Some things never change and it’s likely that millions of Robert Galbraith readers out there will be pleased that their hero detective still cuts a familiar figure. Keeping erratic hours, living in his office and ruminating about his famous, but distant father, Strike is the same old sad-sack detective readers met in The Cuckoo’s Calling. The war veteran turned detective is still battling the same old demons in the opening chapters of The Silkworm. Rowling herself has been a vocal critic of the British tabloids and their invasive tactics, so the dig is almost certainly calculated. The Silkworm (A Cormoran Strike Novel, 2) Hardcover Jby Robert Galbraith (Author) 66,035 ratings Book 2 of 6: Cormoran Strike Editors pick Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Though it’s brief, the exchange was no doubt a pointed reference to the real-life trial that’s currently underway in Britain, where former employees of the News of the World tabloid are accused of engaging in phone-hacking in order to get scoops. The honorable Strike counters that it’s “illegal” to hack phones or encourage others to do so. “All the other private dicks I use spend their time hacking phone messages,” he says to the detective with suspicion. In the first chapter of The Silkworm, a journalist suspects Strike of underhanded techniques to gain information. Rowlings highly acclaimed series featuring Cormoran Strike and his determined young assistant, Robin Ellacott.
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