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# The Silkworm

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Review: Put It In Writing - The Silkworm is the second novel in the British detective series featuring Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott by Robert Galbraith. After critical acclaim for volume 1, J. K. Rowling acknowledged that she is the writer behind the Galbraith nom de plume. Rowling explained that she wanted the freedom to publish novels without being judged against her history of international success writing the Harry Potter books. This judgment was harsh, in my opinion, when Rowling published her Potter breakaway novel, The Casual Vacancy. That was an excellent stand-alone novel and I wondered what direction her writing would take. I hoped some of the criticism would not cause her to abandon writing fiction for adult readers. Well, it did not. The Casual Vacancy, published in Rowling's own name, is a British village story with great character development and interaction that involves elements of mystery. The Cuckoo's Calling and The Silkworm are excellent beginnings of a detective/mystery series in the British tradition of Robert Barnard (http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/25/robert-barnard) and Simon Brett (http://www.simonbrett.com/books/), two of my favorites. The plots are complicated but realistic in that Rowling uses Cormoran's perspective to reveal clues to murders, withholding information causing the reader to puzzle over the guilt of several suspects. Cormoran is a large, gruff, disabled British Army veteran of the current war in Afghanistan. He was a military detective, Special Investigation Division, and he now uses the systematic investigative skills he learned in the military in his private detective work. Cormoran has an interesting and challenging personal history that influences his current social relationships and work life. One fairly stable relationship is with Robin who has become a partner (at her insistence). She does not want to remain a secretary in his office. The pair make a good team, but it is a complicated situation; there is only one undisputed boss. In The Silkworm, a well-known British writer is missing, and his widow seeks out the detective to find him even though the woman cannot pay him. Cormoran finds the author's mutilated body in a London mansion, and he and Robin make room in the office caseload to solve the crime. The "Bombyx Mori" (the Latin term for Silkworm) is the name of a novel written by the murdered author. It is a metaphor for a private cocoon of obsessive resentment, guilt, envy, and retribution enclosing the perpetrator of the murder. The novel starts with a recap of Cormoran and Robin's activities including the prior case described in The Cuckoo's Calling, so readers can begin the series at volume two with enough information to understand the general detective situation. Because the action takes place in the context of novel writing and publishing, it is interesting to hear Rowlings voice as she criticizes electronic self-publishing that may make anyone feel like a readable author. I was happy to read that Rowling plans to write "many" more novels in the Cormoran Strike series, and she is half way through volume three with an idea for volume four(http://time.com/3013543/jk-rowling-cormoran-strike-novels/). What makes this series so good is the wonderful writing style of J. K. Rowling and her ability to encourage readers to identify with and like the key people in her mystery stories. I am hooked for sure.
Review: A good yarn- Keeps you guessing - Bottom Line First: "Robert Galbraith", AKA J. K. Rowling rose to fame by writing what the British used to call rattling good yarns. The Silk Worm is a good yarn. This is a solid addition to the tradition of the private detective who honestly figures out who done it. Everyone is a suspect. The police, here called the Met get it wrong. There is an obvious red herring and the clues are there for the alert. The problem of proving the solution leaves the reader in suspense to the final reveal. All of this is the within the traditional formula and it is to the author's credit that we ride the formula aware of and indifferent to the formula. "Galbraith" passes the tests of being entertaining, and of not cheating the reader from having a chance to solve the case. A good read. ???????????????????? When we last saw the budding team of Cormoran Strike and his sidekick/ fellow private detective Robin Ellacott they had just solve a very high visibility case involving the murder of a super model. Now that the firm has some money and the additional cases load born of good press; Strike accepts the case of a missing writer from a dowdy wife, much burdened with a mentally challenged daughter. The team soon finds that the writer is widely despised and the author of a book taunting everyone he knows. Technically everyone he knew because we find him the victim of a gruesome murder accomplished in an overly detailed crime scene. The game is not so much afoot as hanging. With the Silk Worm we have two detective stories set in high profile media related industries. A third novel is in the release process and we soon learn if this will be another constant milieu for the older, more cynical ex-military investigator and the fast learning , fast driving back up . The information is that he will always have to deal with a local police force that resents being shown up by a civilian. All of these details create a sense that we are seeing behind the scenes. Witness to the private world of the media elite. Strike has connections via his past military work and through his father a successful (rich rock star). Always we are privy to the secret world of the connected. On the other hand, Galbraith/Rowling is not handy at building suspense or a sense of danger. Her stories tend to move along in a simple trajectory with a minimum of risk and the day to day details of getting a job done. Early on Rowling realizes that the daily rituals of a burly single man with one leg are not things we need endlessly reported. Filling this space is, fortunately, more about the story. The author simply lacks an edge. Her heroes lack the money for a true British Drawing room mystery so they are scruffy and slightly down at the heel. The story remains mostly gentile. Strike seems to be a capable brawler, maybe one day we will have him in a brawl.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Put It In Writing
*by G***E on November 12, 2014*

