Death at a Highland Wedding is the 4th instalment of A Rip Through Time series by Kelley Armstrong. I have been really enjoying this series and this novel was no exception. This time, Mallory and Gray find themselves attending a wedding in the Scottish Highlands for McCreadie's younger sister. When one of the guests is murdered a few days before the wedding, McCreadie and Gray, and of course Mallory/Catriona are off to solve the case and hopefully save the wedding.

Kelley always manages to make you feel like you are living in the Victorian Era and I love the way Mallory compares things to current day so we can really appreciate what she is seeing. Since Mallory is from our current time, and was thrust back into time when she was attacked and almost murdered, she thinks with 21st Century humour and compares her days long carriage ride to our hour long car rides with a comedy one would only find with time travelling Canadians!

If you haven't read this series yet, I absolutely recommend starting with the first one before jumping into a Death at a Highland Wedding. The characters don't need much development and the story jumps right in. I love that Kelley does a quick reminder at the beginning of what happened so far. I find with series that only have one book per year being released, it's hard to remember what has been happening so this is greatly appreciated.

Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Once again, Armstrong pulls you into her world. In the fourth installment in the rip in time series, the crew faces a new slew of mystery and intrigue while out at a friend's wedding on the country side. The characters are mysterious, and unexpected at times. I appreciated some of the twists and turns and was quite happy with the ending.

This read could be a stand alone however i believe there is a chunk of backstory in the first set of books i have not yet read. Story itself is like a cross over with Outlander meets Sherlock Holmes. Great characters and looking forward to reading more.

Kelley Armstrong's *Death at a Highland Wedding* delivers an engaging mystery that will keep you guessing. While it's the fourth book in the "A Rip Through Time" series, new readers can easily jump in here and enjoy it as a standalone. Armstrong skillfully provides enough backstory and details for you to fully understand the characters and events without feeling lost.

This installment plunges you into a fascinating Victorian-era Scottish countryside wedding, just outside Edinburgh, where a murder quickly sets the stage for a compelling whodunit. What makes this series truly stand out is the unique premise of the main character, a modern-day detective, navigating life and crime in the 1870s. This "rip through time" adds an intriguing layer of modern sensibilities to a historical setting, creating a fresh and dynamic feel.

I thoroughly enjoyed this mystery and found myself completely absorbed in the unfolding events. It's yet another excellent addition to Armstrong's work, one of my favorite authors. If you're looking for a clever historical mystery with a captivating time-travel twist, *Death at a Highland Wedding* is definitely worth reading!

“Death At A Highland Wedding” is the fourth novel in Kelly Armstrong’s Rip Through Time series featuring Mallory Atkinson, a Vancouver police detective who was transported 150 years into the past to Victorian Edinburgh. Mallory works as an assistant to Doctor Duncan Grey and the pair, along with the help of an eclectic cast of supporting characters, solve mysteries with an emphasis on early forensic science. For this outing most of the supporting characters are left in Edinburgh as Mallory and Grey travel to the Highlands to attend the wedding of Grey’s best friend’s sister.

I have to admit that I thought I was going to miss the extended cast and the setting in Edinburgh but Armstrong won me over with her description of the Scottish Highlands. I really enjoyed everything about this book - there was great character development, an intriguing mystery with good pacing, a well done setting, and a good ensemble cast. I do wish that there had been a bit more development in the relationship between Mallory and Duncan, and that Mallory’s ability to remain in the past had been explored more. Despite this, I can’t wait for the next book - I’m just sad I have to wait a year!

While this is the fourth book in the series I think Armstrong provides enough of the backstory that readers starting here wouldn’t be lost but I would recommend starting with book one because the series is so much fun! I highly recommend this book, and the entire series, and I can’t wait to check out the next book!

Thanks so much to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press - Minotaur Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I will read *anything* Armstrong writes. Even horror, which I generally hate. I really love this series, and it's such a clever approach to historical romance, time travelling, and generally is just a really fun series to read. It's smart and makes you pay attention, but it's clean, well written, and a romp to read through.

I absolutely love this series! This one was so good! So much happens and so much comes to light!
I love the growing relationships between characters. The comparison of times for Mallory from her time to the Victorian time she is currently in keeps the story refreshing and so much fun. This one keeps you on your toes......one thing gets solved and then more is revealed and another part has to be solved. A definite suspenseful mystery!!!!

