Author: Kelley Armstrong
Published: May 23, 2023 by Minotaur Books
Format: Kindle, Harcover 352 pages
Genre: Time Travel
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: A Rip Through Time #2
First Sentence: There are many skills I hoped to master in my professional career. Scrubbing chamber pots was not one of them, and yet here we are.
Blurb: Edinburgh, 1869: Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is adjusting to her new life in Victorian Scotland. Her employers know she’s not housemaid Catriona Mitchell―even though Mallory is in Catriona’s body―and Mallory is now officially an undertaker’s assistant. Dr. Duncan Gray moonlights as a medical examiner, and their latest case hits close to home. Men are dropping dead from a powerful poison, and all signs point to the grieving widows… the latest of which is Gray’s oldest sister.
Poison is said to be a woman’s weapon, though Mallory has to wonder if it’s as simple as that. But she must tread carefully. Every move the household makes is being watched, and who knows where the investigation will lead. (GoodReads)
My Opinion: The second book in the "Rip through Time" series continues Mallory's reality of time travel and Dr. Duncan Gray and his family's acceptance without much fuss.
The story combines Mallory's present-day investigative knowledge with Edinburgh in 1869, resulting in amusing conversations and adventures between her and Gray. Mallory, who poses as a housemaid and assistant to an undertaker, works with Gray, who moonlights as a medical examiner. Together, they find themselves entangled in twisty investigations that require modern-day skills and Victorian-era methods.
What's interesting about "The Poisoner's Ring" is how it combines modern-day acceptances into the storyline and makes readers wonder how Edinburgh, in Victorian Times, would have treated those who lived outside the norms of the time.
As a fan of Kelley Armstrong, I'm glad she unknotted the twisty plot and tied it up neatly, as some situations and relationships confused me. I enjoyed the ending and felt for Duncan when he expressed his feelings for Mallory and how he will miss her when their time together comes to an end.
Blurb: Edinburgh, 1869: Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is adjusting to her new life in Victorian Scotland. Her employers know she’s not housemaid Catriona Mitchell―even though Mallory is in Catriona’s body―and Mallory is now officially an undertaker’s assistant. Dr. Duncan Gray moonlights as a medical examiner, and their latest case hits close to home. Men are dropping dead from a powerful poison, and all signs point to the grieving widows… the latest of which is Gray’s oldest sister.
Poison is said to be a woman’s weapon, though Mallory has to wonder if it’s as simple as that. But she must tread carefully. Every move the household makes is being watched, and who knows where the investigation will lead. (GoodReads)
My Opinion: The second book in the "Rip through Time" series continues Mallory's reality of time travel and Dr. Duncan Gray and his family's acceptance without much fuss.
The story combines Mallory's present-day investigative knowledge with Edinburgh in 1869, resulting in amusing conversations and adventures between her and Gray. Mallory, who poses as a housemaid and assistant to an undertaker, works with Gray, who moonlights as a medical examiner. Together, they find themselves entangled in twisty investigations that require modern-day skills and Victorian-era methods.
What's interesting about "The Poisoner's Ring" is how it combines modern-day acceptances into the storyline and makes readers wonder how Edinburgh, in Victorian Times, would have treated those who lived outside the norms of the time.
As a fan of Kelley Armstrong, I'm glad she unknotted the twisty plot and tied it up neatly, as some situations and relationships confused me. I enjoyed the ending and felt for Duncan when he expressed his feelings for Mallory and how he will miss her when their time together comes to an end.
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