12-23-2025, 04:07 PM
The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown
The Society finds magic items, which they refer to as Unknowable Objects, and hides them away so they are not misused. Magda is a member after her mother died hunting for said objects. Franks leads the group. Will is an unwilling participant. Henrietta doesn't show up for meetings. And for the the first time in a long time a magic object has been located and Magda heads off from London to go retrieve it and to find out how somebody not of the society knows about the society. But other people know about the objects and are on the hunt for them which throws Magda into conflict with a killer.
It was a good read. Not too sophisticated. Seemed a lot like a cozy mystery but not too cozy. It's a companion piece to to Brown's previous book, The Book of Doors. They both rely heavily on the setting of bookshops.
The Society finds magic items, which they refer to as Unknowable Objects, and hides them away so they are not misused. Magda is a member after her mother died hunting for said objects. Franks leads the group. Will is an unwilling participant. Henrietta doesn't show up for meetings. And for the the first time in a long time a magic object has been located and Magda heads off from London to go retrieve it and to find out how somebody not of the society knows about the society. But other people know about the objects and are on the hunt for them which throws Magda into conflict with a killer.
It was a good read. Not too sophisticated. Seemed a lot like a cozy mystery but not too cozy. It's a companion piece to to Brown's previous book, The Book of Doors. They both rely heavily on the setting of bookshops.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm