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In this series debut from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, a modern-day homicide detective finds herself in Victorian Scotland—in an unfamiliar body—with a killer on the loose.

"A great read." —Charlaine Harris

MAY 20, 2019: Homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is in Edinburgh to be with her dying grandmother. While out on a jog one evening, Mallory hears a woman in distress. She’s drawn to an alley, where she is attacked and loses consciousness.

MAY 20, 1869: Housemaid Catriona Mitchell had been enjoying a half day off, only to be discovered that night strangled and left for dead . . . exactly one hundred and fifty years before Mallory is strangled in the same spot.

When Mallory wakes up in Catriona’s body in 1869, she must put aside her shock and adjust quickly to her new reality: life as a housemaid to an undertaker in Victorian Scotland. She soon discovers that her boss, Dr. Gray, also moonlights as a medical examiner and has just taken on an intriguing case, the strangulation of a young man, similar to the attack on herself. Her only hope is that catching the murderer can lead her back to her modern life . . . before it’s too late.

In A Rip Through Time, New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong introduces a brand-new series mixing mystery, romance, and fantasy with thrilling results.

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“Armstrong builds an intense, intricately plotted mystery in this series debut.” ―Library Journal (starred and boxed review)

“[A] clever time-traveling thriller.” ―Kirkus Reviews

“Readers will eagerly anticipate future installments.” ―Publishers Weekly

“A promising start to a new series.” ―Booklist

"When police officer Mallory wakes up wearing a corset, she knows something's gone seriously sideways. Trapped in the body of a Victorian housemaid, Mallory must struggle to keep her secret and find a way home. Watching Mallory--and the talented Kelley Armstrong--juggle all these balls at one time is a great read." ―Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Violently original, Kelley Armstrong's A Rip Through Time walks two very different time periods. Mallory handles solving a murder and being a woman in 19th century Scotland with grace and deftness. With compelling characters and plot, A Rip Through Time is one to look out for." ―Nekesia Afia, author of Dead Dead Girls

"A fascinating time-slip mystery. Armstrong kept me guessing all the way to the end." ―Darcie Wilde, national bestselling author of the Rosalind Thorne mysteries

--This text refers to the hardcover edition.

About the Author

Kelley Armstrong graduated with a degree in psychology and then studied computer programming. Now she is a full-time writer and parent, and she lives with her husband and three children in rural Ontario, Canada. She is the author of the Rockton mystery series featuring Detective Casey Duncan, which begins with City of the Lost, and the novel Wherever She Goes. She is the editor of the young adult anthology Life Is Short and Then You Die. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09CNFSLFG
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Minotaur Books (May 31, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 31, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3781 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 346 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1250820006
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Best Sellers Rank: #17,778 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #71 in Time Travel Fiction
- #74 in Historical Scottish Fiction
- #82 in Time Travel Science Fiction (Kindle Store)

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Kelley Armstrong believes experience is the best teacher, though she’s been told this shouldn’t apply to writing her murder scenes. To craft her books, she has studied aikido, archery and fencing. She sucks at all of them. She has also crawled through very shallow cave systems and climbed half a mountain before chickening out. She is however an expert coffee drinker and a true connoisseur of chocolate-chip cookies.

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Bibliophile without Borders

enjoyable story of a time travelling detective!

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2022

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First time reading something by this author and she did not disappoint! Great characters, interesting plot and a good mystery. The author has a gift for creating a lot of tension that puts the reader on the edge of their seat. I wished she'd use the atmosphere of Edinburgh more because it left me wanting more. The other characters in the book show a great deal of promise for future books in what will certainly be a series and I really look forward to the next book!

Detective Mallory Atkinson of Vancouver is a believable and interesting person and I really liked the fact that Dr. Duncan Gray was of mixed race and parentage and is a very sympathetic and interesting character who whose idiosyncrasies and interactions with Mallory will certainly develop in the series. Looking forward to seeing how the intelligent and courageous Isla continues to work on breaking free of VIctorian expectations for a "grieving widow"

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Can't wait for next installment

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2022

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This is a fresh look at time travel. I hated to finish this book because I want to know what happens next. Love!

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sarah

Best book I’ve read in a long time.

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2022

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Murder mystery meets time travel in Victorian Scotland. The characters are well rounded and believable, the setting is intriguing and I did not want to put it down. This is one of those books you mourn ending. Sincerely hoping a sequel is in the works. Truth be told I’m a big fan of Kelley Armstrong’s work, but this was also refreshingly different from other books in related genres I’ve read.

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2022

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I truly enjoyed this and hope there is a sequel. I can’t imagine this being the end of her story.

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Cathy

Fun Read

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2022

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It was very enjoyable to read. I enjoyed the little trip to Victorian Scotland and Mallory’s interactions with the other characters and herself as a character is very grounded. The main mystery is at first glance kind of lackluster but when it intersects with the secondary problem of Mallory’s time travel predicament and the mystery of the person she is possessing, the story really picks up and becomes very exciting to engage with.

I would have love to see more of life and culture outside of the Gray’s household/circle and the crime scene because I feel like at times it was very insulated and from Mallory’s perspective, it felt more like a tourist guided tour on a staged Victorian Scotland set and Mallory was passively making observations of her surrounding. But it doesn’t detract from the enjoyability.

Isla was a standout secondary character and I hope to get more of her involvement in future books. I’m not too certain I want the hinted romantic relationship to take fruit in the future because of the inappropriate position Mallory is in but I am glad it was not pressed on in this first book. Looking forward to the sequel!

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Clumsy

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2022

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Rather clumsy treatment of time travel. I got tired of the author’s wrestling w Victorian speech patterns and culture, which detracted from the story line. Reading this book was like watching sausage being made. I read the first 3-4 chapters, gave up and returned it for refund.

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Tracy

It’s captivating!

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2022

I received this ARC for an honest review. OMG!…WOW!…I’m amazed! Kelley Armstrong is a true artist in story telling. The complexity of this book is marvelous. How she intertwined all her characters…I’m in awe!
I’m going to be very general about the story. I hate posting spoilers so I try my best not to. Of course the story is so much better than what I’m saying. The story is about Detective Mallory Atkinson from Canada, who is in Edinburgh, Scotland, to be with her Nan. Mallory was jogging and was attacked and when she woke she was in Victorian Edinburgh back in 1869. She is in the body of a housemade named Catriona who works for Dr. Duncan Gray and Isla Ballantyne (they are brother and sister).
I really don’t want to say more because: 1) I won’t do the story justice 2) it’s so good I don’t want to spoil the story for you.
If you give this book a try, you will be captivated.

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Another Time Traveling/Scotland Adventure

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2022

Wow! I'm sure when you hear time traveler to Scotland, another series may come to mind. But this is entirely different; a different time and different characters. This is a "true crime" drama that sparks your interest from the get-go and has you reading into the wee hours of the morning. Kelley Armstrong has started off her Victorian Edinburgh series superbly!

Canadian Detective Mallory Atkinson in in Edinburgh to be with her grandmother who is on her deathbed. One silly mistake and she find herself in the noose's grip...but even stranger is when she mysteriously finds herself 150 years in the past from her current timeline. Upon waking in another woman's body, she must come to terms to what has happened to her as well as try to fit into her new station as housemaid to the local undertaker.

But her attack is just the beginning. Not only did it occur to her in the future, but in her past present, it was happening to the housemaid she now inhabits. Mallory discovers she can help her new employer help to solve the crimes occurring that appear the be connected to her attack. The catch: how can she convince those around her that she's not the same thieving, lying housemaid she was before?

This was such a great story! Enough detail was given to make you believe the time period and just enough suspense to keep you guessing what was coming next. I thoroughly enjoyed A Rip Through Time and looking forward to more in this series.

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mitch

Totally absorbing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2022

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Loved the concept of time travel and little things that we take for granted suddenly not being there like a phone! Working out a crime without these things and being a woman to boot was really interesting, loved Mallory and the Greys, can't wait for the next book

K. Young

Imaginative page-turner

Reviewed in Canada on May 31, 2022

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Kelley Armstrong has once again penned an imaginative, spellbinding, well-written page-turner of a book that sets the typical time-travel novel on its head and doesn't let up.
Reading #ARipThroughTime, which I was fortunate to get an advanced copy of through #NetGalley, presented me with a rare experience - I was tempted to skip ahead to the end of the novel to see what happened, so invested was I in Mallory's story. From the moment I picked up the book I was enthralled, drawn in by the elegant yet easy-to-read prose that Armstrong uses to tell her story. All of the other characters are nuanced and relatable, from the investigators to the household staff to the criminal element, and the interactions between them are compelling. The murder mystery is complex and imbued with the fascinating dilemma of the main character being a detective yet not being able to let on she has the skills to solve the case while helping with the case.
I do not want to give anything away, so I will just say that the story keeps you guessing until the very end, and leaves enough unresolved to keep the reader coming back for more.
The skill Armstrong demonstrates in the telling of this tale is why she is so highly regarded at home in Canada and abroad. Bravo!

CJ00013

Another great read from Kelley Armstrong

Reviewed in Canada on June 5, 2022

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A fantastic time travel adventure that pulled me in from the start and kept me reading through the night. I love Kelley Armstrong's work, so my expectations were high and she did not disappoint!

A 21st century detective from Canada is attacked one night in Edinburgh (Scotland), to find herself waking in the body of a 19th century housemaid. She relies on her wit and skill to carve a place for herself while she finds a way back home. The scene was perfectly set as we traveled with Detective Atkinson back to another time and place, and I would definitely recommend!

Amazon Kunde

I wholeheartedly recommend this book

Reviewed in Germany on June 1, 2022

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I knew I would like this book. I pre-ordered it after I read the blurb on Kelly Armstrong's homepage.
Come on a time traveling, crime solving, thirty year old in the body of a nineteen year old, how is someone supposed to not read this book?
The crime and the story around it was very well written. I got totally sucked up in the book want the story to go on immediately 🙂. I like the main characters to be mature without constantly making silly choices and A Rip through Time absolutely delivered that. I could always understand why certain choices were made and I totally could identify myself with Mallory that's why I couldn't put this book down and finished it already.