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Grimm: The Killing Time by [Tim Waggoner]

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Tim Waggoner

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Portland homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he is descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as “Grimms”, charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures of the world.

A brand-new original novel set in the Grimm universe.

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272 pages
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English
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Titan Books
Publication date

September 30, 2014
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1301 KB
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Grimm: The Icy Touch
John Shirley

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Grimm: The Chopping Block
John Passarella

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Grimm: The Killing Time
Tim Waggoner

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John Shirley
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John Passarella
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“I would like to congratulate author Tim Waggoner for crafting the best episode of Grimm that no one will ever see. Grimm: The Killing Timecould easily be the best hour of the show ever aired, with its excellent plot, intriguing villain, world-scope and enough action to make any fan happy.” - Horror Talk

"A great story that went in unexpected directions and explored some interesting questions about memory and identity." - Project Fandom --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Tim Waggoner has published more than twenty novels and two short story collections, and his articles on writing have appeared in Writer’s Digest and Writers’ Journal, among other publications. He teaches creative writing at Sinclair Community College and in Seton Hill University’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction program. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00JI4A6E4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Titan Books (September 30, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 30, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1301 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #923,914 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,847 in Movie Tie-In Fiction
- #1,895 in Fantasy TV, Movie & Game Tie-In
- #4,777 in Paranormal Ghost Romance

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Tim Waggoner’s first novel came out in 2001, and he’s published close to fifty novels and seven collections of short stories since. He writes original fantasy and horror, as well as media tie-ins. His novels include Like Death, considered a modern classic in the genre, and the popular Nekropolis series of urban fantasy novels. He’s written tie-in fiction for Supernatural, Alien, Grimm, the X-Files, Doctor Who, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Transformers, among others. His articles on writing have appeared in Writer’s Digest, Writer’s Journal, and Writer’s Workshop of Horror. He’s won the Bram Stoker Award and been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award, the Scribe Award, and the Splatterpunk Award. In addition to writing, Tim is also a full-time tenured professor who teaches creative writing and composition at Sinclair College.

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VAnne

Excellent read, true to the show. Kudos to the author!

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2019

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Exciting, true to the show, and the characters were dead-on (pun intended). This is the real deal! Kudos to the author. I loved it!

At last the lovable Grimm and his friends were given the respect due their characters. Yes a I'm a Nick Burkhardt fan, but Monroe is right up there as well. I found this to be a page-turner with almost tasteful levels of gore and violence (not like the last Grimm book which truly turned my stomach with revulsion). I found that I looked forward to what would come next rather than dreading it. The humor that was missing in previous books was back in this one (Wu laughing uproariously at an unintentional joke by the dastardly villain, for example). I hope more books will be issued by this author.

Small note--the proof-readers must have been half asleep, but the book didn't suffer from the small words lost here and there. Still, I noticed it, as I'm sure others must have done as well.

Regardless, it was a very satisfying read!

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StoryAddict

Despite needless and repetitive backstory recitations, this is actually a darn good book!

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2015

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Let's face it...all readers have that guilty pleasure that they don't want to admit that they read. It might be romance or cheap sci-fi or YA or erotica. For me, it's these Grimm tie-in novels.

Well, to be fair, it is this Grimm tie-in novel. This is the third one to be released and all three novels are standalone (from each other, not fom the show) and have different authors. I will admit that I chose not to read the first, The Icy Touch, because every single review I read all said that it seemed like the author had never seen the show. I did read the second, The Chopping Block, and it was fine. It could be an episode of the show except the subject matter was over the line for network television. But, it left me with a low bar for the third book.

Well, folks, I was surprised with The Killing Time. This is actually a pretty darn good book! Like The Chopping Block, it is set up like an episode of the show, which is a nice little treat when the show is on hiatus. Waggoner stays true to the characters of the book and uses them all (except Adalind, who is--thankfully--absent from the story) very well--better than the show's own writers frequently use the characters. Every one of the major characters--Nick, Hank, Juliette, Renard, Monroe, and Rosalee--have an important part in the plot and come together in a seamless way. Waggoner also created an interesting new Wesen, a shapeshifter suffering from dementia, that I would love to see in an actual episode.

I did have some tiny nitpicks and one major irritation. There were a number of little details that just seemed, well, silly. We're talking a Wesen phone chain and a hug-fest. Really. But, whatever. As I said, I didn't expect art with this. But, here is my irritation--every time a character was introduced, we had to get their entire backstory. This novel is set between the 3rd and 4th episodes of the 3rd season, so there is one heck of a backstory for every. single. character. I felt that it interrupted the narrative and, well, I already knew all of that. I mean, I get it...if someone who has never watched the show read this book, they'd be lost without that. Yet, how many people who have not seen Grimm are reading this book? (In other words, you should be watching Grimm, it's a heck of a show!) I wish all of the backstory recitations had been cut so hat we could just get on with the story.

So, even with those things that rubbed me the wrong way, I found this book a fun, quick read. No, it wasn't literature, but sometimes you just need fun. If you've enjoyed the show, I highly recommend checking out The Killing Time. If you don't watch the show, you should!

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Debra Omiatek,MD

A Wesen Apocalypse

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2020

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A rare Wesen comes to Portland. The creature is very old and is suffering from a dementia. The creature can duplicate any human it touches and absorbs the person's memories. However, it is in the twilight of its life and burns through bodies faster. The heart of this story is it encounters Nick. A Grimm and a creature like this had met in the past, and it caused a wholesale massacre of Wesen as their is an "infection" associated with the encounter of Grimm and the Wechselbahg. The final confrontation between the two is awesome. The action is nonstop. The Wesen and the humans who help them are in great danger. The book is excellent, this would have been a phenomenal episode of the tv series.