The Silkworm is the second novel in the British detective series featuring Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott by Robert Galbraith. After critical acclaim for volume 1, J. K. Rowling acknowledged that she is the writer behind the Galbraith nom de plume. Rowling explained that she wanted the freedom to publish novels without being judged against her history of international success writing the Harry Potter books. This judgment was harsh, in my opinion, when Rowling published her Potter breakaway novel, The Casual Vacancy. That was an excellent stand-alone novel and I wondered what direction her writing would take. I hoped some of the criticism would not cause her to abandon writing fiction for adult readers. Well, it did not. The Casual Vacancy, published in Rowling's own name, is a British village story with great character development and interaction that involves elements of mystery. The Cuckoo's Calling and The Silkworm are excellent beginnings of a detective/mystery series in the British tradition of Robert Barnard (http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/25/robert-barnard) and Simon Brett (http://www.simonbrett.com/books/), two of my favorites. The plots are complicated but realistic in that Rowling uses Cormoran's perspective to reveal clues to murders, withholding information causing the reader to puzzle over the guilt of several suspects. Cormoran is a large, gruff, disabled British Army veteran of the current war in Afghanistan. He was a military detective, Special Investigation Division, and he now uses the systematic investigative skills he learned in the military in his private detective work. Cormoran has an interesting and challenging personal history that influences his current social relationships and work life. One fairly stable relationship is with Robin who has become a partner (at her insistence). She does not want to remain a secretary in his office. The pair make a good team, but it is a complicated situation; there is only one undisputed boss. In The Silkworm, a well-known British writer is missing, and his widow seeks out the detective to find him even though the woman cannot pay him. Cormoran finds the author's mutilated body in a London mansion, and he and Robin make room in the office caseload to solve the crime. The "Bombyx Mori" (the Latin term for Silkworm) is the name of a novel written by the murdered author. It is a metaphor for a private cocoon of obsessive resentment, guilt, envy, and retribution enclosing the perpetrator of the murder. The novel starts with a recap of Cormoran and Robin's activities including the prior case described in The Cuckoo's Calling, so readers can begin the series at volume two with enough information to understand the general detective situation. Because the action takes place in the context of novel writing and publishing, it is interesting to hear Rowlings voice as she criticizes electronic self-publishing that may make anyone feel like a readable author. I was happy to read that Rowling plans to write "many" more novels in the Cormoran Strike series, and she is half way through volume three with an idea for volume four(http://time.com/3013543/jk-rowling-cormoran-strike-novels/). What makes this series so good is the wonderful writing style of J. K. Rowling and her ability to encourage readers to identify with and like the key people in her mystery stories. I am hooked for sure.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A good yarn- Keeps you guessing
*by P***D on October 18, 2015*

