Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister - July 2023

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Hello fellow Crime, Mystery & Thriller readers,

Welcome to our discussion about Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister, your discussion leader is Claire given.
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Summary

Can you stop a murder after it's already happened?

Late October. After midnight. You're waiting up for your eighteen-year-old son. He's past curfew. As you watch from the window, he emerges, and you realize he isn't alone: he's walking toward a man, and he's armed.

You can't believe it when you see him do it: your funny, happy teenage son, he kills a stranger, right there on the street outside your house. You don't know who. You don't know why. You only know your son is now in custody, his future shattered.

That night you fall asleep in despair. All is lost.

Until you wake . . .

. . . and it is yesterday.

And then you wake again . . .

. . . and it is the day before yesterday.

Every morning you wake up a day earlier, another day before the murder. With another chance to stop it. Somewhere in the past lies an answer. The trigger for this crime--and you don't have a choice but to find it . . .

[Claire given]

This is a completely gripping book. The time travel element was made completely believable by the personal nature of the families experiences. I thought it was expertly written and gripping.

[Joan]

I especially like how the author made you feel "comfortable" with reliving a time using setting the clock back in the Fall as an example we all know happens and then extending the concept beyond that. It became a lot easier to suspend disbelief.

[Donne]

Ok, I'm probably not going to be very popular for saying this, but as a time-travel story, this was not a very good one. Even as a psychological thriller, it was "Meh"; I've read better. As far as I'm concerned, this is purely a domestic drama, which are not my fave genre. However, I suppose a lot of people will label it a domestic psychological thriller.

For me to consider a story as a thriller, the story would need to get my adrenaline going and keep me hanging on from page after page, to the point where I am staying up late just to finish it because I simply can not go to sleep without knowing how the story ends. This was not one of those stories for me. At some points, it was actually boring me.

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[Theresa]

I loved this book. Made me want to go back in time and have a few re-do’s myself or see some of my loved one’s again. I didn’t really see the twists coming. That for me is a fun experience and makes the book more enjoyable. I’m happy I read this one.

[Jess]

The logged days did confuse me quite a bit but was glad that the author went back and explained it all. Usually when time travel is in the mix and the character experiences going back into the past - the outcome of the future changes drastically. Towards the end, I honestly thought (view spoiler)[Todd was going to be the one that got stabbed or wouldn't exist at all (hide spoiler)]

[Jamie]

This one was hard to follow for me. I fought to finish it, but once I did, I was glad that I did.

[Pam]

I am so confused that I need to start over to get what is happening ... 😬

[Keisha]

Started this book with excitement but after reading the first few chapters I decided to put it on my DNF shelf.