Earlier today J.K Rowling and Robert Galbraith revealed the cover art for Career of Evil. Little Brown also revealed the publication date: October 22, 2015 for the UK and the 20th for US readers.

#CareerOfEvil will be published 22nd October-visit the website to find out more! http://t.co/3IIUdvuzoc pic.twitter.com/d8wIrxAVVL

— Robert Galbraith (@RGalbraith) June 11, 2015

The synopsis for the novel is:

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman’s severed leg.

Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible – and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality.

With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator, he and Robin take matters into their own hands, and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out for the two of them…

Career of Evil is the third in the highly acclaimed series featuring private detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott. A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, it is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives.

Last week Robert Galbraith and J.K. Rowling revealed that Galbraith’s much anticipated third novel centering around detective Cormoran Strike has been completed. The book is titled Career of Evil, which is also the title of a Blue Oyster Cult song, and will be released this Autumn.

Just finished 3rd Cormoran Strike novel.

— Robert Galbraith (@RGalbraith) April 24, 2015

.@jk_rowling Typing title page now. Signed book for first person to correctly identify which band had song of same name.

— Robert Galbraith (@RGalbraith) April 24, 2015

Oh happy, happy, happy day… it’s the eleventh time I’ve done it and the joy never wears off.

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 24, 2015

.@jk_rowling Yes, but then, I’m younger than you.

— Robert Galbraith (@RGalbraith) April 24, 2015

This afternoon it was revealed that BBC One would be producing a TV series based on Robert Galbraith’s novel, The Cuckoo’s Calling. As we all know, Robert is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling that was outed last year, which led to the heightened popularity of the novel (which was already a great seller.) Jo herself revealed the news on her Twitter account by saying:

My friend @RGalbraith‘s first novel is going to be a TV drama on @BBCOne. He’s very excited, but expressing it with characteristic silence.

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 10, 2014

This will be the second of Rowling’s books to be adapted for television. As we reported a couple years ago, BBC would also be producing a three part mini series for her first post-Potter novel, The Casual Vacancy. That will be aired some time next year.