The crime writer extraordinaire delivers an unputdownable first instalment in a new series with a time-travelling spin, as an unsolved mystery takes cold cases investigator Ali Dawson – quite literally – to the freezing London of January 1850.
SOME MURDERS CAN'T BE SOLVED IN JUST ONE LIFETIME.
From the No 1 bestselling author, a brand new series with a brand new heroine to fall in love with. Ali Dawson is as colourful as her bright red hair - warm, funny, forthright - and mother to a grown son, Finn. Ali works on cold cases, crimes so old, the joke goes, they are almost frozen.
What most people don't know is that Ali and the team travel back in time to complete their researches - a process pioneered by the mysterious Italian physicist, Serafina Pelligrini.
So far the team has only ventured a few years or decades back but Ali's boss has a new assignment for her. He wants her to step back to 1850, the heart of the Victorian Age, to clear the name of Cain Templeton, the eccentric great-grandfather of Tory MP Isaac Templeton, her son's boss.
To ready herself for the challenge ahead, Ali researches the Victorian era. She learns that Cain Templeton was part of a sinister group called The Collectors, the rumour being that you had to kill a woman to become a member. Duly prepared, she arrives in London in January 1850 in the middle of a freezing winter. She is directed to a house inhabited by artists, and is greeted by a dead woman at her feet.
Soon she finds herself in extreme danger. Even worse - she appears to be stuck, unable to make her way back to the present, to the life she loves and to her son, Finn.
The Frozen People is a lavish, cleverly plotted mystery with a cast of new characters to get to know and love.
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
ISBN: 9781529433333
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 560 g
Dimensions: 240 x 160 x 36 mm
A new book by Elly Griffiths is always a cause of delight, and this series promises to broaden our horizons. Ali Dawson will capture readers' hearts the way Ruth Galloway did. - Mick Herron
Think you know time-travel? Think again! The Frozen People is a five-star start to a dazzling new series. Elly Griffiths has weaved a corker of a mystery that gripped me from page one. Smart, original and utterly masterful. - Janice Hallett
A pleasure from start to finish. - Anthony Horowitz
Fresh and exciting, with both humor and thrills, Griffiths' first book in her new series knocks it out of the park! - Shari Lapena
Elly Griffiths' new series showcases a writer at the height of her powers, with the confidence to go with the Big Idea. The Frozen People brings together time travel, a compelling Victorian mystery, and characters destined to become familiar names. An exhilarating new crime series with a fabulous genre twist. - Vaseem Khan
In The Frozen People Elly Griffiths brilliantly makes the unbelievable believable - a tour de force. - Peter James
A new series from Elly Griffiths is always a reason to celebrate and The Frozen People is outstanding. With consummate skill and wit, Elly creates new worlds and characters that feel utterly real. The Frozen People is a remarkable achievement from a crime fiction phenomenon. - Jane Casey
The Frozen People has it all: mystery, humour and high stakes for a new group of heroes brought brilliantly to life by an author whose talent continues to dazzle and surprise. - Sarah Hilary
Ending a much-loved crime series to start afresh takes some guts. Of course, Elly Griffiths pulls it off. Warm and engaging characters, a brilliant mystery, a surprise at the end, and - of course - that energising bit of time travel too. Amazing stuff. - Stig Abell
Elly Griffiths is one of our very best storytellers, and The Frozen People is an outstanding start to an original new series. Mixing historical and contemporary drama, she weaves a captivating, atmospheric mystery filled with wisdom, wit and compassion. I can't wait for the next instalment. - Antonia Hodgson
Those of us missing Ruth Galloway need not worry because Elly Griffiths has presented us with a new character to fall in love with. Detective Ali Dawson is such a personable and relatable character. The Frozen People is wickedly entertaining, clever ... truly spooky. I loved every page. - Liz Nugent
The Frozen People is an absolute triumph, vivid, suspenseful, fierce and funny - I was all-in from page one. - Louise Candlish
A brilliant concept executed to perfection by a writer at the absolute top of her game. - Erin Kelly
I really enjoyed this book. Inventive, surprising, endlessly entertaining while being part murder mystery, part historical thriller, and part speculative fiction. Readers of any genre will enjoy sinking into its murky underworld with a protagonist they will love. - Gillian McAllister
An audaciously compelling thriller, full of rare charm, zest and warmth - it will captivate you and it will melt you. - Nicci French
Wildly inventive, brilliantly plotted and another surefire hit from the amazing powerhouse that is Elly Griffiths. - Jo Spain
Elly Griffiths is back with a cast of instantly memorable characters, and a dazzlingly inventive new conundrum. - Ruth Ware
Both hugely entertaining and erudite, The Frozen People is a triumphant start to Elly Griffiths' new series. The most original crime novel you'll read this year - Mark Edwards
Ingeniously inventive . . . an unputdownable triumph - Crime Monthtly
Entertaining - Irish Times
Ambitious and daringly original . . . an exciting blend of chills, thrills and satirical humour - Lancashire Post
Well-imagined and entertaining - Mail on Sunday
Masterful - Sunday Post
Well-researched and well-written . . . a light hearted caper that solves murder in the past and present - The Times
Being a fan of Elly Griffiths’ Ruth Galloway and The Brighton Murder mysteries series, a new book with a new series from a favourite author is always exciting.
The Frozen People takes us in a new direction a crime...
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I love Elly Griffiths so to be able to read a proof of The Frozen People was a privilege. This is the first book in a new series and it packs a punch. It is original, gripping, exciting, fast-paced and I loved the... More
Time travelling, cold case detectives what’s not to love? Elly Griffiths has penned another terrific new series for her avid readers with the introduction of The Frozen People. Great title too! An under the radar cold... More
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