{"product_id":"9780751549263","title":"The Silkworm : Cormoran Strike Book 2","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Robert Galbraith\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCrime \u0026amp; mystery\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 January 2015 by Little, Brown Book Group (Sphere) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Strike' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 592 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 38mm | 390g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e***The 7th novel in the Strike series, THE RUNNING GRAVE, is coming in September 2023. Pre-order now and be the first to read it***'Teems with sly humour, witty asides and intelligence ... A pleasure to read' TIMES-----Now a major BBC drama: The Strike seriesWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd 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 . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*** The latest book in the thrilling Strike series, TROUBLED BLOOD, is out now! ***-----PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES:  'One of the most unique and compelling detectives I've come across in years' MARK BILLINGHAM'The work of a master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Unputdownable. . . Irresistible' SUNDAY TIMES'Will keep you up all night' OBSERVER'A thoroughly enjoyable classic' PETER JAMES, SUNDAY EXPRESS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Galbraith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57409991442757,"sku":"9780751549263","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780751549263.jpg?v=1773740977","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780751549263","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}