The Silkworm：The second book in the Cormoran Strike series

WhennovelistOwenQuinegoesmissing,hiswifecallsinprivatedetectiveCormoranStrike.Atfirst,Mrs.Quinejustthinksherhusbandhasgoneoffbyhimselfforafewdays-ashehasdonebefore-andshewantsStriketofindhimandbringhimhome.ButasStrikeinvestigates,itbecomesclearthatthereismoretoQuine'sdisappearancethanhiswiferealizes.Thenovelisthasjustcompletedamanuscriptfeaturingpoisonouspen-portraitsofalmosteveryoneheknows.Ifthenovelweretobepublished,itwouldruinlives-meaningthattherearealotofpeoplewhomightwanthimsilenced.
WhenQuineisfoundbrutallymurderedunderbizarrecircumstances,itbecomesaraceagainsttimetounderstandthemotivationofaruthlesskiller,akillerunlikeanyStrikehasencounteredbefore...Acompulsivelyreadablecrimenovelwithtwistsateveryturn,THESILKWORMisthesecondinthehighlyacclaimedseriesfeaturingCormoranStrikeandhisdeterminedyoungassistant,RobinEllacott.