The Poisoner’s Ring

Thank you Minotaur Books for this gifted copy.

I am a complete sucker for any time travel novel, and last summer I found myself drawn into Kelley Armstrong’s new series 𝗔 𝗥𝗶𝗽 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲. Book 2, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴, just came out on Tuesday and I cannot wait to dive in and see what murder mysteries Mallory will come across and if she can discover a way home!

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.

💬 𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡?