, but The Silkworm is pure brilliance. The performance is equally spectacular.

Really enjoyed - as good as last

Interesting characters and enjoying watching the detective get off the ground.. I'm sure there will be more and I'm waiting..