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Gary DZ

Excellent, quick read

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2020

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If you're a fan of the show, this is just what you need to get you back into that world. I happened to start reading it just at the point of watching the show that Tim Waggoner (the author) stated in the beginning that it took place. It was neat to be able to experience it at the point I was in the show. The funny thing about reading it while watching is that I kept thinking of things that happened in the book while I was watching more of the show and losing track of which was show and which was the novel. But that just goes to prove that the writing in the novel is just as good at bringing you directly into the world as the show is!

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Jessica Luna

Engaging, well-paced book that feels like a real episode of the series

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2018

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Media tie-ins are often suspect in quality, but this an exception I am happy to have read. This is a faithful Grimm story written by someone who definitely has an appreciation for the show. The characterizations are spot-on (I especially enjoyed Monroe and Bud in this), the villain is interesting and sympathetic despite its monstrous nature, and the plot zips along at a nice pace with no lag.

As someone who has watched the whole series, I did find some of the introductions to the characters and how they met to be unnecessary. I wouldn't be surprised if the studio behind Grimm insisted on the author reintroducing all of the characters and their backstories for the sake of those unfamiliar with the show.

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Linda C-W

good mystery/procedural and great use of my favorite character Monroe

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2016

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Way too gruesome to be a broadcast episode of our beloved series but the characters & the Grimm world are written spot-on, good mystery/procedural and great use of my favorite character Monroe. Kind of, a Wesen case Nick & Hank worked on but so awful they don't ever want to talk about it once it's over! Takes place during the time Hank was back at work on crutches after his zipline accident, some excellent use of this beloved but lately underutilized Grimm favorite.

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Aidan M

Great End To the Grimm Book Series

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2022

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I Wish they had 3 more Grimm books in this series. I miss the great TV show and now will miss the Grimm novel series.

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Alaran

Double trouble

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 18, 2017

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‘The Killing Time’ does a very good job of capturing the atmosphere and style of the television programme it is based around. It plays it safe a bit by sticking to the basic format of the show but it does it so successfully that it comes pretty close to feeling almost like it could be an episode.

There is a good division of the action between the main characters of the show, each receiving a decent role to play in events. It certainly utilises all the characters. Even Bud receives a role to equal his most substantial onscreen ones. They are all considerably well characterised as well and read like their onscreen counterparts. Some of the dialogue is perfectly composed to fit that associated with the speech patterns and inflections heard onscreen.

One of ‘The Killing Time’s best elements is in the wesen the author has invented to serve as the enemy to Nick and his colleagues. The Wechselbalg is an original opponent that hasn’t been seen onscreen and is based upon the ideas that surround the mythical stories of doppelgangers and changelings. As a foe for a Grimm it works very well and allows for the novel to expand a bit upon the relationship between Grimms and wesen in a community. It also provides scope for some of the novel’s amusing moments that fit in successfully with the humorous aspects of the show.

The Wechselbalg is also interesting because there is a substantial chunk of the novel written from its perspective. This provides an intriguing and fairly rare insight into one ‘monsters of the week’ that Nick faces.

It might not be incredibly original and all sort of what you’ve seen before, but if you want a solid and entertaining story that emulates the experience of watching the programme then this novel does the job.

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pinkmouse

Time Well Wasted

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2015

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I think you need to be a Grimm fan otherwise this could become a little dense and folklore heavy. Hence the four stars, to fans of Grimm I would give a whole-hearted five particularly as this isn't a story that had featured in the TV series. Unless I have missed it...
What I love is being immersed in a tribe of people fighting evil doing in a new way. But these are old enemies passing themselves off as human when they are not. The Grimm can see past these human disguise into the dark heart of their true Wesen form. Not all Wesen are bad but some are really very bad indeed and in the past the original Grimm was there to kill bad Wesen. So Grimm and Wesen have a lot of history. Not much of it good.
Nick Burkhart is modem Grimm, and a Portland Police Detective, who doesn't kill unless it is in self defence, also following a previous incident his partner Hank knows about his Grimm side. His romantic partner Juliette, a Vet also knows for the same reasons as Hank.
Nick and Hank's boss in Portland police department is half Wesen which adds a whole level of complications but makes life interesting. His mother is full Wesen and related to Wesen Royalty. More complicated strands to be pulled later.
In this story a shape-shifter has managed to take hold of Nick's body and is wreaking havoc around Portland. An unforeseen side-effect is the local Wesen begin to Woge (where they assume their Wesen form) in an uncontrolled way plus they are way more aggressive than normal. The situation looks to be spiralling out of control. And how...
Can Nick and the gang save the day.... read on and find out, if you are a fan you won't be disappointed.

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A great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2019

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I enjoyed reading this book. The characters portrayed were true to the tv series but it was a standalone story.

DANIELLE

Not Grimm reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 6, 2019

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Good read- if you liked the tv series this was one which never made the cut! Worth a read!

Andrea Vozníková

Another great story from the Grimm world

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 13, 2015

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Another great story from the Grimm world. As usual in Tim Waggoner's work the story is more bloody than others.Interesting new Wesen type encounter. If you love Grimm then it is must have book.

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