I loved it! This author is one of my favorites at writing law enforcement procedurals with a different slant. Mallory, a current day police detective, has to step carefully when she falls back in time and lands in a crime victim's body over a century ago. She's hoping that if she finds who tried to kill her it will lead her back home. She's able to befriend the investigators and subtly offer suggestions to aid them while maintaining her guise as a maid. Her process is fascinating! The time period and early police techniques is quaint and very interesting. I can't wait for the next in the series!

This is sort of like Outlander meets Patricia Cornwell. Unique and entertaining. Great first in what looks to be a promising series.

I’m a sucker for time travel. I’ve read Armstrong’s other books, and while there are many similarities, I do prefer this one. Probably because the other one was time travel and ghosts, which is too much to swallow at once for some.
I love the mystery surrounding the murders, don’t get me wrong. What I love more is the budding friendship between Isla and Mallory. Isla is an interesting character that I hope we see more of.
My biggest disappointment was that Gray didn’t find out her secret until the end, which felt like a huge cliff hanger! Now I’m to wait ages to see how they proceed with solving crimes together after knowing her secret. I can’t wait to see how Gray reacts to the things he is sure to learn about in the 21st century.

I only knocked off a star for a few things that bugged me. 1. The gd word is used three times in the first chapter. It felt pretty unnecessary, especially considering there is no other cursing anywhere else in the book. I hope before it goes to print they change that. 2. So much is similar to the other books (A Stitch in Time series) that it is sort of disappointing. Some things I like, for example Gray and the other male lead in A Stitch in Time are social outcasts. I love that the author isn’t afraid to make these men interesting instead of the typical male leads/love interests. But the descriptions of things is so similar, even down to the description of coffee. I sometimes got flashbacks and it would feel like I was reading the same exact book minus the ghosts. Overall, these won’t keep me from recommending it to others!

Thank you to NetGalley for letting me read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this book. I liked Ms. Armstrong’s other time travel books but I also like this one. A Canadian detective in present day is visiting her dying grandmother in Scotland when she sees glimpses of a lung girl being strangled when she is also strangled and almost killed. She wakes up in another time period and in the body and life of a young girl housemaid who has never met a scam she hasn’t tried. She has wronged so many people that she has to make things right while trying to find out who her would be killer is. Overall this book is great. The characters are complex and well thought out. The world building is believable and the mystery is interesting. I’m looking forward to the next book in this series. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me an ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

I have enjoyed many of Kelley Armstrong's previous titles, however, this one was not a hit for me. I was lost at the very beginning when the time traveller looks like the person whose body she has morphed into, speaks like the person, but isn't the person and has no knowledge of memories from them...it doesn't make sense to me. Why some transformation but not all. And then, it is readily accepted. Yes, this must be what happened, I can work with this and do (without having any previous knowledge of the occupation) do the work of a 19th century housemaid. No sense.

Extremely similar to McElwain’s Kendra Donovan series, so if you are waiting to see if that series will go past book 5 then start this series, a little bit silly and unrealistic at times but not enough that it matters. It’s time travel, anything can happen!

I enjoyed this time-traveling mystery, as the aspects of a 2019 Vancouver detective suddenly thrust into the life of a nineteenth-century Scotland housemaid are just as compelling as "finding the killer." Many aspects of this novel, however, seem to draw too close to Julia McElwain's Kendra Donovan series.

This is one of those books that you get to the end and you go, “Nooooo! I need the next installment right away!”

Kelley Armstrong shows her writing strength once again in this compelling time-travel murder mystery romance, which begins in May 2019 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Canadian police officer Mallory Atkinson, aged 30, has traveled from Vancouver to be with her dying grandmother, and takes a jogging break from her hospital vigil. In the Grassmarket, former site of executions, she is attacked by someone who shows signs of being the serial killer reported about in the papers. She only escapes death by somehow falling through a rip in time. She ends 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 has to pass as Catriona until she can figure out what happened, who the killer is, how to stop him, and most importantly, how to get back to her own time. This is not as easy as it might seem, given the different customs of the era, expectations about Catriona about which Mallory is unaware, and the fact that the killer seems intent on making sure Catriona/Mallory doesn’t survive.

Evaluation: This book is so 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!

Torn, torn, torn, torn, torn.........about this book.

I was looking REALLY forward to a ripping time travel adventure from Kelley! What we get is a story of a woman attacked in one time, only to awaken in the past and having to unravel what was a solid mystery at the end of the day.

Overall, well done - BUT -- I feel like it was too pat how everyone seemed to just accept she was a time traveler, or could suddenly read and write when the woman who's body she jumped into couldn't. Too many issues glossed over that doesn't feel right for a Kelley Armstrong book, who typically really covers her bases.

Dont get me wrong, I still loved it, but this one is with a few reservations that I hope are erased as the series moves forward.

I absolutely loved and ripped through this Outlander-esque story, featuring incredibly memorable characters, including the swoon-worthy Doctor. I hope there's a next installment already in the works, because I'm always here for a plucky leading lady (who is also a detective and also razor-sharp) and a socially conscious story.

Yeah, wow, this was such a fantastic book! I love Kelley Armstrong's books so much, and the idea of a modern day cop being stuck in the body of a 19th century maid was so intriguing, especially since the maid is in in the household of siblings who basically the future of forensic science, and that was pretty awesome!

I felt badly for Mallory, her grandmother is dying, and then she is strangled, and ends up in someone else's body-in the past. It's a pretty jarring situation, but she takes stock right away, and beginnings her attempts at blending in. But there are a few problems.

