"The Silkworm" is the second book in the Cormoran Strike series, written by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The story centers around private detective Cormoran Strike, who is hired to find a missing author named Owen Quine. Quine's latest manuscript, which is a scandalous tell-all about the literary world, has vanished along with him. The case proves to be complex as Strike navigates a web of deceit among Quine's literary acquaintances.