Silkworm, Robert Galbraith, 455 pages

The second offering in the Cormorant Strike mystery series revolves around a missing author and his tell all manuscript.  Cormorant has moved up a bit. Literally he has moved into a two room apartment above  his office, but he is also attracting more clients after his notoriety with the Lula Landry case.  Robin continues to work for him despite her fiancee's misgivings.  Together, Strike and Robin investigate editors, publishers and authors in the search for Owen Quine.  When his body turns up, trussed and served on a platter, Strike turns his search to those who knew the contents of Quine's manuscript.  This book is filled with odd and interesting characters.  We see more of Strikes personal life and family as well as Robin's family and fiancee.  Robin finally voices her desire to be more than a secretary to Strike.