This is my first Kelly Armstrong novel and it certainly won’t be my last! A Rip Through Time is the first in a new series by this author and it checked so many of the things I love in a book: historical fiction (1869 Scotland), time travel, a mystery, a strong, engaging female lead, well-developed supporting characters, a easy to read writing style, and a well-paced story. There is also the hint of a possible relationship to come in future novels in this series! The novel also included a look at the beginning of police forensics which I found fascinating. I devoured this novel in a day it was so good!!! The style and plot pulled me in and kept me engrossed throughout. I am so looking forward to the next installment in this series. Loved it!!!!!!

Thanks to St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is the first time reading this author.

Took me a while to get engrossed in this story, but by the 30% mark it got better, and then progressively improved until the end.

Mallory is a detective from Vancouver, visiting her dying grandmother in Edinburgh. When she goes out for a run at night in the old part of town, she see/hears something suspicious and is strangled by an attacker.
When she wakes up, she finds herself in 1869 in a housemaid's body. It's time travel with a twist.

I liked the way Mallory adapts to Catriona's life and surroundings, while trying to find how to get back and solve the murders.

Now that the world is set up in book 1, I think book 2 will be easier to get into, and I'm excited for it.

I received a copy from the publisher through NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.

A Rip Through Time was an absolute delight to read.  I tore through it in two days, in love with the Victorian Scotland setting, the suspense, and the witty dialogue.  

It’s the first in a new time travel mystery/thriller series by Kelley Armstrong.  Mallory Atikson is a Canadian police detective in 2019 who is thrown back in time to Victorian-era Scotland where she’s trapped in the body of Catriona, a maid to an undertaker’s family.  Mallory must find out who is trying to murder her and stop a serial killer.

Mallory’s a great character: she’s smart, funny, and driven. It’s so much fun watching her explore the 19th century and I was drawn in by her fascination with early forensics and police work.

Isla and Duncan, her employers, are a wonderful brother-and-sister duo who don’t fit in with society: Isla is a female chemist and Duncan is a biracial undertaker and one of the first forensic scientists.

There’s also a twisty mystery and some pulse-pounding action scenes as Mallory and her new friends track a serial killer through Edinburgh, and Mallory tries to find her way home.

Armstrong’s writing is witty and warm, and this is a fantastic start to a series that promises to be fresh and exciting. Book 1 neatly wraps up its major plot points and can work as a standalone, but I can't wait to read book 2.

Excellent story! Totally engrossing!. Looking forward to reading more by this author! Could not put this down!

There is a lot happening in this book. We've got Mallory, a time traveling detective- who is unwillingly thrust into another woman's body and is now in 1800's Scotland. In addition to trying to adjust and learn to fit in as a maid, Mallory is also trying to help solve a series of murders, with the hopes that it may help her return to her time and body.
I was wondering if Armstrong was going to be able to make all of these different plot elements work, and in my opinion, she hit a home run. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am looking forward to the continuation of Mallory's story!

I am a big fan of this author, and absolutely love time travel books, so I was excited to read this. However, I kept putting the book down, finding excuses not to read. It wasn’t a bad story, but I found some of the things too over descriptive. I know things were less sanitary 150 odd years ago, but I don’t need to have a detailed account of all of it. I would recommend this, because I did eventually finish and enjoy the book, but I’m hoping the next one will be better.

There are definitely things I like about the concept of this book, but the author has the infuriating habit of describing a scene, then having the narrator tell you what just happened and why it's significant.

This book in a new series from Kelly Armstrong. A Rip of Time is two timeline books. The first timeline is in 2019. Malory is a homicide detective who is watching her mother who is dying. She is attacked out running and wakes up in 1869 in the body of a woman who was killed.

This is an interesting book. Malory must use her modern-day skills to find out who wanted her dead.
I have read several series by this author, and this one is going to be a keeper. I recommend this book and am looking forward to the rest of the series.

