Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 12/11/2020 + 1031 more book reviews

Start with the standard time travel plot - the protagonist is suddenly catapulted from their own time into another, and must navigate the unfamiliar customs etc. I mostly liked Kendra, and the deductive process she uses to find the killer. Rebecca is also interesting but I feel none of the other characters were 3-dimensional. And while I did finish the book, I had a lot of quibbles about it. Kendra is the product of some eugenics program by her parents, but why isn't this used in the plot? She's fearfully intelligent, and a trained profiler, but doesn't pick up on some obvious clues and can't come up with a reasonable cover story as to why she's there. And unbelievably, everyone around her, in this incredibly mannered and straight-laced society, accepts her and her attitude with only a few grumbles because...she's American? It would have been more interesting if she'd needed to really fit in and also do the investigation. I see this is the first in a series, so maybe my issues are smoothed out, but...so many books, so little time, I'm moving on.

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