An Ordinary Sort of Evil

A Rip Through Time Novel

De: Kelley Armstrong

Narrado por: Kate Handford

New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong returns to Victorian Scotland in the latest in the genre-blending Rip Through Time series.

Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Mitchell has grown accustomed to life in Victorian Scotland after travelling 150 years into the past into the body of a housemaid. She’s built a new life for herself. Even though she works as an assistant to forensic-science pioneer Dr. Duncan Gray and Detective Hugh McCreadie, she considers them true friends. And with Gray in particular, perhaps, someday, something more.

Late one night, Gray and Mallory are summoned urgently to the home of Lady Adler, a patron of Gray’s undertaking business, and they assume there's been a death in the household. But instead, they arrive in the midst of a seance with a ghost demanding Gray's presence. The ghost is Lady Adler's former maid, who had gone missing but now requests that Gray investigate her murder. Although Gray and Mallory are skeptical, they agree to look into the matter, whether she's dead or alive. But unsure if there's been a murder or not, unable to call out the medium as a fraud, and concerned for the fate of the young maid, Gray and Mallory are once again drawn into a mystery much more puzzling--and more dangerous--than it first seems.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“A rip-roaring great read. . . The best time travel tale I’ve read in a long time.” — The Providence Journal on A Rip Through Time

“Armstrong builds an intense, intricately plotted mystery in this series debut.” —Library Journal (starred and boxed review) on A Rip Through Time

"Armstrong fashions a satisfying narrative out of familiar parts and nails her lead’s cheeky, anachronistic narration. This is winningly silly and satisfying." –Publishers Weekly on The Poisoner's Ring

“An absorbing read. Highly recommended.”—Historical Novel Society on The Poisoner's Ring

"Kelley Armstrong has a fluid writing style that quickly brings readers into the well-paced story...this is a moving, well-written, suspenseful, and entertaining novel with great characterization...The author’s writing style is engaging and draws readers into the story quickly." –Mystery and Suspense Magazine on Disturbing the Dead

“Atmospheric and intricately plotted… Armstrong has created a detailed and approachable historical series with a time-travel twist.”—Shelf Awareness on Disturbing the Dead

“The Canadian author really knows how to pace a good whodunit and Death at a Highland Wedding shows her at her best.” –The Globe and Mail on Death at a Highland Wedding

"An irresistible series... The success of the book lies in the details: the vividly realized historical environment, the period-appropriate characters, and the thrill of watching a cop trying to adapt modern-day forensic techniques to an era in which they were utterly unknown. Series fans will be lining up for this one."--Booklist on Death at a Highland Wedding

"Time travel provides the framework for a captivating mystery and intriguing insights into life in 1870s Scotland."—Kirkus Reviews on Death at a Highland Wedding