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Novelist Owen Quine vanishes, and his distraught wife hires private investigator Cormoran Strike to locate him. As Strike delves into Quine’s life, he learns the author has just finished a manuscript that name‑checks almost everyone in his circle, a work that could ruin reputations if published. When Quine is found murdered under unusually brutal circumstances, Strike faces a desperate race to identify the motive behind a killer unlike any he has met before: one who will stop at nothing to silence Quine and conceal the damaging truths hidden in his pages.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: J. K. Rowling
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