4.5 stars. Such a fun read! It took a few chapters to really grab me, but the concept is incredibly intriguing: cold case detectives solving crimes by traveling back in time to gather evidence. Time travel! Murder (mostly the cozy kind)! A trip to the 1850s! Secret clubs, and so much more. There's constantly something happening to keep you hooked.Tons of twists and turns. There were a couple of things that either went over my head (or maybe the author will explain them in the sequel). Just a hea...

Do you ever come across books that are an immediate "yes" the moment you read the blurb or a review? Well, if a book combines crime, 18th and 19th century England, and time travel, then count me IN!I absolutely loved The Frozen People: An Ali Dawson Time Travel Mystery because, while it revolves around a completely unrealistic crime-solving method (brief jumps back in time—a new, top-secret, and completely untested technology... for now) and an authentic team assembled to use this new technology...

Detective Sergeant Ali Dawson used to work Cold Cases, investigating crimes from years ago – cases effectively "frozen in time." Her team was also part of a cutting-edge initiative allowing them to travel through time to investigate those very crimes. Having only ever travelled a short time into the past, Ali felt uncertain when asked to go all the way back to 1850 to look into the great-great-grandfather of one of London's top MPs. Preparations were made, authentic clothing acquired, and off sh...

4.5 stars. To be honest, I haven't read much of Elly Griffiths' work. I know her main series is super popular, but I'm not about to start it now—my TBR pile is way too big. So, when I heard she was launching a new series with a time-traveling female detective, I decided to give *The Frozen People: An Ali Dawson Time Travel Mystery* a shot. And I'm really glad I did! I enjoyed it a lot, especially Detective Sergeant Ali Dawson and her "Department of Logistics" team, who use short jumps through ti...

Anything new from Elly Griffiths is bound to be good, but having skipped the blurb, the direction of this story genuinely surprised me! It strongly reminded me of a book I read ages ago by Connie Willis, where history students traveled back in time to truly immerse themselves in the period they were studying. Similarly, in "The Frozen People: An Ali Dawson Time Travel Mystery," someone has discovered a way to travel back in time. It's still very experimental, only reaching as far back as 1976 s...

A deeply frustrating mess of half-formed ideas, sluggish pacing, and a total lack of narrative tension. Honestly, reading *The Frozen People: An Ali Dawson Time Travel Mystery* by Elly Griffiths felt like a chore.The dual timeline setup *could* have generated suspense, but there’s none. We know Ali’s safe, then she’s replaced by a guy we don’t know or care about. Meanwhile, Finn seems nonplussed in jail, and the evidence is so patently flimsy (they think he’s having an affair with the MP because...

I read this UK edition of *The Frozen People: An Ali Dawson Time Travel Mystery* as a buddy read with Hilary and Margie. It was exciting to read an untranslated (from British English to U.S. English) copy and to read the book before its U.S. publication date. It was published in the UK in February, but it won’t be in the U.S. until July. I really liked this new first book in a series. I'm not sure yet how much I’ll love the series, but I do plan to keep reading it. The storytelling is brillian...

The Frozen People: An Ali Dawson Time Travel Mystery had such a unique premise that really pulled me in — time travel, cold cases, Victorian era; check, check, check!While the plot itself was solid, I couldn’t help but feel that there was so much potential that went either unexplored or done, but badly. How you can make the Victorian era this dull, I will never know.The story really had the bones of something gripping and innovative, but overall it fell completely flat for me. Overall, a decent ...

A new series from Elly Griffiths, and let me tell you, it's absolutely amazing! I've become quite a fan of this author since discovering her books. I've been playing catch-up with the Ruth Galloway series and loving every minute, but I'm especially happy to jump in on book one of this new series. A mix of historical fiction and police procedural, "The Frozen People: An Ali Dawson Time Travel Mystery" was so hard to put down. I tried to savor it as much as possible, but I was desperate to see wha...

I have to say, when I first read the synopsis of *The Frozen People: An Ali Dawson Time Travel Mystery* – a secret cold case team within the Met who time travel to gather evidence on historical crimes – my initial reaction was to think "Really?! This is what's replacing our beloved Ruth Galloway series?!" And it's a bonkers premise, let's be honest, but somehow it kind of works. This is entirely down to the strength of Elly Griffiths' writing, and especially her character development. Quite rapi...