A Rip Through Time Book Reviews

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Fun time traveling adventure. I really enjoyed this book! The characters are very well written, and there is a lot of humor as Mallory acclimates to her Victorian surroundings. I highly recommend this book!

A Rip Through Time. A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong Time travel mystery. Detective Mallory hears a cry and finds a half transparent women being strangled in the alley. As she attempts to help she finds herself fighting with the attacker and blacks out as he attempts to strangles her. She wakes up 150 years in the past in the body of a young house maid who has also been attacked. Suspenseful, intriguing and engrossing. The author pulls on heartstrings at the same time as describing roles in society. We feel Mallory’s frustration with the limitations of being trapped in the voluminous skirts while hunting for hidden killer. The mystery is solid and smart and I’m excited to read the next in the series. 🎧 I listened to an audiobook version narrated by Kate Hanford. The performance was engaging and told from the Detective’s POV. Emotions were clear and held the listener captive with anticipation of what would happen next. I listened to this at 1.3 which is my preferred speed for conversation.

A slow burn, but a rewarding finish. This is a solid book, and will be a good fit for folks who like intricate mysteries. The ‘whodunnit’ aspect of things is really well crafted, and was a surprise to me even though I’ve read nearly all of Armstrong’s back catalogue by this point. For those of us more invested in the character side of things, though, it takes a while to really find its footing. (So persevere if you like the story but find things to be slow character-wise in the first half of the book!) Some of that is from *being* true to the characters and the time period - the protagonist, Mallory, is someone who deals with problems by putting her head down and getting on with things without a ton of introspection. And residents of Edinburgh in 1869 wouldn’t be likely to open up terribly quickly. But that left me as a reader feeling a bit adrift until around the middle of the book, when things finally started to come together a bit more. I still feel like the book’s characterizations used distance too often, though. When we learn about people’s passions, it’s from 2 or 3 steps back, and is told to us, not shown. If Mallory is panicking, we hear about it only after she’s tamped it down. Armstrong’s characters are one of her greatest strengths as an author, and this book still shows that. I can definitely bring these folks to mind and easily imagine what they’d do if X or Y were to happen. But for all of the well-paced plot in the second half of the book, Armstrong doesn’t do enough to show how that action *affects* the characters emotionally. (The last chapter makes up for this a little bit. But while it makes me glad that this book seems to be the start of a series, it doesn’t address the lack of emotional resonance in this installment.) It’s absolutely worth reading, though, and will be something I’m sure I’ll re-read in the future.

Gripping tale. First time reading anything by this author and I was not disappointed. The story gripped me from the beginning and it was difficult not to feel a knot in my stomach whenever the characters were in dangerous situations. The only downfall was when the narrator explains things to us that we should be seeing the other characters do--I wanted to know more about Duncan, and Isla through their actions, interactions, and so on. I am exciting this is the start of a series and I can't wait for the next one! A solid 4.5.

Time Travel Mystery Thriller. A Rip Through Time A Novel by Kelley Armstrong is a time travel novel mystery thriller. A Time Traveling Detective posing as a maid. Murder Mysteries with interesting historical medical details. Exciting story with serial killers, unique characters and irresistible plot twists. Hope this will be a long series because I can’t wait for the next book. I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. I appreciate the opportunity and thank the author and publisher for allowing me to read, enjoy and review this book. 5 Stars

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Couldn’t put it down!. I’ve never been the biggest history buff, but Kelley Armstrong’s, A Rip Through Time has made me want to lean more about the Victorian era. The characters are witty and relatable while also unexpected. The plot was full of education, humor, suspense and plenty of plot twists. Can’t wait for the next one!

Awesome. I love Kelley’s style of writing. This book takes you to a different time and has so many twists and turns as you are trying to figure out who the murderer is. Can’t wait for the next book in the series

4.25stars-fascinating, captivating, intriguing. 4.25 stars—A RIP THROUGH TIME is the first instalment in Kelley Armstrong’s adult A RIP THROUGH TIME time travel, mystery series focusing on thirty year old, Vancouver, Canada Police Detective Mallory Atkinson, and undertaker/investigator Dr. Duncan Gray. Told from first person perspective (Mallory) A RIP THROUGH TIME follows Detective Mallory Atkinson on a journey through time. In the spring of 2019 while visiting her ailing grandmother in Edinburgh Scotland, thirty year old, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada police detective Mallory Atkinson is attacked in an alley only to wake up as a nineteen year old housemaid in the year 1869, a housemaid who was also attacked and left for dead in the same alley where Mallory was found. Not only has our heroine time travelled back one-hundred and fifty years but she is no longer physically the same woman she was just minutes before. Working as a housemaid for Dr. Duncan Gray and his sister Isla, realizing life as she knew it was no longer under her control, Mallory must assume the position of nineteen year old Catriona Mitchell, a young woman whose history is questionable and dark. A serial killer has set his sights on Edinburgh Scotland, and ‘Catriona/Mallory’ has been targeted for sins of the past but more importantly, targeted for sins of the future. As the investigation begins to unfold, Catriona’s knowledge of investigative procedures stirs the interest of Isla and Duncan, an interest such that Mallory is going to have to explain the circumstances surrounding Catriona’s new insights and change in personality. We are introduced to Dr. Gray’s sister Isla, their housekeeper Mrs. Wallace, stable hand Simon, housemaid Alice, as well as Inspector Hugh McCreadie and Constable Findlay. A RIP THROUGH TIME is a fascinating story of mystery and suspense with a little bit of paranormal, time travel added to the mix. Having worked most of her adult life in the Vancouver police department, Mallory aka Catriona is the perfect foil for Dr. Gray, an undertaker and amateur investigator, who with the help of our heroine, begins to break down the clues and mystery surrounding a potential serial killer. The premise is intriguing and captivating; the characters are dynamic; the romance is virtually non-existent. My only complaint, is the easy and immediate acceptance, by the main characters, of time-travel and physical possession of some one else’s body.