The Silkworm蚕 英文原版

Acompulsivelyreadablecrimenovelwithtwistsateveryturn,TheSilkwormisthesecondinthehighlyacclaimedseriesfeaturingCormoranStrikeandhisdeterminedyoungassistantRobinEllacott.WhennovelistOwenQuinegoesmissing,hiswifecallsinprivatedetectiveCormoranStrike.Atfirst,shejustthinkshehasgoneoffbyhimselfforafewdays-ashehasdonebefore-andshewantsStriketofindhimandbringhimhome.ButasStrikeinvestigates,itbecomesclearthatthereismoretoQuine'sdisappearancethanhiswiferealises.Thenovelisthasjustcompletedamanuscriptfeaturingpoisonouspen-portraitsofalmosteveryoneheknows.Ifthenovelwerepublisheditwouldruinlives-sotherearealotofpeoplewhomightwanttosilencehim.AndwhenQuineisfoundbrutallymurderedinbizarrecircumstances,itbecomesaraceagainsttimetounderstandthemotivationofaruthlesskiller,akillerunlikeanyhehasencounteredbefore...