This is the beginning of a new series by Kelley Armstrong. Mallory is a Canadian police detective. She is career driven and has made little time for family or a social life. She is in Scotland at her seriously ill grandmother's house. She heads to a coffee shop, and deep in her thoughts she accidentally bumps into another customer. She apologizes profusely and leaves. She is taking a run when she hear the sound of a girl in trouble. As she gets closer she sees that the girl is transparent and is being choked. She begins to look for a projector, when she is suddenly attacked and blacks out. When she awakes, she finds that she has been mysteriously transported into the body of the girl who was attacked on the same spot. She also discovers that the girl is a housemaid in a Victorian estate. She soon finds out that learning about an era from reading and novels leaves her ill-prepared to cope with living in a different time.
This was a very interesting read with a mysteries which did not have easy answers. It was fun to see a modern, career woman try to cope as a woman of a different time.. It was also interesting to see a time which was at the beginning of using forensics to solve murders. I look forward to seeing where the series goes from here. If you like mysteries, historical elements and a well built world with strong character development you will enjoy this book.
Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the opportunity to read and review this title.

I've been really pleased lately to be able to preview the last few ARC's from Ms. Armstrong. I am a longtime fan and the books she has been putting out lately have been enjoyable. This one is the first book in a brand new series (I actually wasn't sure it was going to be a series until the very last page....but then stupidly realized that that fact wasn't a spoiler because it actually says "Book 1" in the summary.....duh)

So, this book is a bit different in the fact that we have a person from this timeline finding herself all of a sudden in another person's body - 150 years in the past. What makes it unique is that we are only hearing from the one POV. We are not really sure if the person who's body that she has entered has also moved bodies and has moved forward into her life 150 years in the future....and well, let's just say that there are a lot of questions.

What makes the book interesting is that you have a very intelligent and professional woman (she's a Homicide Detective) all of a sudden in the body of a 19 year old maid for a London household. A maid who previously did not have the ability to read or write. Not only that, but she finds out little by little that the woman she has replaced may have not been the most "trustworthy" of an individual. Then top that off as murders begin occurring and things get interesting.

Was it the best book that I have recently read from Ms. Armstrong? No. Not really. But, it did keep my interest. I found that by the end I was more invested than I thought I was going to be. That does happen sometimes with the first books in a series. The author has to create the world, and the characters and sometimes the pacing suffers. In this book though, it wasn't the pacing as much as I just never really settled in with the female MC - the old Mallory /Catriona. I'm not sure if it was because the character that she finds herself in is not a very likeable person, or if I couldn't just really like the "new" Catriona. I'm not really sure why, but an unlikeable MC is hard to overcome.

Regardless, there is a strong cast of secondary characters in this book and I found myself liking Dr. Gray and his sister Isla.

Will I continue with the next book? Yep, I think I will. It will be interesting to see what is going to happen next......

Thank you to NetGalley for letting me preview this ARC. The opinions above are mine and mine alone.

I haven't read a Kelley Armstrong book in ages, but this sounded like it had potential. Sadly there were too many incidences where I just couldn't suspend belief or didn't like the premise.

1. It really bothered me that the heroine is transported back in time while her grandmother is possibly dying in the hospital. At first, the heroine had a sense of urgency about getting back but as the book moved along, that urgency dissipated.

2. The time travel mix-up was confusing. Two women strangled in the same place so one is thrown back in time. It was never clear what happened to the other woman. Did she go to the future?

3. Too coincidental. The heroine of the story just happens to be a detective and she goes back in time to live in the house of an individual that uses his medical training to solve crimes.

4. Modern-day progressive thinking was given to the individuals from an earlier century., which made the historical aspect seem more like wallpaper.

5. Heroine explains that she is from the future and it is easily accepted -- like "Oh, sure, that explains everything."

A good mix of time travel and mystery. This is a solid story, and I stayed engaged. The author has a good imagination, and she's published a lot so she knows her way around a plot.

Thanks very much for the free ARC for review!!

Kelly Armstrong has a great new series to readers to enjoy. If you like time travel, detective work, and crime during the Victorian era, this one is for you. In 2019 Detective Mallory Atkinson is strangled in a dark alley and as she is dying she ends up in 1869 Edinburgh in the body of an unscrupulous housemaid who works in a house of a well to do doctor who is interested in forensic medicine. Murder is committed and although Mallory needs to play the part of a most unlikeable housemaid, she works on solving the murder. This book had many twists and turns and I read it in 2 days because I enjoyed it so much.

l enjoy reading Kelly Armstrong books and this first.book in this series did not disappoint. I'm excited to see what will happen to the characters in this book in the sequel and beyond.

