3.5/5
Undetectables er en supernatural, detektivhistorie som er både koselig og intens på samme tid. The Undetectables er en gjeng med hekser, pluss et spøkelse, som blir hyret til å løse et okkult-relatert drap. Boken har en skikkelig kul verdensbygging som føles veldig naturlig til tross for at den er overnaturlig, og det er en interessant miks med vitenskap og magi, og for ikke å snakke om gode representasjoner over hele linja med LGBTQA+ og funksjonsnedsettelse.
- Mia, bokansvarlig, Outland Oslo
Be gay, solve crime, take naps. A witty and quirky fantasy murder mystery, for fans of Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey and Under the Whispering Door by T. J. Klune
Be gay. Solve crimes. Take naps.
A magical serial killer is stalking the Occult town of Wrackton. Hypnotic whistling causes victims to chew their own tongues off, leading to the killer being dubbed the Whistler (original, right?). But outside the lack of taste buds and the strange magical carvings on the victims’ torsos, the murderer leaves no evidence. No obvious clues. No reason – or so it seems.
Enter the Undetectables, a detective agency run by three witches and a ghost in a cat costume (don’t ask). They are hired to investigate the murders, but with their only case so far left unsolved, will they be up to the task? Mallory, the forensic science expert, is struggling with pain and fatigue from her recently diagnosed fibromyalgia. Cornelia, the team member most likely to go rogue and punch a police officer, is suddenly stirring all sorts of feelings in Mallory. Diana, the social butterfly of the group, is hitting up all of her ex-girlfriends for information. And not forgetting ghostly Theodore – deceased, dramatic, and also the agency’s first dead body and unsolved murder case.
With bodies stacking up and the case leading them to mysteries at the very heart of magical society, can the Undetectables find the Whistler before they become the killer’s next victims?