Detective Mallory Atkinson has finally come to terms with her time travel 150 years in time. She loves her life in Scotland serving as an assistant to the undertaker and pitching in as a housemaid. When Dr. Gray and his family travel to the Highlands for a wedding, Mallory accompanies them. Once again her problem solving skills are needed when crimes are committed. She works with Gray to solve the mystery in this fourth volume of Kelley Armstong's A Rip Through Time series.

Death at a Highland Wedding is the fourth installment in Kelley Armstrong's A Rip Through Time series. Go grab yours now!

Mallory, Duncan, McCreadie, Isla, and Alice are in the Highlands for the wedding of Hugh's sister, Fiona. Now, relationships between the cast of characters can sometimes be complicated. Fiona's wedding to Archie Cranston is an arranged marriage, and although they've known each other for a long time, they don't really have feelings for each other. Archie's sister Violet is the ex-fiancee of our own Hugh McCreadie, and that's a little awkward. The men know each other from school, although not all of them are actually friends.

Due to Muller, the gamekeeper, putting out traps for the wild animals, everyone is told to stay in the house or gardens, but not to walk around the property. None of our main characters are happy about this, and when a mother wildcat is killed and one of her babies injured, they aren't happy about it. But they can only worry about that for so long because someone is killed and Archie is arrested. Mallory, Duncan, and McCreadie will need to investigate in secret because this isn't Hugh's jurisdiction and the local constable doesn't want his help. They can't just leave the bridegroom in jail for his wedding day though, so they've got to act quickly.

I really enjoy this series with it's mix of history and contemporary, along with all the banter between the friends. This one, however, was a little less interesting than previous books. I still enjoyed it, it just wasn't my favorite from the series. There's still a good mystery, and putting the clues together was interesting and twisty.

All in all, this was a great addition to the series. If you've enjoyed the other books, or are looking for a new cozy historical mystery series, then definitely give these books a try!

Thank you to @Minotaur_Books and @NetGalley for a digital copy for review consideration. All opinions are honest and my own.

In this fourth installment of the series, we are following Mallory as she, Duncan and various family members travel to attend a wedding in the Scottish Highlands. However, when a murder happens, they are forced to jump into action to solve it.

This book was just fine for me. I always enjoy being back with Mallory, Duncan and their friends, and the mystery was entertaining. I do find something I am having a bigger problem with in this series is the overexplaining the author does. The characters will do something, and instead of letting the reader put the pieces together, the author gets the characters to go into detailed explanations to each other about why they are doing what they are doing, what this means, etc, and spells it all out for the reader. I found this annoying, and wish Armstrong would trust the reader to piece together information on their own. A solid addition to the series, but weighed down by my above issues.

This was my first Kelley Armstrong book and I really enjoyed it. I was concerned that I was jumping in mid-series, I would feel a little lost, but she did enough recapping with the characters and previous plots that I was able to follow along. It was a comfortable read - it felt familiar - not in the actual telling of the story - but in the sense that it combined a few of my favourite genres/time periods, into an easy-to-read, not too shocking, overall enjoyable work of fiction. Good mystery, good back story, good chemistry between characters.

Omg! I absolutely adored this book and I absolutely adore the entire series! Thank you @minotaur_books and @kelleyarmstrongauthor for providing me with an Arc of this book and for getting me started with this entire series.

Time, travel and historical romance and historic detective series are my favorites, and this has woven all of these genres into one amazing story.

💫Brief Synopsis💫

Mallory and Gray, Ila and Hugh are off to the wedding of Hugh’s sister. There is a lot of drama associated with - you know families…

Anyway, at this wedding, a murder happens. And all four are involved in solving the murder as they always do.

🤗I had no idea who the murderer was so I was very happy to have been surprised. I loved everything about the strong women in this book, as well as the underlying, and slow burn romance between Mallory and Gray.

⏳also love that the fact that Mallory has gone back in time has not been erased. You’ll have to read to see about that!

🎧I read and listened to the audio, and I highly recommend the audio for the entire series. The narrator is fabulous and you’re just drawn into the story and it brings it to life in such an amazing way.

When the story was finished, I wanted more. I hope that book 5 comes out sooner than later! I, for one. will be first in line.

This book recently published May 20, 2025.

