I absolutely love this series where a modern-day Canadian detective is transported 150 years back in time in Scotland and finds herself enmeshed with a progressive (for the time) mortician and his chemist sister and their crime-solving activities.

This installment has Mallory and the Scooby-gang investigating the murder of a prominent Egyptologist, whose body is substituted for that of a mummy that was to be the star attraction at a public unveiling. Mallory navigates the restrictions of the time that include expectations of women's roles as well as their clothing, while she chases down clues and follows leads. My only complaint is that the slow-burn romance is ice cold here. At this point, it seems to be a figment of Mallory and Grey's imaginations. Let's throw a little gas on that fire!

Great audio narration.

Thank you Netgalley for the advance audiobook and reader copy of Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong in exchange for an honest review. I read the first half of this as an ebook and the second half I listened to. I feel so grateful for all the advance copies of Kelley Armstrong books I have been granted. She is truly my favorite author and I love every book I read of her's. This series has been has been a genre I normally don't read, but is so good! I love the continuing relationships between Mallory and Duncan, Isla, Jack and even Mrs Wallace. There is a lot I can't mention due to spoilers, but you will love this next installment of Mallory's adventures in 19th century Scotland.

Disturbing the Dead (A Rip Through Time #3)
by Kelley Armstrong, narrated by Kate Handford

In the present day, Mallory Atkinson is/was a thirty something police detective but something strange happened and she was thrown 150 years back in time and into the body of a younger housemaid, Catriona Mitchell. By this third book in the series, Mallory is settled in as Catriona and there are even three people who know that she isn't THE Catriona but someone from the future. This makes things easier since Mallory can be herself when she's with these three people, people she likes very much and is now working with closely.

Because her boss, undertaker/medical examiner Dr. Duncan Gray, knows Mallory's real identity, he's promoted her to work as his assistant since he can use her professional detective skills in his line of work. Dr. Gray's police friend detective Hugh McCreadie also knows Mallory's real identity and willingly and humorously steps back when he knows that Mallory's more modern skills can help to solve a tricky case. Overall, other than the guilt of leaving her parents and dying grandmother in her past (actually future), Mallory has settled in very well into Victorian times and loves the works she is doing and the people she is working alongside.

The latest case of Gray, McCreadie, and Mallory arises when Gray and Mallory attend a mummy unwrapping. But things go wonky when the host of the unwrapping can't be found and Gray and Mallory must step in and unwrap the mummy. When it seems the mummy is wearing a modern day (Victorian modern day) suit, it's obvious something bad is afoot and off go Gray and Mallory to find the killer, the mummy body, and who is doing what to whom.

This entry in the series gives us some much needed closer that I wasn't sure we'd ever get since Mallory's time travel experience seems to be one way, one time, thus far. Mallory is so settled in with Gray and company that it now seems she belongs with them. At the same time, her otherworldly-ness needs to be hidden from any but those in the know. Being a modern woman squashed into corsets, layer upon layer of confining clothing, and the need to act clueless when she is anything but, can be very frustrating. Thankfully, Mallory is now introduced as being trained as Gray's assistant so she is able to let some of her modern knowledge shine through when necessary. This has been my favorite of the three books in the series as Malloy is more often able to be herself as she becomes better known as "not" Catriona. Kate Handford continues to do a great job of narrating the story and these diverse characters.

Thank you to Macmillan Audio, St. Martin's Press, and Minotaur Books and NetGalley for this ARC.