PrivateinvestigatorCormoranStrikemusttrackdownamissingwriter--andasinisterkillerbentondestruction--inthis“wonderfullyentertaining“mystery(HarlanCoben,NewYorkTimesBookReview)thatinspiredtheacclaimedHBOMaxseriesC.B.Strike.WhennovelistOwenQuinegoesmissing,hiswifecallsinprivatedetectiveCormoranStrike.Atfirst,Mrs.Quinejustthinksherhusbandhasgoneoffbyhimselfforafewdays--ashehasdonebefore--andshewantsStriketofindhimandbringhimhome.ButasStrikeinvestigates,hediscoversthatQuine’sdisappearanceisnocoincidence.Thenovelisthasjustcompletedamanuscriptfeaturingpoisonouspen-portraitsofalmosteveryoneheknows.Ifthenovelwerepublished,itwouldruinlives--meaningthatalmosteveryoneinhislifewouldhavemotivestosilencehim.WhenQuineisfoundbrutallymurderedunderbizarrecircumstances,Strikemustraceagainsttimetounderstandthemotivationofaruthlesskiller,akillerunlikeanyhehasencounteredbefore...Acompulsivelyreadablecrimenovelwithtwistsateveryturn,TheSilkwormisthesecondinJ.K.Rowling’shighlyacclaimedseriesfeaturingCormoranStrikeandhisdeterminedyoungassistant,RobinEllacott.
