Silkworm

'Teems with sly humour, witty asides and intelligence ... A pleasure to read' TIMES n n ----- n n Now a major BBC drama: The Strike series n n 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. n n 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. n n 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 . . . n n 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. n n *** The latest book in the thrilling Strike series, LETHAL WHITE is out now! *** n n ----- n n PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES: n n 'One of the most unique and compelling detectives I've come across in years' MARK BILLINGHAM n n 'The work of a master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH n n 'Unputdownable. . . Irresistible' SUNDAY TIMES n n 'Will keep you up all night' OBSERVER n n 'A thoroughly enjoyable classic' PETER JAMES, SUNDAY EXPRESS n