Title: The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike #2)

Author: Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)

Genre: Mystery

Published: June 24, 2014

A novelist Owen Quine went missing and his wife hired Cormoran Strike to find him.

There were characters/suspects who's characteristics were similar to each other and it made them a little difficult to keep separate in my mind. The writer is very good with details and slipping things in subtly. The mystery was complex and took me a while to figure out why the killer did it after I had figured out who it was.

There is a book within the book which Strike read and explained what had happened in the story even though it wasn't something he enjoyed. I understand why this needed to happen and I understand that most of the mystery is focused around the book, but the story was really not my type of genre. It was not something I would ever read and honestly it was not something anyone I know would ever read. I found that part of the book slow to get past and most of the rest of the book was Strike traveling or interviewing suspects. It does seem more realistic for what an investigator would actually experience, but at certain points it did get boring.

I think Robin, Strike's secretary, should dump her fiancee. He was really not good enough for her, he didn't listen to what she said, refused to support her decisions, belittled her job and for most of the book he was a jerk. Just needed to say that because she was my favorite character.

Overall I gave this book 3 stars out of 5.