A World of Curiosities

How it reads

A World of Curiosities is mystery (cozy police mystery, specifically), and its dominant mood is cosy. Low stakes, warm company: the kind of book you read under a blanket. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in a small town setting, in the present day, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are family, secrets and justice. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It's a later book in a series — you'll usually want to start earlier. The ending resolves happily. At 400 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's a mega-bestseller — the book everyone seems to have read.