Cocktails & Chloroform: A "Rip Through Time" novella

Kelley Armstrong

Dec 2023 · Rip through time novel Book 2 · KLA Fricke Inc

About this ebook

For modern-day detective Mallory Atkinson, being trapped in the body of a Victorian housemaid means overcoming endless obstacles. Her current challenge is winning over the suspicious young parlormaid, Alice. Mallory’s plan starts with teaching the girl to make Molotov cocktails, which is a perfectly valid science experiment and not at all a desperate ploy to gain Alice’s attention. Before the lesson can begin, though, Alice receives a letter that has her slipping off in the night. Concerned for her safety—and naturally curious—Mallory follows.

Mallory finds Alice at what seems like a simple dance hall, watching young men and women flirting and whirling in pretty dresses and dapper suit-coats. But nothing here is what is seems, and what starts as a simple surveillance exercise turns into a full-scale spy mission with Mallory’s boss, Dr. Duncan Gray, at her side. Before the evening is done, those Molotov cocktails are probably going to come in handy.

Note this is not a full-length novel. It's a novella set after The Poisoner's Ring.

Ratings and reviews

I love this series and this novella is just another example of why. This author just keeps on creating the best adventures. Malory is a modern day policewoman through into the past and another persons body. A not so good woman and she’s still working to prove she’s changed. “Woof.” He motions as if patting my head. “Now stop playing about. The game is afoot.” Duncan Gray is a doctor in Victorian Scotland. He knows that Malory is from the future. “You’re in far too good a mood tonight,” I gru

Cocktails & Chloroform by Kelley Armstrong is SciFi Fantasy and Time Travel. Who could resist the title Cocktails and Chloroform, it’s automatically a must read. New exciting adventures and misadventures continue in this time traveling detective’s story. There’s never a dull moment solving crimes and mysteries. Don’t miss this book or the entire series. I received a complimentary copy of this book.Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Loved reading the exciting and engaging story. Even though Mallory is trapped in the past in a housemaid's body, Mallory, along with Dr. Gray try to save Alice and her sister from a sinister plan. Read the highly recommended, wonderfully written full of mystery and captivating characters, and a must read story. Can't wait to read the next story in the series!

About the author

 Kelley Armstrong believes experience is the best teacher, though she’s been told this shouldn’t apply to writing her murder scenes. To craft her books, she has studied aikido, archery and fencing. She sucks at all of them. She has also crawled through very shallow cave systems and climbed half a mountain before chickening out. She is however an expert coffee drinker and a true connoisseur of chocolate-chip cookies.

Kelley Armstrong is the author of the Rockton thriller series, standalone thrillers beginning with Wherever She Goes, and the Royal Guide to Monster Slaying middle-grade fantasy series. Past works include the Otherworld urban fantasy series, the Cainsville gothic mystery series, the Nadia Stafford thriller trilogy, the Darkest Powers & Darkness Rising teen paranormal series and the Age of Legends teen fantasy series.