Full review at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 
 The premise of an FBI agent heroine traveling back in time to 1815 London and getting involved in a serial murder case was too tempting for me to resist. At its heart, this story has a great mystery, but too many unnecessary or ill-fitting details slowed the book to a slog. I just wanted more murder and crime solving. 
 As a heroine, Kendra was hard to relate to. As I mentioned, she's described in the book as a eugenics baby. Her parents are scientists who treated her more as an experiment than a child. They wanted to breed their most desirable traits in their daughter and it worked. She went to college at an early age and earned a spot as an FBI profiler at the age of 23. However, the eugenics aspect of her backstory seemed ill-fitting me. It was under explored given how huge a concept that is generally, and how integral to her identity it seemed to be. Kendra frequently feels like a "freak" given her eugenics background and has trouble fitting in, but this could have been accomplished narratively without adding the eugenics element. She's a woman in what is portrayed as a male-dominated field. Isn't that enough of a reason to feel out of place? 
 However, it does set up a parallel that she feels those same feelings in 1815 England because she's a woman who does things women in that era don't do. She speaks her mind, she curses, she has no knowledge of etiquette appropriate for her station, and she has an unconventional hairstyle for the time. (It's an angled bob, by the way.) 
 But the eugenics aspect felt more like shorthand instead of a plausible explanation for feeling different in the present day and in the past. Because she's super smart, Kendra seems to be good at everything. She knows a variety of languages and can recall the most random facts about things like Ming vases and then an author's lifespan. She lacked the empathy I want in a character and came across more like a computer, going through procedures and regurgitating facts. 
 Negatives aside, I really enjoyed the mystery of this one. I'm the kind of annoying reader and television/movie watcher who tries to guess what's going to happen before it does. I feel like such a badass when I know the twist before it's revealed. A Murder in Time had me guessing the whole way through and I frequently waffled on the identity of the murderer. I also loved seeing Kendra try to use modern crime solving techniques without the aid of technology. I wasn't sure how this book would end and whether Kendra would make it back to the present day. 
 Despite my disappointment with how things were wrapped up and with Kendra's characterization, the cleverness of the mystery motivates me to continue with the series. If you want a good mystery with a time travel twist and a serial killer disguised amongst gentry, A Murder in Time is great. But be prepared for some frustrating elements that may take you out of the story. I recommend taking frequent breaks while reading, lest your frustration boil over. 
 - Amanda