The Silkworm

The Silkworm, by Robert Galbraith, 455 pages

In this second book of the Cormoran Strike series, Strike is approached by a famous novelist's wife, who says that he is missing.  And missing he is, until Strike finds his graphically mutilated corpse in a scene right out of a book- a book that the author wrote.  This book is full of intrigue, mystery, reasons to hate Robin's fiancé and then reasons to understand their relationship a little more, and a cast of characters who are all frustrating and sympathetic at the same time.