<p>JK Rowling, celebrated British author of the popular Harry Potter series, has penned her second crime novel under a pseudonym to be published in June.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Silkworm, to be published on June 19, will again feature Cormoran Strike, the private detective Rowling introduced in 2013's 'The Cuckoo's Calling'.<br /><br />The author's pseudonym Robert Galbraith was unmasked last year after the information was leaked by a member of her legal team.<br /><br />Rowling, 48, has penned a new story about her private detective Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott.<br /><br />This time, the crime-solving duo will be on the trail of a killer who murders a writer called Owen Quine, The Independent reported.<br /><br />"At first, Mrs Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days (as he has done before) and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home," a synopsis from publishers Little, Brown Book Group reads.<br /><br />"But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realises," it says.<br /><br />Quine has just finished work on a manuscript that sees him draw on "almost everyone" for poisonous character assassinations that could ruin lives.<br /><br />"When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before," the teaser states.<br /><br />Rowling was unmasked on Twitter as the author of thriller The Cuckoo's Calling. She had hidden behind a fake name to avoid readers forming preconceptions based on her Harry Potter success.<br /><br />"I was yearning to go back to the beginning of a writing career in this new genre to work without hype or expectation to receive totally unvarnished feedback," Rowling wrote on her Robert Galbraith website.<br /><br />"It was a fantastic experience and I only wish it could have gone on a little longer."<br /><br />Rowling successfully took legal action against the solicitors who had leaked the information and donated both the damages and the novel's royalties to the Soldier's Charity.<br /><br />A partner at the solicitors told his wife's best friend about Robert Galbraith's real identity, who in turn disclosed it to The Sunday Times. </p>
<p>JK Rowling, celebrated British author of the popular Harry Potter series, has penned her second crime novel under a pseudonym to be published in June.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Silkworm, to be published on June 19, will again feature Cormoran Strike, the private detective Rowling introduced in 2013's 'The Cuckoo's Calling'.<br /><br />The author's pseudonym Robert Galbraith was unmasked last year after the information was leaked by a member of her legal team.<br /><br />Rowling, 48, has penned a new story about her private detective Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott.<br /><br />This time, the crime-solving duo will be on the trail of a killer who murders a writer called Owen Quine, The Independent reported.<br /><br />"At first, Mrs Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days (as he has done before) and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home," a synopsis from publishers Little, Brown Book Group reads.<br /><br />"But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realises," it says.<br /><br />Quine has just finished work on a manuscript that sees him draw on "almost everyone" for poisonous character assassinations that could ruin lives.<br /><br />"When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before," the teaser states.<br /><br />Rowling was unmasked on Twitter as the author of thriller The Cuckoo's Calling. She had hidden behind a fake name to avoid readers forming preconceptions based on her Harry Potter success.<br /><br />"I was yearning to go back to the beginning of a writing career in this new genre to work without hype or expectation to receive totally unvarnished feedback," Rowling wrote on her Robert Galbraith website.<br /><br />"It was a fantastic experience and I only wish it could have gone on a little longer."<br /><br />Rowling successfully took legal action against the solicitors who had leaked the information and donated both the damages and the novel's royalties to the Soldier's Charity.<br /><br />A partner at the solicitors told his wife's best friend about Robert Galbraith's real identity, who in turn disclosed it to The Sunday Times. </p>