Ali Dawson · Book 2
The Killing Time
- Published
- 12 February 2026
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN-13
- 9781529433388
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Killing Time followed almost exactly a year later, on 12 February 2026, matching its predecessor at 352 pages as Ali moves between contemporary and Victorian London on a new cold case.
Its place in Ali Dawson
The Killing Time is book 2 in the Ali Dawson series. It follows The Frozen People. It is followed by The Case of the Christmas Card. See the full Ali Dawson reading order.
Elly Griffiths's newest series gives her signature blend of procedural mystery and deep historical texture a genuinely new engine: time travel. Ali Dawson is a fifty-something detective with red hair and a nose ring who works for the fictional Department of Logistics, a secretive unit that has quietly been solving cold cases since 2020 by sending investigators physically back into the past. In The Frozen People (2025), Ali travels to 1850s London to clear the name of Cain Templeton, the eccentric Victorian…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781529433388
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780593834619