Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.
The Silkworm  By  cover art

The Silkworm

By: Robert Galbraith
Narrated by: Robert Glenister
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $30.41

Buy for $30.41

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

Private investigator Cormoran Strike must track down a missing writer - and a sinister killer bent on destruction - in this "wonderfully entertaining" mystery (Harlan Coben, New York Times Book Review) that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B. Strike.

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, he discovers that Quine's disappearance is no coincidence. 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 - meaning that almost everyone in his life would have motives to silence him. When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, Strike must 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 J. K. Rowling's highly acclaimed series featuring Cormoran Strike and his determined young assistant, Robin Ellacott.

©2014 Robert Galbraith (P)2014 Hachette Digital

Featured Article: 45+ Quotes About Writing from Famous Writers


No matter how passionate you are about it, writing can be difficult. Whenever you’re struggling with writer’s block, rejection, competition, insecurity, or any of the countless obstacles that wordsmiths encounter daily, it can help to get encouragement from those who have successfully overcome the very same challenges. If you're looking for inspiration to start your next project, these quotes about writing from writers themselves are sure to be welcome reading!

What listeners say about The Silkworm

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    13,987
  • 4 Stars
    6,354
  • 3 Stars
    1,689
  • 2 Stars
    393
  • 1 Stars
    222
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    15,754
  • 4 Stars
    3,824
  • 3 Stars
    703
  • 2 Stars
    162
  • 1 Stars
    110
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    12,167
  • 4 Stars
    5,789
  • 3 Stars
    1,870
  • 2 Stars
    437
  • 1 Stars
    240

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Rowling Hits the Rhythm for Crime Noir

I wasn't sure about Cormoran Strike after the Cuckoo's calling, but now I'm sold. I was even less sure about Rowling as an author, or if her success was was a lucky one-time break... now I'm convinced that she is as excellent as I always hoped.

The Silkworm has all the advantages of a Rowling work; most importantly it has engrossing prose that leaves you wanting one for page, or listening to just one more chapter.

It also has what Cuckoo's Calling didn't have; a first-rate crime noir plot. It passes the crime noir litmus: it has an ending I could have figured out, but didn't.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Another excellent thriller

The story continues giving you just what you wanted more of Strike and Robin. I cannot wait to see what happens next.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

always wanting more.

sat on the edge of my chair as I drove waiting for the next piece of information to drop

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

More like this please!

Loved this listen -- one of the best performers on Audible, I think. Can't wait for the next book in the series.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

wouldn't have gotten it if it wasn't j.k. rowling

it seemed to take me forever to finish this because I kept taking breaks from it. I wanted to finish it to move on to something else. I liked the narrator he did a good job and was English. which was nice since it's an English story. I didn't realize it was a sequel but I don't think it deterred the story. it was an intriguing mystery with a twist I wouldn't have guessed. robin was my favorite character even though I didn't like her most of the time.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Silkworm

I hope that Robert Galbraith creates more books. This is a good mystery novel! Silkworm never lost my interest and was a great listen!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful Second Strike Novel

The author is a literary genius. The plot, characters, and story keep you in excellent suspense. Bravo!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Very good payoff

Book is an excellent mystery, however, it gets a little muddled and complicated in the middle. Lots of characters to keep track of. Could have been shorter but still very entertaining and an excellent performance.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Enjoyable

If your looking for great characters with a well thought out story, you will enjoy Silkworm. Looking forward to the third book!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Strike & Robin are a perfect pair

Love this series! The attraction held-in-check by both protagonists makes for an irresistible, addictive and promising plot element despite the detective assignment they are facing.
The narrator is fantastic. He seems to have endless mastery of accents and the tone, timbre, gravel and pitch of a variety of male & female voices; just fantastic.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!