--- title: J.K. Rowling's New Book Title Revealed description: The J.K. Rowling book has a release date canonical: https://time.com/3916885/jk-rowling-robert-galbraith/ author: ashley Ross article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-11T13:57:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T08:06:21.399Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: This Is When You Can Get J.K. Rowling's Latest Crime Novel og:description: The title was revealed on Thursday og:url: https://time.com/3916885/jk-rowling-robert-galbraith/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86305e309ac69fdc/6988541a06f2c1ae4133a98f/career-of-evil.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: career of evil robert galbraith og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is When You Can Get J.K. Rowling's Latest Crime Novel twitter:description: The title was revealed on Thursday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86305e309ac69fdc/6988541a06f2c1ae4133a98f/career-of-evil.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is When You Can Get J.K. Rowling's Latest Crime Novel ## Video: Harry Potter Could've Attended An American Wizarding School [Watch (HLS stream): Harry Potter Could've Attended An American Wizarding School](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ivWBNS2z.m3u8) (2:05)  _Published 2015-06-10. The_ by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Jun 11, 2015 1:57 PM UTC  Little, Brown, and Company by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Jun 11, 2015 1:57 PM UTC J.K. Rowling’s latest novel, _Career of Evil_, which is written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, is set to hit shelves (and e-readers) this fall. The book will be released on Oct. 20 in the U.S. and on Oct. 22 in the U.K. Rowling may have tricked readers at first when she wrote 2013’s _The Cuckoo’s Calling_ as Galbraith, but her identity was soon revealed as the author behind the story of Cormoran Strike, a British private investigator, and his assistant Robin Ellacott. After 2014’s sequel _The Silkworm_, Rowling said [she’ll likely write](http://time.com/3013543/jk-rowling-cormoran-strike-novels/) more than seven books in this [series](http://time.com/2894076/jk-rowling-the-silkworm-review/). “I really love writing these books, so I don’t know that I’ve got an end point in mind,” Rowling said. Though, according to Twitter, she didn’t _always_ love writing them. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/560830623091531776) Alas, she has been quite busy. Rowling is also writing a screenplay for a [_Harry Potter_ spinoff](http://time.com/3481744/harry-potter-jk-rowling-fantastic-beasts-where-find-them/) that’s set to be released in November of 2016. Last year, Rowling told BBC that the third book in the Strike series would focus on “what happens to people after they leave the military,” which could be a reference to Strike himself, who lost his leg in the Afghan war. Publishers revealed Thursday that the book will describe what happens when “a mysterious package is delivered” to Ellacott that contains a woman’s severed leg. She and Strike set out to find the perpetrator. It sounds just as dark and twisted as the previous Strike novels, but how much so? We’ll find out in October. _Read next:_ [_J.K. Rowling Confirms American Version of Hogwarts Exists_](http://time.com/3914081/jk-rowling-american-hogwarts/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3916885/jk-rowling-robert-galbraith/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3916885/jk-rowling-robert-galbraith/"},"headline":"This Is When You Can Get J.K. 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