The Silkworm by Robert GalbraithMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I liked The Cuckoo’s Calling (Cormoran Strike #1) a lot. I was immediately drawn to this character, the one-legged army veteran-turned-private-eye. Shades of Raymond Chandler here and his “mean streets”. The Silkworm is J K Rowling’s second outing as Robert Galbraith and I loved it. Set in the literary world where Galbraith must feel at home, the book continues the developing relationship between Strike and his erstwhile assistant Robin. The outlook for Robin’s relationship with future husband Matthew appears rocky at times and I do wonder where this is going; Strike doesn’t like him and this factious relationship amongst the three characters is pivotal to the story. Strike is almost an anachronism in today’s world of police high-tech crime units and yet it is a world in which he flourishes, his disciplined approach owing much to his former career in the Military SIB, a career curtailed by a close encounter with an IED.
Other reviewers have covered the plot detail so I won’t add to this. Galbraith has pulled off another thoroughly enjoyable read, an addictive whodunit, 580 pages to gulp down. I cannot wait to read the next offering in this series.
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