I highly recommend this series if you like historical romance, historical detective series, and time travel. It really is fun and fantastic!

Thank you again to Kelley Armstrong, and to Minotaur Books for the arc.

I do love stories about time travel and Death at a Highland Wedding is one to enjoy. This is the 4th book of the series which follows the adventures of Mallory Atkinson, a modern day police detective who travels back to the 1870s. The mystery had some very intriguing leads and the development of the characters and plot was great.

I think you will find this book, which contains mystery and romance to be well-worth your time. Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an advance copy.

This is the 4th book in the Rip Through Time Novels and its just as good as the others. This time the setting isn't Edinburgh but a wedding in the Scottish Highlands that Duncan and Mallory are attending. Alas, one of the wedding guests is murdered and it is up to Duncan and Mallory to solve the murder before someone else gets hurt.

This is a time travel book and it is always so interesting to have Mallory's take on what it is like to live 150 years ago compared to what our present day lives are like.

Highly recommend this series.

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC of this book.

I liked the progress of some of the relationships in this book. I feel like things are progressing on that front at just the right pace for me. For me, the mystery wasn't as compelling as it was in the last book, but it was still an enjoyable read. I wish that there was more back and forth interaction through time. What I was really hoping for when I started this series was a glimpse into both time periods and it looks like this is just settling into being a Victorian mystery series, which isn't a bad thing, but I've read a lot of those already. I also feel like certain characters in this series have accepted this reality too easily. There was hardly any push back on the idea of time travel in previous books by characters who find out about Mallory's secret. That being said, I'm in no way disinterested in this series. I will definitely be reading the next book after it's published.

This was my favourite book of the series after the first book so far. Setting the story in a different place really brought something fresh to the story.

There’s no getting away with murder when Mallory and Gray are on the case, in yet another excellent and thrilling adventure.

The estate that played host to the wedding provided plenty of secrets, suspicious events, and even more dubious people. There were also intricate familial connections to navigate. As usual, our intrepid investigators played to their strengths and worked together as a well-oiled team, with plenty of lighthearted banter.

Mallory and Gray were still engaged in their dance of will they, won’t they, with things taking an unexpected turn. They were facing a whole host of obstacles, combined with personal reservations, that made things complex. This book is not a romance, per se, but more the hope and possibility of one.

The plot flowed really well through the highs and lows of the investigation, cleverly revealing pertinent details about the way of life from the past and the prevailing detective methods of that time. I believed that Mallory was now in exactly the right place, where she belonged. Before, the whole concept of her living in a different body felt alien and a bit uncomfortable to me.

I can highly recommend this entire series if you like time travel and historical murder mysteries. I think it’s better to read the books in order, as there are a lot of character and relationship development happening.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Having read the first installment in this series A Rip Through Time I thought I had most of the logistics down, however I admit to missing out on the other previous installments and how the relationships have moved forward. Still roaming about Scotland and in this story to the glorious Highlands for a wedding and of course a bit of murder. The time travel is holding up well as are the various characters and their not always chosen professions. The crime and hunt for the killer is sometimes frustrating and mostly satisfying. There does seem to be a bit more emphasis on class, culture and race but perhaps that was sussed out in the previous installments as well. I would recommend reading the series in order despite the Introduction’s attempt to bring you “current” as the first installment was excellent and from the reviews I have read I am guessing the previous books were equally engaging.

So here’s to great writing, a brilliant plot and execution of same, formidable characters and “to living in countries annoyingly overshadowed by their more famous neighbors.” Many thanks to Minotaur Books/St. Martin’s Publishing Group and NetGalley for a copy.

Fun, but once again the MCs are taking foreeeever to get anywhere! I realize that's the whole concept of courtship in this time period, but, well . . . it's starting to feel just a little repetitive. At least they're making some headway admitting they might actually *gasp* have feeelings?

The mystery to this one was fairly interesting, but it took a while to get to the main points and of course being hindered by lack of tech and rather silly local police constables in the past is not helping.... The actual revealed crime is rather terrifying so check the warning tags if you are sensitive.

This book was provided by Netgalley for free in exchange for a review.

This new chapter of Mallory’s adventure in Victorian Scotland was a delight. A bit less action then the previous one but there were some interesting character developments which a bunch of us were waiting for. Can’t wait for the next one!