I'm a sucker for time travel books and the idea of a police detective inadvertently finding herself in the body of a Victorian era housemaid from Edinburgh who works in a house with a hot South Asian doctor and undertaker and his amazing widowed chemist sister and who helps them solve crimes? Yes please.

At this point, Gray and his sister Isla know that Mallory is inhabiting the body of Catriona, their gorgeous and formerly untrustworthy and duplicitous maid. Mallory is what they call her and the fiction is that "Catriona" was hit on the head, has amnesia, and would like to be called Mallory to distinguish her from her previous personality. Mallory wants to go back to her own body and time but has no idea how to do this. No progress is made in this area in this book, despite my hopes that the thallium poisoning deaths would lead to someone who knows 21st century poisons. The thallium connection is never actually explained, unfortunately.

A "poisoner's ring" is a circle of women with tenuous connections who all have found the same way to murder their husbands. When I explained this circle to my husband, he said "It's like the Horrible Bosses movie!" and it is, if that helps you understand what I'm talking about. It's an old wives tale but when several men end up dead of poison, that's the theory that starts making the rounds in the broadsheets and papers.

I figured out the murderer but the author had me doubting myself several times. I am a sucker for historical detail and loved that part of the book. There's a character or two that I'm pretty sure will make future appearances. Part of the theme of this series is how women find agency for themselves in different ways even in societies that give them very few rights, and I like that too. I'm happy to keep going with this series.

I love this series! It is the best book I've read this year, and last year was the first in the series, A Rip Through Time.
The 2nd book was every bit as good as the first. It's time travel on a whole new level. She was a cop in Canada the 21st century, and is now a housemaid in Victorian Scotland in 1800's. But not just any housemaid, she assists the police and her employer, Dr. Gray, a medical doctor and surgeon, and helps the police. His sister is a chemist, together they solve mysteries, and include the housemaid/cop. They are the only ones who know that she is from a different time. And all that happened in the first book, so be sure to read it first! Love these books!
Highly recommend.

Mallory is a modern day detective who found herself in the body of Catriona, a housemaid in Victorian Scotland. This book finds Mallory still a housemaid with Dr Gray, an undertaker. She works as his assistant. The police are investa number of poisoned men, seemingly poisoned by women, especially their wives. We are introduced to Annis, another member of Dr Gray’s family. I enjoy watching the relationship between Dr Gray and Mallory develop.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

The Poisoner's Ring by Kelly Armstrong is a great follow-up to the first book, A Rip Through Time. This second installment in the series builds on the intriguing world and characters introduced in the first book. I highly recommend reading A Rip Through Time first as it will enhance your enjoyment of The Poisoner's Ring. While both books are enjoyable, I personally found the first book to be more so. Overall, The Poisoner's Ring is a well-written and captivating novel that fans of Kelley Armstrong will love. It's a excellent mash up of police procedural, time travel, and mystery, in a Victorian time.

Rated 4.5 stars. I really enjoy time travel books and this was no exception. Since this was the second book of a (so far) two-part series, I liked this book so much that I will read the first one too.
The story was intriguing and I wasn't able to determine who the killer was until almost the end of the book. There was Sapphic love and cross dressing included in the storyline which made it more enjoyable. I thought the protagonist was sassy, funny and irreverent. Her 21st century detective skills were shown in how she was able to question suspects. What I did not care for was her frequent use of modern language including lots of swear words which were not in use in Victorian times. What was especially grating was her continued use of the word "vibes" which, of course, not of the other characters in the book understood.
Thanks to Net Galley for providing the ARC. I truly liked this story and will read the first book in the series.

The Poisoner’s Ring is the second book in the Rip Through Time series and I have eagerly awaited it! The book delivers and is even better than the first book which had me riveted. I absolutely loved the first book and Mallory. Her ability to adapt overcome and dare I say find a new family despite missing her own fiercely is courageous and inspiring. Now as far as plot and storyline it plays out beautifully it is well written believable and haunting as Mallory is brilliantly crafted in a fascinating mix of past and present as she helps to solve crimes in the past using her unique understanding of the future and criminal advances in science. Mallory seats to help without altering the natural course of scientific criminal justice and still use her knowledge to catch the killer. In this book the stakes grow ever higher as Dr. Gray’s family is linked to horrific crimes of Poisoning with layers of false trails and speculation surrounding the deaths. Can Mallory save Dr. Gray’s family name or will they forever be tied to the Poisoners Ring…

This book is fast paced, intricately paced and written. It had me on the edge of my seat with twists at the end that shocked and awed me. The series is absolutely fantastic and I highly recommend it!

Second Book in the Series..... Not usually my cup of tea, historical fiction, but it was something different and new from one of my favourite authors, what a wonderful surprise, I could not get enough of the first book so expectations were high for the second. and it did not disappoint.
We once again follow the storyline thru main character Mallory's eyes. (Mallory a modern day detective who has time traveled back in time to 1869 as a 19 year old maid with a shady past). The story takes us an adventure of adding the older sister in to the plot and men being poisoned by their wives. There is so much going on this book that you do have to pay attention of who and what is being said.
Who I thought was the person behind everything in the end was totally wrong and I was very excited where and how the book took me to the end.

What a rollercoaster ride thruout this book!!! I am excited to see where the next one takes us......All the questions going unanswered in my head......................

Kelley Armstrong has been one of favorites authors for a long time her books are what initially got me really into reading and I haven't stopped since. the poisoners ring does not disappoint in this book. I loved the story and I loved that we got to get to know and understand the characters a bit more than in the first one. I really like mallory and grays relationship hopefully we get to see that development more in the next book.

A Rip through Time was one of my favorite books last year and I could not wait for the opportunity to read the second book in this series. Mallory is an amazing protagonist; I love the way her mind works and how she has a clear idea of her strengths and weaknesses. Her relationship with Duncan also only got better in this book. The banter between the two was flawless! With Duncan, it was really interesting to see his relationship with Annis, and to get to know more of the Gray family through her introduction. While I would have enjoyed a touch more focus on the time travel element, and how Mallory might possibly return home, I loved every bit of this book and would not substitute any part to see more of that. I don't know how many books are planned for this series, but I am eagerly waiting for them all!

The second book in Armstrong's A Rip Through Time series, we meet back up with Mallory, who has time traveled-into a different time AND body.
I am a sucker for stories of smart, opinionated modern day women who are some how placed in a time that is not their own. This is a tricky line to walk, though, and I feel like Armstrong does a great job of it.
I am eagerly looking forward to more of Mallory's story. Will she stay in 1869, or will she ever get back to her time and body? And if yes, then how? What about her budding relationship to Gray?
So many questions. :)

A great follow-up to one of my favorite new mystery series. This one was fun and exciting. I highly recommend reading the series to get the most out of book 2. I do recommend and enjoy this series whole heartedly

Disclaimer: I received an e-ARC of this book. I chose to review it and this in no way impacts my opinion of it.

I was so incredibly excited to receive an e-ARC of The Poisoner’s Ring because I really enjoyed book one in the series, A Rip Through Time, and I was thrilled to be able to find out what Mallory and Duncan got up to next.

The story begins with Mallory going undercover with police officer Hugh McCreadie to a pub in Old Town to listen for information regarding a poison ring. Two recent poisoning deaths in the city have led the police to believe that women are poisoning their husbands to be free from them.. but could the answer be that simple?

I found the murder mystery of this novel to be fascinating and exciting. When someone very close to Isla and Duncan Gray is accused of murdering her husband, the need to discover the murderer becomes overwhelming. I absolutely love the setting of Edinburgh in 1869. I’ve never really been one for historical fiction but I find this series brings the present day into the past quite naturally as Mallory struggles to learn the ways of the world in 1869 and also keep her identity as an accidental time traveller hidden.

This series so far has been an exciting rollercoaster ride and I cannot wait to continue it. If you enjoy mysteries with a dash of time travel, this is the novel for you!

I had to read this after the first one. This was a great addition to the Mallory storyline. Mallory is still unbelievable as a 19 year old.

I love this series! This second book in the series was so good. I feel bad that she's stuck in the old days, but, she is smart and she brings a lot to the investigations of the murders. It's fun to see how the old timers handle the 'new' technology, and how the cases eventually are solved. I highly recommend this book.

I received this ARC for an honest review. I love how Kelley Armstrong’s mind works! Her world building is magical and her characters feel real. You are immersed in the story, and the world falls away. This is the second story in the Rip Through Time series.
This series follows detective Mallory Atkinson in 1869 Victorian Scotland. Mallory found a rip accidentally and was brought back in time to 1869 from 2019. Mallory is still adjusting to the new life and body, but is still trying to go home.
Luckily, she works with a forward think Dr Duncan Gray. Who is educated to be a medical doctor and surgeon, but he inherited the mortuary from his father, so he must work as a mortician. Luckily, he has a friend with the police Hugh Mcreadie, and Dr. gray has earned the respect of the other officers to help with some cases.
Dr. Gray knows the truth about Mallory and agrees to have her help him with the cases.
This story is about Dr. Gray sister Annie Leslie, who is under suspension of poisoning her husband. But there are two other men who was poisoned in the same matter. How are they related? Why is this happening? What is the motive? I’m not telling. I love this series. YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK!

