The Poisoners Ring, Kelley Armstrong
The Poisoners Ring, Kelley Armstrong
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The Poisoner's Ring
A Rip Through Time Novel

Author: Kelley Armstrong

Narrator: Kate Handford

Unabridged: 14 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/23/2023


Synopsis

A modern-day homicide detective is working as an undertaker's assistant in Victorian Scotland when a serial poisoner attacks the men of Edinburgh and leaves their widows under suspicion.

Edinburgh, 1869: Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is adjusting to her new life in Victorian Scotland. Her employers know she’s not housemaid Catriona Mitchell—even though Mallory is in Catriona’s body—and Mallory is now officially an undertaker’s assistant. Dr. Duncan Gray moonlights as a medical examiner, and their latest case hits close to home. Men are dropping dead from a powerful poison, and all signs point to the grieving widows… the latest of which is Gray’s oldest sister.

Poison is said to be a woman’s weapon, though Mallory has to wonder if it’s as simple as that. But she must tread carefully. Every move the household makes is being watched, and who knows where the investigation will lead.

New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong is known for her exquisite world building, and this latest series is no exception. The Poisoner's Ring brings the intricacies of Victorian Scotland alive as Mallory again searches for a 19th-century killer as well as a way home.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

About Kelley Armstrong

Kelley Armstrong is the author of over 50 novels in mystery, fantasy and horror. She believes experience is the best teacher, though she’s been told this shouldn’t apply to writing her murder scenes. To craft her books, she has studied aikido, archery and fencing. She sucks at all of them. She has also crawled through very shallow cave systems and climbed half a mountain before chickening out. She is however an expert coffee drinker and a true connoisseur of chocolate-chip cookies.


Reviews

Goodreads review by PamG on May 05, 2023

In The Poisoner's Ring Kelley Armstrong combines a murder mystery and a time travel aspect in a historical setting in this second book in the Rip Through Time series. Since May 20, 2019, Vancouver homicide detective Mallory Atkinson was in Edinburgh, Scotland to be with her dying grandmother whe......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on April 30, 2023

Book 2 of A Rip Through Times series, you must read the first book in order to understand this one. Mallory, a modern day woman cop trapped in the body of a 19 year old Scottish Victorian girl in 1869. Her employer and friend Dr. Duncan Gray is aware of who Mallory really is, and while she there she......more

Goodreads review by Madison on May 21, 2023

The Poisoner’s Ring by Kelley Armstrong A Rip through Time series #2. Homicide Detective Mallory Atkinson accidentally went through a time-slip and is stuck in the body of an eighteen year old maid in Edinburgh Scotland in the year 1869. Fortunately her employer, Doctor Duncan Gray is aware she’s not......more

The Poisoner’s Ring (A Rip Through Time, #2) was the first book that I have read by author, Kelley Armstrong. It was a time travel historical mystery that took place in Victorian Edinburgh. I usually don’t read time travel novels but this one worked for me. It was fast paced, had touches of humor, l......more

Goodreads review by Mallory on December 06, 2022

The more I read by Kelley Armstrong the more I feel that she is one of my favorite authors. I love her versatility, her character development, and world building. While this is only book two in this series, this is becoming one of my favorites. I love the mystery and the element of time travel/displ......more


Quotes

"Armstrong’s intriguing and atmospheric time-travel mystery will appeal to readers who enjoy historical detail." –Library Journal (starred review)

"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