Disturbing the Dead (A Rip Through Time #3) by Kelley Armstrong
Publication Date: May 7th 2024 by Minotaur Books
Pages: 337
Source: Publisher
Rating: ★★★★½
My Thoughts:
Disturbing the Dead was another exciting mystery in
the Rip Through Time series! It’s the third book in a series best read
in order. The Grays are invited to a mummy unwrapping, which is distasteful to
Mallory with its insensitivity to the dead, but this is 150 years ago. However,
the unwrapping serves up a shocking surprise! Mallory, Duncan, and Detective
McCreadie hunt up a killer and thief.
It’s been fun seeing how Mallory deals with the lack of
forensic advances and technology in solving these cases. I also enjoy the relationship
between Mallory and Duncan. There’s been a romance brewing, the slow-burn kind.
I also enjoy Mallory’s friendship with Isla, Duncan’s sister. The two have
scientific minds and big hearts!
I was happy that Mallory’s place as Dr. Gray’s medical
assistant was more solidified. There were a few ends tied up that have been hanging
through the series so far, and I’m very pleased with how it turned out. I look
forward to the next mystery!
I alternately read and listened to the story, and I
recommend either version. Kate Handford has done a wonderful job bringing
Mallory to life, making each character distinct, both male and female, and with
the different accents. I listened at my usual 1.5x normal speed.
4.5 Stars
Disturbing the Dead is the latest in a unique series with one foot in the 1890s and the other in the present day. The A Rip Through Time crime novels are a genre-blending, atmospheric romp from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong.
Victorian Scotland is becoming less strange to modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson. Though inhabiting someone else’s body will always be unsettling, even if her employers know that she’s not actually housemaid Catriona Mitchell, ever since the night both of them were attacked in the same dark alley 150 years apart. Mallory likes her job as assistant to undertaker/medical examiner Dr. Duncan Gray, and is developing true friends―and feelings―in this century.
So, understanding the Victorian fascination with death, Mallory isn't that surprised when she and her friends are invited to a mummy unwrapping at the home of Sir Alastair Christie. When their host is missing when it comes time to unwrap the mummy, Gray and Mallory are asked to step in. And upon closer inspection, it’s not a mummy they’ve unwrapped, but a much more modern body.
That sounds like a series I should read. I just need to gather courage first so I can sleep at night. Lol!
ReplyDeleteIt is really good! It's not the kind of story to give you nightmares. More thrilling mystery. Hope you enjoy it if you decide to dive in! :)
DeleteI know I would adore all the science-y stuff.
ReplyDeleteThe series is excellent. I love the settings and the contrast of old and new science. Great review!
ReplyDeleteAnne - Books of My Heart
Not sure I would want to take part in a mummy unwrapping. Yikes. It sounds like the relationships (romantic and otherwise) are getting even stronger and more solid.
ReplyDeleteIt's my goal to finally read the first book in this series this summer! (And then hopefully get caught up on the other two before the end of the year.) Because this series sounds SO good, especially that Scotland setting. :D
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of a mummy unwrapping leading to a shocking mystery.
ReplyDeleteI need to get back to this series and catch up. I listened to the first book and got distracted. Glad it was still fabulous and you saw some good advancements in the series plot.
ReplyDeleteThis one was very exciting. I'm enjoying Kelley Armstrong in general at the moment.
ReplyDeleteThanks for indicating this series should be read in order! It can be so tricky to know with some of these thriller series, because that's not always the case.
ReplyDeleteI need to read this author again, it's been a while. This sounds good.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds interesting, I can not recall the previous ones at the moment
ReplyDeleteI've only read the author's YA books, but this sounds like a series I would enjoy too. Great review!
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