The Killing Time

Paperback Published on: 10/09/2026
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The Killing Time
Ali Dawson is back (in time).
The Frozen people project is shut down with one of their number stuck in Victorian England. Through a series of unfortunate events Ali Dawson ends up back ... READ MORE
Eilish from Rustington

Synopsis

Join Ali Dawson and her cold case team for another thrilling case.

Ali Dawson is a police detective who leads a unit that investigates cases so cold her team must travel to the distant past to solve them. But Ali and the team haven't been allowed to time-travel ever since their technical expert, Jones, got stuck in Victorian London, never to be seen again.

To distract herself from meaningless tasks, Ali decides to look into a present-day case - an apparent suicide of a young man who fell to his death from a high building. She believes the death is linked to a psychic medium called Barry Power, who convinced the boy he could fly. Ali goes to one of Power's shows where he claims to be in contact with Jones.

When Ali notices that evening that her cat, Terry, has gone missing, she decides to go back in time just long enough to prevent Terry from escaping through his open cat flap. A dangerous plan which backfires, and she finds herself once more in Victorian London, where she meets Jones, as well as Power, and the darkly mysterious Cain Templeton with whom Ali has unfinished business from her previous visit to the past . . .

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Quercus Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781529433425
  • Number of pages: 352
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
  • Languages: English

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The Killing Time
Killing Time
I really wasn't just Killing Time reading this book from Elly Griffiths . I love her books and this one does not disappoint. It's the second story in the... READ MORE
Mark
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The Killing Time
Reading time well spent
A complete delight.Time travel bestrides the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Elly Griffiths has remodelled the concept and placed it dead centre int... READ MORE
Ricoh
The Killing Time
very entertaining and intriguing time-travel fiction
The Killing Time is the second book in the Ali Dawson series by award-winning, best-selling British author, Elly Griffiths. Eighteen months after DI Ali Da... READ MORE
Marianne Vincent
The Killing Time
Another exciting instalment
The second in the Ali Dawson time travel mysteries. Ali is a police detective who leads a special team investigating cold cases. She has just returned fr... READ MORE
Vanessa C Wild
The Killing Time
You'll need to suspend your belief, but it's worth it!
Book 2 in the Ali Dawson series about a cold case, time-travelling police team. Ali is looking into a present-day case, the apparent suicide of a young man... READ MORE
Oundle Crime
The Killing Time
Amazing
I love Elly Griffiths and her latest book has not disappointed.Particularly loved that Ali went back in time to try and stop her cat from going missing
Kerry Davis
The Killing Time
A superb read
Loved this book. Had already read the previous , so knew the storyline. Such a clever use of past and present. It kept me wondering if the characters could... READ MORE
Gwen
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The Killing Time
Second intriguing time travel story about Ali Dawson
I really enjoyed The Frozen People last year and was delighted when this second Ali Dawson mystery was published earlier this year. I absolutely loved this... READ MORE
Lynda Woodfield