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Can't even find the words to say how amazing this book is!! I now have to wait for the next book to come out.... one of those times I wish I'd found the series after it was finished as it is so good you just want to keep reading more.

Excited about this new series from Kelley Armstrong. I love her writing and I've yet to be disappointed by anything she's written and this one is no exception. I'll be waiting to find out what happens to Mallory next. #38-2022

This was a very enjoyable read. The author handled the transition from modern time to 150 years ago well. Not your typical time travel novel.

I *really* wanted to like this because the MC is a Canadian detective visiting Scotland to care for her dying gran. But, I did not dig the going back 150 years to 1869 to be a chambermaid, all the time fumbling to fit in, and so much internal dialogue—just not there for it.

This book is very reminiscent of McElwain's “A Murder in Time“, and as I loved that series I was not surprised to really enjoy this new release by Armstrong. It has murder, time travel, mystery, a bit of humour and some interesting characters. I also loved that the main character is proudly Canadian and enjoyed the Canadian references. I look forward to more in this series. It was a fun read and I gave it 4/5 stars.

Armstrong‘s done it again! The start of this time traveling mystery hooks in the reader from the start! Mallory arrives in Edinburgh to be with her dying grandmother but when she hears a suspicious noise in a dark alley, she can‘t leave her Vancouver detective instincts behind. And those instincts help her survive because she comes out of that alley 150 years earlier-& in the body of a young housemaid! Entertaining & a great start to a new series!

This genre-defying story features a Canadian police detective named Mallory. Out jogging in Edinburgh, Scotland (while visiting her gravely ill grandma), she hears a crime down an alley. And whooops … the next thing she knows, she‘s in the body of a teenage housemaid in 1869. Same town, but different time and body! Of course there‘s a murder to solve. And how to get home. ⬇️

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There are so many I want to read!
The Lesbiana‘s Guide to Catholic School
The Sisters Sputnik
are a couple….and the one pictured, A Rip Through Time.

No music. Unless I‘m outside and it‘s provided by the birds.

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First in a new time-travel mystery series, homicide detective Mallory is attacked and nearly killed in an Edinburgh alley while jogging. At the exact same time, Catriona, a Victorian-era housemaid is attacked in the same alley in the same method. Mallory wakes up to find herself in Catriona‘s body in the 1869 home of a funeral director/medical examiner who is helping to investigate a similar case. 🔻

2.5 STARS - This was a letdown. Mallory was annoying and we're stuck in her head for much of the book. The mystery felt secondary and this book felt like it was only meant to set up this new series.

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Available May 31st

I liked the premise of this book (A modern-day homicide detective finds herself in Victorian Scotland with a killer on the loose) but to compare it to Outlander is quite a stretch. It did not have the depth of character nor the sense of Scotland that Gabaldon‘s books invoke. I enjoyed the book for for what it is — a good time-travel, historical mystery but do not go into it expecting to find Jamie and Claire between the pages.

While I may not have loved every aspect, I thought this was a good beginning for a series, and I imagine future books will center more around mysteries now that the setup is out of the way. There is a chance I‘ll continue to seek this one out, as I have plenty of questions I‘d love to see answered as things progress, and I‘ll be interested in seeing how Armstrong resolves the biggest issue (Mallory‘s time traveling) when it all comes to an end.