The Mystery You Need to Solve
Grumpy, lumbering, brilliant, one-legged English
detective Cormoran Strike is back this summer in a new mystery by Robert
Galbraith (aka
J.K. Rowling, author of the
Harry Potter series). This
time, Strike is tracking down missing Owen Quine—a writer whose
latest novel,
Bombyx
Mori,
trashes the entire London literary community. In addition to the various
authors, editors and agents who Quine has parodied and enraged, he's managed to
upset his lonely wife, his less-than-talented lover and a mysterious,
knife-wielding woman in a cloak. When Quine eventually turns up
dead—murdered and drenched in acid—Strike must investigate
the real story behind each character in
Bombyx Mori— a sly commentary by Galbraith (aka Rowling) about
truth in a fictional book written inside another fictional book written under a
fictional name. And yet...it's the surprise-laden quest to find the murderer
(forget it, you'll never guess) and the romantic pining of Strike (both for his
whip-smart, generous assistant
and his beautiful,
narcissistic ex-girlfriend) that makes this book too compelling to put to
down—even as
a 464-page hardback. Lug it to the beach, the country, the
backyard—and beyond.
