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Sign up todayThe Frozen People
A Mystery
Length
TBA
Language
English
“Fresh and exciting, with both humor and thrills, Griffiths’ first book in her new series knocks it out of the park!”—Shari Lapena
Cold cases are a lot easier to solve when you can travel back in time to find new evidence. Unless, that is, you get stuck in the nineteenth century…
Ali Dawson and her cold case team investigate crimes so old, they're frozen—or so their inside joke goes. Nobody knows that her team has a secret: they can travel back in time to look for evidence.
The latest assignment sees Ali venture back farther than they have dared before: to 1850s London to clear the name of Cain Templeton, an eccentric patron of the arts. Rumor has it that Cain is part of a sinister group called The Collectors. Ali arrives in the Victorian era to another dead woman at her feet and far too many unanswered questions.
As the clock counts down, Ali becomes more entangled in the mystery, yet danger lurks around every corner. She soon finds herself trapped, unable to make her way back to her beloved son, Finn, who is battling his own accusations in the present day.
Could the two cases be connected? In a race through and against time, Ali must find out before it’s too late.
Elly Griffiths is the author of the Ruth Galloway and Brighton mystery series, as well as the standalone novels The Stranger Diaries, winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel; The Postscript Murders; and Bleeding Heart Yard. She is the recipient of the CWA Dagger in the Library Award and the Mary Higgins Clark Award. She lives in Brighton, England.
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Author:
Elly Griffiths
ISBN:
9798217072231
Length:
TBA
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Publication date:
July 8, 2025
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#15,808 Overall
Genre rank:
#1,675 in Historical Fiction
Reviews
Praise for The Frozen People:“The historical sections are well researched, and Griffiths not only succeeds in making the implausible plausible, but leaves enough narrative breadcrumbs to make us long for more.”
—The Guardian
“A new book by Elly Griffiths is always a cause of delight, and this series promises to broaden our horizons. Ali Dawson will capture readers’ hearts.”
—Mick Herron, award-winning author of Slow Horses
“Fresh and exciting, with both humor and thrills, Griffiths’ first book in her new series knocks it out of the park!”
—Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of What Have You Done?
“Think you know time-travel? Think again! Far more than just a detective story, this is a tale about time itself, with delicious connections that thread back and forth between 1850 and 2023. Elly Griffiths has weaved a corker of a mystery that gripped me from page one. Smart, original, and utterly masterful.”
—Janice Hallett, international bestselling author of The Appeal
“A pleasure from finish to start.”
—Anthony Horowitz, New York Times bestselling author of the Hawthorne and Horowitz series
“Elly Griffiths is back with a cast of instantly memorable characters, and a dazzlingly inventive new conundrum.”
—Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author of One Perfect Couple
“A dark, thought-provoking, edge-of-your-seat crime thriller that will keep you flying through the pages. Present and past collide in this ingenious, time-twisting exploration of justice and a mother's race to save her son.”
—Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest
“Inventive, surprising, endlessly entertaining while being part murder mystery, part historical thriller, and part speculative fiction. Readers of any genre will enjoy sinking into its murky underworld with a protagonist they will love.”
—Gillian McAllister, New York Times bestselling author of Wrong Place Wrong Time
“A brilliant concept executed to perfection by a writer at the absolute top of her game.”
—Erin Kelly, international bestselling author of The Skeleton Key
“Elly Griffiths mixes a beguiling cocktail of crime and time travel in a twisty, dual-timezone novel sure to delight fans of both genres.”
—Chris Chibnall, creator of Broadchurch and author of Death at the White Hart
“The Frozen People is wickedly entertaining, clever, and truly spooky. I loved every page.”
—Liz Nugent, international bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond Expand reviews
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