The first book in this series, “A Rip Through Time” began in May 2019 in Scotland.

Canadian police officer Mallory Atkinson, aged 30, had traveled from Vancouver to be with her dying grandmother in Edinburgh, and took a jogging break from her hospital vigil.

In the Grassmarket, former site of executions, she was attacked by someone who showed signs of being the serial killer recently reported about in the papers. She only escaped death by somehow falling through a rip in time. She ended up in May 1869 in Victorian Scotland in the body of 19-year-old Catriona Mitchell, a maid in the house of an undertaker, Duncan Gray. Catriona had been strangled and left for dead exactly one hundred and fifty years before Mallory was strangled and left for dead in the exact same spot.

Mallory now passes as Catriona, but she has convinced Duncan, who is 31 and quite handsome, his sister Isla, and a few others, including a police detective Hugh McCreadie, that she is actually Mallory, and that Duncan can benefit from using her as an assistant in solving crimes. (To help her adjustment, they agree she should go by the name Mallory Mitchell.). Although Mallory wants to get back to her own time, she is growing closer to Duncan and Issa - especially Duncan, and he is growing closer to her.

In this book, several men have died of poisoning, and the people of Edinburgh are panicking over the possibility of a “poisoner’s ring” of women getting rid of unfaithful husbands. Even Duncan’s older half-sister Annis gets accused after her husband, Lord Leslie, dies unexpectedly in a similar way.

Armstrong conveys a lot of interesting information about the state of knowledge in science and medicine in that era, as well as how policing was done. Working together, Mallory, Duncan, Isla and Hugh solve the crimes and cement their interrelationships even further.

Evaluation: This book is very entertaining, and chock full of romance as well as suspense. Armstrong always tells a good story, and I can’t wait for the next book in the series!

This is the second in this series, and though you do not have to read the first before this one, I would highly recommend it as it is a very good read and gives the background on how Mallory ended up in 1800's Scotland. Mallory inhabits the body of a 19 year old maid to Dr Duncan Gray, he owns a funeral business but also does work with a detective for the Edinburgh police. After him and Mallory went out to do some undercover type of work, which did not end as they wanted, they are called to the house of Dr Gray's sister, Annis. Her husband is sick and she proclaims that she's going to be charged with his murder. Her husband does die and she is the prime suspect, accused of poisoning him. Gray and Mallory pursue a number of promising leads which also provides the reader with a feeling of what living in Victorian Scotland was like, for the most part, dirty, unless you were wealthy most people lived in deplorable conditions. Gray and Mallory think at first there is a group of women who are sharing information on who can provide poison to off a troublesome husband, a poison ring. There are a number of red herrings in this story and I very much enjoyed the character development, especially with Gray and Mallory, I'm not sure how this will end, but I hope it ends well for them. I would high recommend. Thanks to #Netgalley and #Minotaur for the ARC.

Mallory returns in the second novel in Armstrong's new series about a woman trapped in time. Now that Dr Gray knows the truth about Mallory, she is free to assist him in his police consulting. When a series of deaths by poison becomes popularized in the papers, Dr Gray's older sister becomes a suspect. Mallory can identify the poison, but finidng a way to prove it might be beyond current science.

I really enjoyed this novel. Now that Mallory has been revealed as a time traveller, she can be much freer with her opinions and ideas - which lets her humour shine through. I very much anticipate the next novel in this series.

4.25/5 stars! Really enjoyed this sequel in the 'A Rip Through Time' series. Kelley Armstrong has been one of my favorite authors since reading her Darkest Powers trilogy as a kid. Here she shows she can write in an adult fantasy context as well. I loved how the historical aspect is interwoven with time travel in this book. Malory was a likable character. Overall found this to be an enjoyable read and will definitely read the following books in the series as they come out.

I received an advance review copy for free through NetGalley, and I am leaving this review voluntarily

This is the second book on the series but it could be read as a standalone. If you enjoy time travel stories you will love this series. Set in 1868 Edinburg Mallory is trying to find out who is using poison to murder.