J.K. Rowling, the author behind the Harry Potter series, has announced her new book, The Casual Vacancy. (Image via Scrape TV)

The title, release date and a short description of J.K. Rowling’s New Book have been announced!

The book will be called The Casual Vacancy.

When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock.

Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war.

Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils…Pagford is not what it first seems.

And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?

Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults.

-via Little, Brown

The book will be 480 pages, and we be hitting store shelved on September 27th, 2012.

Stay tuned for more info on The Casual Vacancy, as we approach its release.