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. 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. If the novel were published it would ruin lives - so there are a lot of people who might want to silence him. From The Silkworm onwards Strike lives in the tiny flat at the top of the building. His office is located on the second floor, above that of Mr. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. 26 Denmark Street (2016) Strike and Robin’s office building is described as having a birdcage lift that’s perpetually out-of-order (unfortunate for the disabled Strike). But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realises. 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. When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike.
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