Bottom Line First: "Robert Galbraith", AKA J. K. Rowling rose to fame by writing what the British used to call rattling good yarns. The Silk Worm is a good yarn. This is a solid addition to the tradition of the private detective who honestly figures out who done it. Everyone is a suspect. The police, here called the Met get it wrong. There is an obvious red herring and the clues are there for the alert. The problem of proving the solution leaves the reader in suspense to the final reveal. All of this is the within the traditional formula and it is to the author's credit that we ride the formula aware of and indifferent to the formula. "Galbraith" passes the tests of being entertaining, and of not cheating the reader from having a chance to solve the case. A good read. ???????????????????? When we last saw the budding team of Cormoran Strike and his sidekick/ fellow private detective Robin Ellacott they had just solve a very high visibility case involving the murder of a super model. Now that the firm has some money and the additional cases load born of good press; Strike accepts the case of a missing writer from a dowdy wife, much burdened with a mentally challenged daughter. The team soon finds that the writer is widely despised and the author of a book taunting everyone he knows. Technically everyone he knew because we find him the victim of a gruesome murder accomplished in an overly detailed crime scene. The game is not so much afoot as hanging. With the Silk Worm we have two detective stories set in high profile media related industries. A third novel is in the release process and we soon learn if this will be another constant milieu for the older, more cynical ex-military investigator and the fast learning , fast driving back up . The information is that he will always have to deal with a local police force that resents being shown up by a civilian. All of these details create a sense that we are seeing behind the scenes. Witness to the private world of the media elite. Strike has connections via his past military work and through his father a successful (rich rock star). Always we are privy to the secret world of the connected. On the other hand, Galbraith/Rowling is not handy at building suspense or a sense of danger. Her stories tend to move along in a simple trajectory with a minimum of risk and the day to day details of getting a job done. Early on Rowling realizes that the daily rituals of a burly single man with one leg are not things we need endlessly reported. Filling this space is, fortunately, more about the story. The author simply lacks an edge. Her heroes lack the money for a true British Drawing room mystery so they are scruffy and slightly down at the heel. The story remains mostly gentile. Strike seems to be a capable brawler, maybe one day we will have him in a brawl.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved this second addition to the series!
*by B***R on July 23, 2016*

For more reviews, please visit[...] This is the second book in the Cormoran Strike series, and I thoroughly enjoyed this mystery novel. I love how enjoyable I find these novels when there is limited action throughout. Galbraith has made it a point to utilize dialogue more than violence or full-throttle action in order to move the plot along, and while I would think this method wouldn't work for me, it actually keeps me glued to the page. Strike is able to interrogate suspects and think through each piece through dialogue in the novel, keeping the reader in the loop with each individual piece of evidence that he acquires. The only time the reader does not get full reign on Strike's thoughts is at the climax of the novel, when Strike has put together what happened and who the killer is, and the setup is needed to reveal it to the reader. As in the previous novel, Robin serves as Strike's secretary/partner, and she is a wonderful addition tot he novel. I love how Galbraith takes the time to explore Robin's relationship with her fiance, Matthew, and how it affects her employment with Strike. Galbraith took the time to develop this relationship more in this book, which I appreciated since I'm a fan of Robin. I also think there were some of the same subtle hints to burgeoning feelings between Strike and Robin in this novel as there were in the first, which is interesting and has left me wondering what is to become of them. As for Galbraith's writing, I have to point out that one of the things I love most are some of the silly details that get thrown in with the more serious subject matter that the plot of the book relies on. The farting leather couch in Strike's office never failed to make me smile each time it was mentioned, and Strike's constant awareness of the cost of things in his time of debt felt close to home to me. Galbraith knows how to slide in little pieces of amusement without taking away from the seriousness of the book. That being said, this one was definitely gruesome. Both the description of Quine's murder and the detailed descriptions of excerpts of his book occasionally made me shudder because of the grotesqueness of them, but because I'm a little bit morbid, I also appreciated it. This was also a good tool for Robin's character development as she got to experience some of the more morbid sides of Strike's work. Overall, this was a great second addition to the series. I loved the first book and I loved this one. I already have the third on TBR and imagine that I will continue to read the series.

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