Description
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Club comes a gripping mystery about time travel tourism and the dangerous consequences which ensue when the privileged make the past their playground.
Mercurial tech entrepreneur Inigo Frank has perfected commercial time travel, though it is tightly regulated and so expensive that it's open only to the very wealthiest.
His company, Tempus Tours, has so far been approved for just one route: a journey back to London in 1941, to the days of the Blitz, allowing the super-rich to experience the awesome sights and sounds of the aerial bombardment of the capital during World War II. It's a slick operation--routes across the wartime city are meticulously plotted, guides are extensively trained, and rules for the time tourists are strictly enforced.
To immortalize his achievement, Frank enlists award-winning filmmaker Phoebe Hunt to create a fly-on-the-wall documentary. On her first day shadowing Inigo, she is set to witness the return of a billionaire property developer and his family from their trip to the past. But instead of their awe-filled return, she captures the group arriving bloodied and traumatized, with one of their number missing.
Not only that, but Phoebe recognizes the missing woman, and knows not only that she's not who she claims to be but that she has every reason to harbor a grudge against her. And as events begin to unravel in the present day, it seems increasingly clear that she had sinister motives for returning to the past--and that people close to Phoebe are in danger.
Phoebe must race to untangle the truth--before past and the future are rewritten.
With this inventive, propulsive and genre-bending page turner, the bestselling author of The Club and The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby once again delivers an enthralling tale of legacy and wealth, history and technology with a gripping mystery at its core.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"A time tourist goes rogue in this stunning sci-fi thriller from husband-and-wife duo Paul Vlitos and Collette Lyons, writing as Lloyd (The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby). . . . Well-wrought characters lend texture and emotional resonance to the intricate and diabolically clever plot. It's a triumph." -- Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
"Lloyd's gripping, thought-provoking narrative goes far beyond a clever sci-fi concept, using time travel as a lens to examine identity, consequence, and the hidden forces that shape who we become." -- firstCLUE
"The author has delivered a propulsive, genre-bending page-turner that forces us to look at the ethics of technology and the persistent gap between the "haves" and 'have-nots.' It is a chilling reminder that some parts of history should remain untouched, especially by those who only wish to use it as a backdrop for their own amusement. . . . If you are looking for a mystery thriller that challenges your perspective on history and wealth, this is one to add to your preorder list. Seriously, you are going to love this time travel mystery. So check this haunting book out when it hits store shelves!" -- Beauty Cooks Kisses
"Ellery Lloyd crafts a mesmerizing time-hopping mystery around the question: what if time travel is possible, but only for the uber-rich? Film-maker Phoebe Hunt arrives at the tech headquarters of mysterious billionaire Inigo Frank, the man who not only cracked the secret of time travel but made it into a tourist attraction for the wealthy. Frank insists he wants an honest documentary from Phoebe, but she remains skeptical--especially when a trip to 1941 goes terribly wrong, and a real estate heiress gets stranded back in the London Blitz. As troubles mount and timelines begin to fray, Phoebe comes to realize that her own troubled past is somehow entwined with the missing time traveler--but how? Time to Burn offers twists and turns galore, a true delight to the last page!" -- Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code
"I tore through Time to Burn, a brilliantly clever tale about time travel gone wrong. Bold, convincing and beautifully told - I could not put this book down" -- Clare Leslie Hall, New York Times bestselling author of Broken Country
"Clever, fast paced, and genuinely surprising--I stayed up way too late to finish!" -- Emma Rosenblum, bestselling author of Bad Summer People and Mean Moms
"What I love about Ellery Lloyd is that I never know what I'm going to get from one novel to the next. This was absolutely thrilling. It is mind bending and totally immersive, and takes the idea of time travel to new and exciting heights. Ingenious!" -- John Marrs, author of You Killed Me First and The Family Experiment
"Ellery Lloyd is one of my favorite writers. Time to Burn is a riveting time traveler thriller packed with rollicking action and epic imagination--and a smart, satirical heart." -- Abigail Dean, author of The Death of Us and Conspiracies
"Lloyd's novel interweaves the stories of these three distinct time periods to create an elegant tapestry--and a novel of love, suspense, family secrets, Egyptology, surrealism, and corruption. Above all, it is a novel of women. . . . . the novel will not disappoint. A must for fans of Kate Morton. A delightful puzzle box of a novel." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review), on The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby
"A delightful puzzle box of a novel." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby
"The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby delivers some truly blockbuster revelations that will keep readers on the edge of their seats from first page to last. A must for Ellery Lloyd fans and a great find for newcomers." - Los Angeles Times Book Review, on The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby
"A gripping romp into the lives of the elite." - Seattle Times, on The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby
"Are you ready for the roller coaster ride that is The Club? . . . A beautifully written, densely plotted murder mystery that takes place at a private club off the coast of England. Read about a luxurious, celeb-only island during a weekend of partying and ultimately murder." - Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club March '22 Pick) on The Club
"The Club is something very different: a super-glamorous locked-room (locked island, really) murder mystery. . . . Glitzy and twisty, it's tons of fun." - The Guardian on The Club
"Deliciously sinister." - Popsugar on The Club
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