J.K. Rowling announces sequel to 'The Cuckoo's Calling'
J.K. Rowling will be releasing a sequel to the mystery novel 鈥淭he Cuckoo鈥檚 Calling,鈥� which was published this April under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith.
It was discovered this summer that the 鈥�Harry Potter鈥� author was actually the writer behind the mystery.
Now Rowling says a new novel following the exploits of detective Cormoran Strike and his secretary Robin, titled 鈥淭he Silkworm,鈥� will be released this June.
According to the novel鈥檚 publisher, , 鈥淪ilkworm鈥� will find Strike hired to investigate the disappearance of writer Owen Quine. His wife, who hires Strike, believes Owen has simply left for a few days and wants Strike to locate him, but the detective soon discovers that Quine鈥檚 whereabouts aren鈥檛 quite so easily solved and that the writer recently finished a book that contains thinly veiled and nasty versions of just about all his acquaintances.
鈥淐uckoo鈥� became an instant bestseller after the real author was revealed (against Rowling鈥檚 wishes 鈥� a lawyer at the firm for which she was a client told a friend and the author sued him). Many publications didn鈥檛 review the book until after it was discovered that Rowling was the author, but most gave 鈥淐uckoo鈥� positive reviews, with New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani calling the book 鈥渁 highly entertaining book that鈥檚 way more fun and way more involving than Ms. Rowling鈥檚 sluggish 2012 novel, 鈥楾he Casual Vacancy鈥欌�� and praising Cormoran Strike as 鈥渁n appealing protagonist.鈥�
