You can count on Kelley Armstrong to deliver a great story, no matter which genre she chooses to write in. This time, it’s a time-travel story combined with a murder mystery! I really enjoyed her recent time-travel series, A Stitch in Time, so was really curious about this new time-traveling series. I loved the idea: Mallory, a Canadian police officer who is attacked in 2019 Edinburgh, wakes up in the body of a housemaid named Catriona in 1869 Edinburgh, exactly 150 years earlier. Mallory is the ultimate “fish out of water”. She has to get used to 19th century clothing and customs, while trying to figure out what has happened to her. She keeps wanting to reach for her cellphone! Her struggles made for some great reading, and Armstrong made 1869 Edinburgh come alive for me. I look forward to further books in this new series!

Thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for the opportunity to read an advance readers copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

Kelley Armstrong is always a treat to read and this book is no exception. I loved the 'Stitch in Time" series and the Edinburgh setting for this story really put the hook in me.
She evokes the city so well and the time travel component is also really well done. Her characters are always so well drawn - Mallory's smarts and struggles with her circumstances whole trying to figure out a murderers identity just pulled me right through this book.
Couldn't put it down.

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!

I deeply enjoyed this title. Having been a fan of Ms. Armstrong's previous series I was looking forward to her handling of time-travel and was suitably impressed. "A rip through time" has the perfect blend of time travel, crime procedural, and a hint at future romance. I highly recommend 👌

I am doomed (blessed?) to love every Kelley Armstrong I have the opportunity to read. She just does such an amazing job connecting the reader with the main character, making us feel as though we are really in that person's head. This twisty historical mystery with time travel was a bit different than what I've come to expect to her, but I found it to be an exciting new direction. Can't wait for the next book!

Absolutely loved this book! Loved the historical setting as, Mallory Atkinson
travels back in time to Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1800's. The murder mystery plot was creative and well thought out and developed. The clothing, language and description of the time period were spot on. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for granting me a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I look forward to reading the next book in this series.

I have voluntarily read and reviewed a copy of this title given to me via NetGalley. I really enjoyed this book. It was really well written and it just had you trying to solve the mystery. I look forward to seeing what’s next from this author.

I enjoyed this so much and cannot wait for the next installment ! Mallory is a detective in Canada, in 2019. She is attacked in an alley and finds herself in the body of a housemaid, Catriona, in Scotland in 1869. I especially enjoyed Mallory’s difficulty in playing the part of a housemaid. She is always reaching for her cell phone and of course the language is different. She has to remember the time difference. Also she learns Catriona is not really a nice person. She is a thief, uses her friends and sells information. A great story.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

A Rip Through Time is the latest time travel book from Kelley Armstrong. This is a stand alone story and I'm happy it is the start of a new series by Armstrong. The first word that comes to my mind about A Rip Through Time is fascinating. Reading about a person from modern times that finds themself stuck in Scotland in the 1800s with no idea on how to travel home is a mind blowing concept. I want to thank NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an early copy to review.

Thank you netgalley and the publisher for my copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

The cover art isn't great... the title is honestly the only thing that caught my eye. Other than that, the author did a great job with the writing.

A Rip Through Time is a fun introduction to a new series by Kelley Armstrong. It involves a Canadian homicide detective who, while visiting her dying grandmother in Scotland, is attacked one night by a serial killer. After being knocked unconscious, she wakes in the body of a housemaid in 1869 who had endured a similar attack. Now she must figure out who attacked her as Catriona the maid, who is killing others in Scotland in the late 1800s, how in the world she ended up here and, most importantly, how one should behave as a housemaid in 1869!

I definitely loved the concept in this and I think Armstrong built the characters and relationships well as she set the scene for future books. I wouldn’t say the mystery was immersive, as there was a lot of time invested in the build, but it was interesting to see it all play out in the end. I also liked the overall tone of this, which was relatively light and sometimes humorous despite the circumstances.

I liked and disliked the focus on Mallory’s adjustments to new vocabulary and mannerisms. I think the author made her difficulties realistic. It just felt a bit overdone at times. At any rate, I am glad she didn’t take any easy route and allowed this acclimation to be genuinely challenging for the character.

I fully appreciate the inclusion of meaningful social commentary in a book and I certainly didn’t disagree with what was expressed in this one, but it seemed incredibly forced. It felt like the author wanted to make sure we knew where she stood on each issue, rather than lacing it into the fabric of the narrative. This was truly my biggest gripe, as it kept interrupting the natural flow.

I also do not care for first person narratives that tell the reader what other characters are thinking and feeling. I feel this should only happen in a third person narrative. We are never spot on with our assumptions so it does annoy me when the narrating character has such assured insight into everyone else’s emotions.

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.

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

I am immensely grateful to Minotaur Books for my digital review copy through NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

A Rip Through Time will be out at the end of May!

🕰 I love time travel books! Fish-out-of-water stories are fun, and in this case our strong & independent heroine was definitely in a position she wasn’t accustomed to!

🕰 All characters were realistic and genuine.

🕰 The forensics were interesting, particularly when Mallory/Catriona was trying to explain it in 1860s Scotland. The highlighted differences between modern police procedures and how things were done in the past was also interesting. If I had any complaint, I’d would have loved delve more into the forensics, but maybe that’s coming in future books. 🤞

🕰 There is a bit of suspension of belief, which is typical with time travel books, but that’s ok. Nothing was over-the-top at all.

🕰 The writing seemed effortless & easy to read. The world-building was great & the end was satisfying.

Thank you @netgalley and @stmartinspress @minotaur_books for an ARC of this book, which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

A new series from Armstrong is always something to be excited about, and this time-traveling mystery featuring a 20th century detective who ends up in 19th century Scotland is an engrossing, fun read. Mallory is in Edinburgh to be with her dying grandmother when she is almost strangled to death by an assailant during an evening jog. She comes to in 1869, in the body of Catriona, a young housemaid who was strangled in the exact same location as Mallory. As Mallory's tries to find her way back to her own time, she also searches for Catriona's assailant and uncovers plenty of dark secrets and interesting relationships. As in Armstrong's previous time-travel romance, I found the writing in a historical setting a bit self-conscious at times, but I still really enjoyed the book and the series shows a lot of promise. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books for a digital review copy.

I don't even know where to start! I am a huge Kelley Armstrong fan. I devour her books. So when given the opportunity to review A Rip in Time I couldn't download the book fast enough. I wasn't disappointed! A Rip in Time, simply put, is so rich in historical fact, adventure and heart stopping situations that I really will need to read it again. I was so caught up in figuring out the story that I found myself reading at breakneck speed. Word of warning...this is the first book of a series so don't expect the end of the story to be wrapped up in a bow! But for me that's good news. Another book by Kelley Armstrong? Yes, please!
I voluntarily received a copy of the book from Netgalley.

On May 20, 2019, Homicide detective Mallory is in Edinburgh to be with her dying grandmother. She goes out for a run one evening and hears a woman cry out. She goes to help and sees a transparent woman in an old fashioned dress. Mallory thinks it must be from one of the murder mystery tours, but then Mallory is attacked from behind, and strangled, then she loses consciousness. When she wakes up, she discovers that she has become the woman from the alley that she saw. That same woman, Catriona Mitchell, was strangled in that alley exactly 150 years ago and left for dead. Now, Mallory must convince everyone she is Catriona, and assume her identity as a housemaid in the home of Dr. Gray, while she tries to find the person who tried to kill Catriona.....and hopefully find a way back to her own life in 2019.
All I can say is......wow. This was awesome! I love this author's books, but I wasn't sure how much I would enjoy this. However I can honestly say that Ms. Armstrong.... you outdid yourself with this one. I can not wait for the next book in the series. I was completely captivated by the storyline, and I loved all of the characters, especially Mallory and Isla Ballantyne, Dr Gray's sister. She did such a good job with the descriptions and world building that I actually felt like I was there watching it all unfold, instead of just reading about it. Whether you are a fan of fantasy fiction or mysteries I thnk you wll enjoy this one.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC provided in exchange for my honest opinion.

This new series by Kelley Armstrong finds a modern day detective in the body of a Victorian-era housemaid 150 years apart after they were both attacked in the same place. As Mallory rushes to find her would-be killer and get back to the present, she finds herself trying to adjust to life as a housemaid at the same time.

I liked this book and want to read the next one in the series, but I will admit that I enjoy Armstrong's other time traveling series "A Stitch in Time" more. I wanted there to be more romance and what kept me reading was to find out if she could get back to the present. Read this one to find out!

Thanks so much to the publisher and Net Galley for a chance to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
What a fun romp though 1860s Scotland in the body of 2019 Vancouver police detective Mallory Atkinson. A bit Sherlock Homes and bit Outlander ( though without the sex).
2019 Mallory is out for a jog in old town Scotland when she hears a cry coming from a dark alley. Being a Canadian police detective, she can’t help but investigate. Suddenly, there is a rope around her neck and she is unable to breathe. When she wakes up, she is 150 years in the past, and is in the body of 19 year old housemaid Catriona. Nothing of victorian Scotland is as it appears on TV and Mallory has to navigate her new identity and world while trying to figure out who tried to kill her. I like the characters we meet in the story alot, and am happy that this is the first as a series, so that we will get to spend more time with them.
Highly Recommend

p.s. One of my favorite pastimes is casting characters of my favorite books for “the movie”- I would cast Jodi Comer as Catriona, Dev Patel as Dr Grey, and Drew Barrymore as Isla. 😎

A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong

9781250820006

352 Pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Minotaur Books
Release Date: May 31, 2022

Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Time Travel

In 2019, Mallory is a homicide detective in Canada. When she hears a woman screaming, she goes to investigate but is attacked from behind and strangled. She thinks she is dying only to wake up in the body of teenage housemaid, Catriona, in 1869 Scotland. Mallory believes the only way to get back to her time is to find the man that was attempting to kill Catriona.

The book has a steady pace, and the characters are developed. It is written in the first-person point of view. Mallory is a strong woman that has found herself in unfortunate circumstances. Instead of investigating, she is relegated to cleaning chamber pots and other household chores. Hopefully in the next book, Mallory will get more answers. If you like Paula Brackston’s Found Things series, you will enjoy reading this book.

Very reminiscent of the Julie McElwain's Kendra Donovan series, which I enjoy very much. Good storyline and very likable characters. Serial murders are occurring in Edinburgh Scotland that are based on the Jack the Ripper murders that won't take place for another 20 years. Who is responsible?

What happens when you are attacked in a alleyway and wake up in another time period? Mallory is a detective who is attacked while out on a run. When she wakes up, she is in another body in another time. Can she solve the mystery in time to return to the present? The premise was great! Lots of commentary about the period, which I love. Cliffhanger ending. Will definately read the next one!