{"product_id":"the-silkworm","title":"The Silkworm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Teems with sly humour, witty asides and intelligence ... A pleasure to read'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a major BBC drama: The Strike series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, she just thinks he has gone off by himself for a few days - as he has done before - and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realises. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were published it would ruin lives - so there are a lot of people who might want to silence him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd when Quine is found brutally murdered in bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any he has encountered before . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compulsively readable crime novel with twists at every turn, \u003ci\u003eThe Silkworm\u003c\/i\u003e is the second in the highly acclaimed series featuring Cormoran Strike and his determined young assistant Robin Ellacott.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e***\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe latest book in the thrilling Strike series, TROUBLED BLOOD, is out now! ***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'One of the most \u003cb\u003eunique and compelling\u003c\/b\u003e detectives I've come across in years\u003c\/i\u003e' MARK BILLINGHAM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The work of a master storyteller'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e DAILY TELEGRAPH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Unputdownable. . . Irresistible'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e SUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Will keep you up all night'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e OBSERVER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A thoroughly enjoyable classic'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e PETER JAMES, SUNDAY EXPRESS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atticus Bookshop Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47419170029817,"sku":"9780751549263","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/4535\/6025\/files\/15678183482455.jpg?v=1771110148","url":"https:\/\/www.atticusbooksandart.com.au\/products\/the-silkworm","provider":"Atticus Bookshop Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}