Like that she makes a few assumptions about the world she's in, of the people around her, and of who the person whose body she's occupying is. I loved how that all played out, espcailly as she was using her knowledge of forensics and policing to help catch a killer. It all came together really well! And I loved how these characters weren't who Mallory expected them to be, that was really great!

There was one minor but pivotal question that both me as a reader and Mallory experiencing it-what was going on in the present with her body? Was Catriona walking about in Mallory's body? Equal as important, was how was Mallory going to get back! Oh, and finally, was this book going to end with her having that knowledge, able to get back to her own time? Loved the answer that we got!

This was a fantastic story, and I can't wait for the sequel!

I’m giving this a three to be kind. The book didn’t hold my interest…I felt there was way too much “telling” from the protagonist, rather than showing.

Kelley Armstrong is a talented writer who can take on different genres effortlessly. At first glance this book sermd to be a time travel gothic hybrid but it turns out to be much more. A solidly written, well plotted mystery.

The characters are engaging. Although the mystery is solved, there is room for this to grow into a series. I certainly hope it does.

I love a good time travel book and this did not disappoint! Mallory is a cop from Canada who is in Scotland to visit her dying grandmother. Mallory is walking home one night and hears a noise. She thinks she sees someone being attacked and the next thing she knows there is a rope around her neck and she might be dying. When she wakes up she is no longer Mallory but a 19 year old housemaid named Catriona in the late 1800s. Mallory needs to learn to adapt to her surroundings and how to get back to her own time. The only problem is she also has a killer on the loose. She hopes that by figuring out who was trying to kill Catriona will help her get home.

This mystery element was very well done as I had no idea who the killer was until the end. The book had a good resolution but I definitely want to read the next one. I have a feeling this will be a series where the books get better and better. The time period felt very authentic and I really connected with the characters. I can't wait to read more. A great time travel, mystery novel!!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books for this advanced copy.

I love Kelly Armstrong. My favourite Series of her’s is the “Cainsville Series.” I started the first one, “Omens,” and then proceeded to stay away all night reading it. There are 5 titles in this Series if you’re interested.
Armstrong’s newest novel is A Rip Through Time which sets us up for a whole new series; this one is about serial killers and time travel. HOW FUN DOES THIS SOUND!
Mallory, our heroine, is a homicide detective from Vancouver. She is in Edinburgh, Scotland, to be with her dying grandmother. While on an evening run she hears a scream and goes to investigate just to be knocked unconscious and then wakes up in the year 1869, inhabiting the body of a young housemaid named Catriona. Mallory soon discovers that Catriona was strangled in the same alley more than a century before Mallory was attacked.
Mallory now takes it upon herself to solve Catriona’s murder, all the while trying to figure out how to get back to her own time and place in history.
My favouite thing about Armstrong’s writing, besides the incredibly imaginative and entertaining plot, is the voice of her protagonists. The first-person narration presents Mallory as a best friend relaying a crazy story over a bottle of whiskey. But, of course, the more you drink the crazier the story becomes, and you laugh and laugh and laugh until your belly aches.

A Rip Through Time will not be published until June 2022 making it the perfect addition to your summer reading list.

loved this time traveling detective. some romance and loved the sister. I liked that she is trying to get back home but wonders about her family.

I received this ARC for an honest review. OMG!…WOW!…I’m amazed! Kelley Armstrong is a true artist in story telling. The complexity of this book is marvelous. How she intertwined all her characters…I’m in awe!
I’m going to be very general about the story. I hate posting spoilers so I try my best not to. Of course the story is so much better than what I’m saying. The story is about Detective Mallory Atkinson from Canada, who is in Edinburgh, Scotland, to be with her Nan. Mallory was jogging and was attacked and when she woke she was in Victorian Edinburgh back in 1869. She is in the body of a housemade named Catriona who works for Dr. Duncan Gray and Isla Ballantyne (they are brother and sister).
I really don’t want to say more because: 1) I won’t do the story justice 2) it’s so good I don’t want to spoil the story for you.
If you give this book a try, you will be captivated.

Thank you #Netgalley for the advance reader copy of Kelley Armstrong's A Rip Through Time in exchange for an honest review. I think I have stated in other Kelley Armstrong reviews that I am not a fan of historical fiction, I get bored in all the details. However, Armstrong found a devious way to get me hooked, she did historical forensic science history. My Master's is in Justice Studies and have a fascination with forensics. I know that some of what she wrote was author's creative whim, but she also does extensive research and I loved it! I was so drawn into Mallory's story and then Catriona. I loved the characters of Duncan and Isla. I loved how deep we get to see into characters that I feel like I am there and living what they are. I am so excited for more in this series, it's so different from everything she has written, but still has the familiar sense of Armstrong's writing. I adored this book and am now telling everyone I can to pick up this book and read it!

Amazing how the author has woven two such seemingly different eras together in a manner that works wondrously, without feeling of phoniness or requiring the reader to suspend logic. Time travel works in the story and adds a dimension to the mystery that is very successful. Excellent plot and characters as well as settings.

Kelley Armstrong, amazing author....time travel, always interesting!

I love how the story was woven and evolved but will admit it took me abit to get into it. By times I felt it was somewhat overdone but realize it was setting the stage. Definitely worth the read and totally excited to see where the next novel takes us! Will Mallory return to her own time to be with her Nan? Possibly of a budding romance with Duncan? So many questions which is a good thing! And I really enjoyed Isla's role as Duncan's sister and Mallory's confident.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGallery for the advance copy for an honest review.