First published 2025
Ali Dawson leads a cold case investigation team with an extraordinary secret. They can travel through time to gather evidence for unsolved crimes. Their newest case pushes them beyond previous limits when they must journey to Victorian London in the 1850s. Their mission centers on Cain Templeton, an arts patron accused of murder and rumored to belong to a mysterious organization called The Collectors. Ali arrives in the past only to discover another dead woman and a web of questions without answers. Time becomes her enemy as she grows deeper into the Victorian mystery while danger closes in from all sides. Her situation turns desperate when she cannot return to the present day, where her son Finn faces his own criminal accusations. Ali begins to suspect the two cases across different centuries might connect. She races against time itself to solve both mysteries before she loses everything that matters to her.
Genres: historical-fiction, mystery, crime, time-travel, 21st-century, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, time-travel
Setting: London, Victorian
Period: 1850s, Present Day
292 pages · Hardcover · Pamela Dorman Books