A RIP THROUGH TIME by Kelly Armstrong

MY THOUGHTS

This is an unusual book for me to read. The genre that is. It's a mystery and a bit of a thriller which is my favorite but also a touch of fantasy and a lot of time travel which I usually pass on. I'm very happy that I did not pass on this one. It is excellent. A first for me by Kelley Armstrong and I definitely look forward to more in this new series.

This book starts out with a woman being attacked in an alley. What she doesn't know is that another woman is being attacked in the exact same alley at the exact same time 150 years in the past. Mallory is a cop in 2019 who came to Edinburgh to see her grandmother who is dying. While out for a jog to clear her head she is attacked and strangled. When she awakes she is in a whole different life, in a whole different era. She's somehow traveled back 150 years where she is a maid in a home that is also a funeral pallor. And she is a much younger woman called Catroina who is not quite totally trust worthy. This story is basically told from Mallory's POV and what all she goes through while going back in time.

This book held my interest in a way that made me very happy. I was so afraid I was not going to like it but I did. It's truly very good. It takes you through time and into a whole other lifetime and makes you feel right at home. It shows how women, especially maids, were treated. I mean her attack was not that important. She was only maid after all. And she's a woman so who takes her serious? It's not like she can tell anyone who she really is and where she's really from. Who would believe her? You will get to know the people she is working for and like them very much. Even though at times they are a bit brusque at times and don't trust Catroina. For good reason though. It's quite an adjustment for Mallory but she catches on fairly quickly. 

There will be another book and I look forward to it. I was not in the least put off with this one being a little bit of a cliffhanger. It just made me want the next one that much more. I want to know what happens once Mallory's story is told. I want to know what happens next. There are a few characters in this story and I liked them all. I enjoyed them wondering what exactly was going on with Catriona. How she just seemed to change after her attack. I really enjoyed this story very much and was a bit surprised by that. In a good way though. 

Thank you #NetGalley, #KelleyArmstrong, #StMartinsPress for this ARC. This is my own true feelings about this book.

4/5 stars and I recommend it. Especially if you enjoy time travel. But even if you don't. It's really very good.

SYNOPSIS

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.