J.K Rowling New Book: ‘Harry Potter’ Author To Write Second Novel Under Pseudonym Robert Galbraith

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J.K Rowling will be coming out with a new novel.

This time, she won't be recognized as the renowned author of the "Harry Potter" series, but as Robert Galbraith.

The author's first novel under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith was titled, "The Cuckoo's Calling."

According to The Guardian, it was leaked that Rowling was actually Robert Galbraith last year after a partner at her solicitors told his wife's best friend of her identity.

The author sued and received and apology along with a sum of money, which she donated to the Soldiers Charity.

"The Cuckoo's Calling," which had been receiving praise for its "male author's sensitivity to the female perspective," became one of the bestsellers as Rowling's identity was revealed.

J.K. Rowling will be keeping the name Robert Galbraith for the second novel, "The Silkworm."

The novel will be a sequel to Galbraith's first publication, which means that private detective and war veteran Cormoran Strike, will be returning with another mystery to solve.

Strike will be accompanied by his assistant, Robin Ellacott, as he investigates the disappearance of novelist Owen Quine.

According to The Guardian, the newly released description of "The Silkworm" runs as, "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."

The description continues, "But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realises. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives - meaning that there are a lot of people who might want him silenced. When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer."

"The Silkworm" will be published on June 24 in the U.S.

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