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC of this title and the opportunity to review it.

A RipThrough Time is a time travel/historical mystery. I have always enjoyed Kelly Armstrong’s books but I kind of gave the premise of this one a little hesitation. Boy am I glad I took a chance on this novel it was a delightfully entertaining mystery. A modern homicide detective thrown back into time 150 years as she was being murdered and placed in the body of a housemaid. Mallory quickly adapts to being Cat using her head injury as an excuse in her personality changes and lack of memories. Her boss runs the local funeral parlor and has a side interest in what will become forensics. Called on to be his assistant in a pinch, Mallory walks a fine line between using her knowledge from the future without changing the past to aid in the murder case. When someone tries to murder her again, Mallory begins an investigation into who tried to kill Cat in the first place. The suspects are endless as Cat is a horrible person who is a thief and a manipulator. Full of intrigue and danger, the story is wonderfully written and the characters are memorable and interesting. I cannot wait for the next book in series. My voluntary, unbiased review is based upon a review copy from NetGalley.

A Rip Through Time is a wonderful and incredibly rich novel, so well built and fast paced that I wasn't able to put it down till I reached the end. I was absolutely captivated by the atmosphere, and the characters.

This novel submerges the reader in a landscape so imaginative and detailed that the information of the world building/plot never feels forced, and is never difficult to understand or picture in one's mind. I had an enjoyable time reading this and it held my attention the entire way through that I finished it within the day! I enjoyed every page and thought that the plot/story was very unique. Would recommend to anyone!

Wow! This was a really good book! I wasn't too sure about it at first, started kind of unbelievable and I kept reading, and it got better and better. I absolutely couldn't put it down! So excited that it has to be a series now! I ended up really loving this book and looking forward to the next! Absolutely can't give you spoilers! Highly recommended and keep reading!!!

Thank you Netgalley for my copy of A Rip Through Time. This story is perefct for fans of the Outlander series and murder mysteries.
I can't wait for the second book to come out to see what happens next with Mallory.

I have just finished reading A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong.

This is the first book by the Author for me.

It is a series debut from a New York Times Bestselling author. A Rip Through Times series.

A gothic setting taking place in Victorian Scotland. In 1969. A very interesting script that starts of in current time in Edinburgh

I really do enjoy a good gothic book, and this does not disappoint. Very engaging writing, story, and characters.

I do recommend this book and am looking forward to more to come with the series!

Thank you to NetGalley, Author Kelley Armstrong, and St. Martin's Press for my advanced copy to read and review.

#NetGalley

I do love time travel books! Add a really good mystery and it was perfect! Now I have to wait til the next one to find out what Mallory does next. Actually I have a feeling it’s going to take several books for her to find her way back.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the early copy

This is a good book, it takes place in Edinburgh Scotland in the mid 1800's, except that is for the first chapter where Mallory, a detective visiting her dying grandmother is attacked while out jogging in 2019 Edinburgh and wakes up in the body of a housemaid in 1869. Mallory is in the body of Catriona, the housemaid to an undertaker, Dr Gray who also assists the police with examining bodies of deceased individuals who may have been murdered. Catriona has a spotty past as Mallory soon finds out, she has a history of stealing from her employer and treating the other maid, Alice, terribly. Catriona was also flirting/leading on more than one fellow and when things got too serious ending the relationship. Mallory has to deal with smoothing over the feelings of those that have been treated badly by Catriona and at the same time trying to figure out how to get back to her own time. The story moves along at a brisk pace, Mallory assists Dr Gray with the examination of a body and makes observations that the Dr passes on to the detective investigating the death. Both the Dr and detective are suspicious of Catriona's abrupt change in character, but the information she provides is useful in advancing the investigation. I really enjoyed this book, Mallory has to remind herself constantly that she is a mere housemaid and finds she is constrained in how she can voice things. I would recommend. Thank you to #Netgalley and #Minotaur for the ARC.