Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling will publish her second crime novel in June, it was revealed Monday, February 17, under the pen name of Robert Galbraith. “The Silkworm”, to be published on June 19, will be a follow-up to “The Cuckoo’s Calling”, which Rowling wrote using the Galbraith pseudonym. The new novel follows private detective Cormoran Strike in another adventure with his assistant Robin Ellacott. The first book, which saw Strike investigate a model’s suicide, was published in April 2013, to critical acclaim. Two television companies had expressed an interest in adapting the novel. Sales were low, but when Rowling was outed by a newspaper in July, they rose an astonishing 41,000 percent in a week. The lawyer who blew Rowling’s cover was fined £1,000 (1,220 euros, $1,670) for breaching the privacy rules of his profession.
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