The Killing Time

the second Ali Dawson Mystery from the No 1 bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries

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The Killing Time

By: Elly Griffiths

Narrated by: Julie Maisey

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'Warm and engaging characters and a wildly brilliant story wittily told' Ann Cleeves

'Ali Dawson is a delight - a detective you'll want to spend more time with' JP Delaney

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 . . .

'Elly Griffiths has done it again. Warm, witty and outrageously believable. I loved it' Sarah Hilary

'Here's a paradox: a thriller that is full of zest and joy' Nicci French

'Ali Dawson could be the most fun time-travelling detective since Dirk Gently' Chris Brookmyre©2026 Elly Griffiths

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Crime Thrillers

Fantasy

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Police Procedurals

Thriller & Suspense

Women Sleuths

Exciting

Feel-Good

Heartfelt

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England

Time Travel

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Critic reviews

Elly Griffiths has done it again. The Killing Time is a deft and compelling detective story with the added frisson of time travel. Warm, witty and outrageously believable. I loved it

Ali Dawson could be the most fun time-travelling detective since Dirk Gently

Warm and engaging characters and a wildly brilliant story wittily told; I loved this

Joyously inventive, totally original, filled with warmth, humanity and fun. Ali Dawson is a delight - a detective you'll want to spend more time with

Here's a paradox: a thriller that is full of zest and joy

A gripping sequel to The Frozen People that I could read time and time again

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I eagerly awaited this second Ali Dawson book & was not disappointed. Narrator, Julie Maisey is very different to Jane McDowell who narrates the Ruth Galloway mysteries & it took me a chapter or two to warm to her both here & back in book 1. But, warm to her I did as is no less wonderful, competent & capable. Loved the story with all of its intrigue & am marvelling at the imagination to create all. I really look forward to book 3!