455 pages
English language
Published Sept. 26, 2014
When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband 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. But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realizes. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives--meaning that there are a lot of people who might want him silenced. When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before.
When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband 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. But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realizes. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives--meaning that there are a lot of people who might want him silenced. When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before.
Robert Galbraith, aka J.K. Rowling, is very good at character and world building, but she's not on par with the likes of Michael Connelly, David Baldacci, or Peter Robinson. Her fantasy fiction books were much better.
Robert Galbraith, aka J.K. Rowling, is very good at character and world building, but she's not on par with the likes of Michael Connelly, David Baldacci, or Peter Robinson. Her fantasy fiction books were much better.
This was pretty cheesy. A mere $0.50 investment from the library’s yard book sale made recycling it an easy decision.
досить непогано.
Robert Galbraith might make me a mystery fan. The Silkworm is even better than Cuckoo's Calling, in my opinion. This was a page-turner, and I really like the interactions between the detective partners Cormoran and Robin.
Robert Galbraith might make me a mystery fan. The Silkworm is even better than Cuckoo's Calling, in my opinion. This was a page-turner, and I really like the interactions between the detective partners Cormoran and Robin.
Ahh the woman scorned angle
