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Crime & mystery fiction

MURDER IN TIME

Julie McElwain

When brilliant FBI agent Kendra Donovan stumbles back in time and finds herself in a 19th century English castle under threat from a vicious serial killer, she scrambles to solve the case before it takes her life?200 years before she was even born.

Beautiful and brilliant, Kendra Donovan is a rising star at the FBI. Yet her path to professional success hits a speed bump during a disastrous raid where half her team is murdered, a mole in the FBI is uncovered and she herself is severely wounded. As soon as she recovers, she goes rogue and travels to England to assassinate the man responsible for the deaths of her teammates. While fleeing from an unexpected assassin herself, Kendra escapes into a stairwell that promises sanctuary but when she stumbles out again, she is in the same place - Aldrich Castle - but in a different time: 1815, to be exact. Mistaken for a lady's maid hired to help with weekend guests, Kendra is forced to quickly adapt to the time period until she can figure out how she got there; and, more importantly, how to get back home. However, after the body of a young girl is found on the extensive grounds of the county estate, she starts to feel there's some purpose to her bizarre circumstances. Stripped of her twenty-first century tools, Kendra must use her wits alone in order to unmask a cunning madman. Julie McElwain began her journalistic career at California Apparel News, a weekly Los Angeles based trade newspaper. She has freelanced for numerous publications from professional photographers magazines to those following the fashion industry. Currently, Julie is West Coast Editor for Soaps In Depth, a national soap opera magazine covering the No. 1 daytime drama, The Young and the Restless. Julie lives in Long Beach, CA.

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Book Published 2016-04-11 by Pegasus

Comments

Pitting the skills of a twenty-first century FBI agent against the evil of a nineteenth century English murderer, this novel is a brilliantly imaginative and riveting read.

If the Outlander series were written by Lisa Gardner, this would be the result. A tense page-turner with an excellent dose of feminism, social commentary, and badassery.

With its engaging characters, vivid and authentic settings, and intriguing mystery, this is the kind of book the reader wishes wouldn't end.

Readers of Regency romances or FBI thrillers are sure to love the Kendra Donovan Mysteries ? an inventive mix of the two genres. With its rapid pacing, slew of interesting characters and time travel, anyone who enjoys the unusual is sure to enjoy Agent Kendra Donovan's adventures.

Engrossing and enjoyable. The book is fast and fun to read, and watching a modern FBI agent try to solve crimes without any 21st-century tech to help is intriguing.

Audio: Tantor ; Large Print: Thorndike ; Japanese: Oakla

BlackBox Multimedia, London-based brand new international production company, founded by industry veteran and co-founder of Lionsgate UK Guy Avshalom and partners Guido Brera and Roberta Cardarelli, has optioned the rights to Juliet Mcelwain's MURDER IN TIME, and is currently adapting it into a high-end returnable scripted series with screenwriter Amanda Duke.

Julie McElwain writes like an angel, but it is a devil she chases through the halls of time in this edge-of-the-seat thriller. I was instantly engaged. This is a taut thriller written by a pro. Every page holds a new twist. Prepare for a sleepless night when you pick up this beauty.

If you are tired of reading typical mystery novels, this is the remedy. The novel and the series have plenty to offer: a captivating plot, an easy language which make the ready experience go smoothly, and a host of interesting characters.

Here's the sizzle (pitch) reel that BlackBox media created for MURDER IN TIME which was recently a huge hit in Rome at the International Pitching Forum where it was chosen as one of just fifteen to be presented to an exclusive audience of executives and commissioners from all over the world. We have the British Production Co, the Executive Producer, and one of the best screenwriters in the industry on board - just waiting for a distributor! Read more...