J.K. Rowling reveals title of her first adult novel

Harry Potter may not be returning to the printed page, but his creator J.K. Rowling is — some five years after she penned her seventh and final “Harry Potter” book, the English author is set to return to bookshelves Sept. 27 with her first adult fiction novel.

Rowling's new publisher Little, Brown & Co. announced the upcoming release of "The Casual Vacancy," which it describes as a "darkly comic" novel centering on the fictional English town of Pagford, where darkness lies beneath a peaceful facade.  More >>