Week 10 Review: Disturbing the Dead

From Goodreads:

Disturbing the Dead is the latest in a unique series with one foot in the 1860s and the other in the present day. The Rip Through Time crime novels are a genre-blending, atmospheric romp from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong.

Victorian Scotland is becoming less strange to modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson. Though inhabiting someone else’s body will always be unsettling, even if her employers know that she’s not actually housemaid Catriona Mitchell, ever since the night both of them were attacked in the same dark alley 150 years apart. Mallory likes her job as assistant to undertaker/medical examiner Dr. Duncan Gray, and is developing true friends―and feelings―in this century.

So, understanding the Victorian fascination with death, Mallory isn't that surprised when she and her friends are invited to a mummy unwrapping at the home of Sir Alastair Christie. When their host is missing when it comes time to unwrap the mummy, Gray and Mallory are asked to step in. And upon closer inspection, it's not a mummy they've unwrapped, but a much more modern body.

My Review:
I absolutely loved reading this book! I love her writing so much, and I've enjoyed this series, and boy, I had a really great time with this one! There's one thing that I want to say, but I'll add it in once the book is published, because I don't want to spoil what happens. 

This latest mystery, of a mummy unwrapping (which is such a cruel and disgusting thing to do, desecrating someone's burial rites, because they're of a different descent and long dead, still doesn't excuse it) and that host was unwrapped instead, brilliant! 

By now, the group knows their strengths and weaknesses in investigation, and work really well together, which is really heartwarming to read, that she's found her place here in the past, with these people, and made the investigation go pretty smoothly.

Though there was the whole thing were someone was writing about their cases, and the way that they depicted everyone was both infuriating, insulting, and a bit hilarious, how off they were! I loved how that storyline resolved! 

This book was an utter delight, and I can't wait for whatever comes next from this series! 

Author: Kelley Armstrong 
Series: A Rip Through Time #3 
Read: March 8th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series so much, and it's a Historical Fiction 2024 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Minotaur Books 
Expected Publication: May 7th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars