Kelly’s Armstrong continues to fascinate with her Slip Through Time series.

An Ordinary Sort of Evil (Rip Through Time #5) by Kelley Armstrong        

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I adore the character Dr. Duncan Gray, a medical practitioner in 1870’s Edinburgh. I’m amused at the 21st century detective Mallory Atkinson who, after being struck on the head, inhabits the well developed body nineteen year old maid, Catroina of that era. Mallory continually has trouble behaving as a Victorian woman should. She keeps forgetting herself, how to behave, how to walk, how not to take offence at men leering at her chest. Duncan and his sister Isla know Mallory’s/ Catroina’s backstory.

The case Mallory and Duncan find themselves investigating is at the request of Lady Adler, who is a patron of Isla’s charitable works. Mallory and Duncan find themselves involved in séances, dead young girls, Queen Victoria, and the thorny problem of being attracted to your employer.

Mallory is at last finding her place in this culture, but she’s tripped up by the real differences so many times.

Another enjoyable read from Armstrong.

A St. Martin’s Press ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.