An Ordinary Sort of Evil, Kelley Armstrong
An Ordinary Sort of Evil, Kelley Armstrong
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An Ordinary Sort of Evil
A Rip Through Time Novel

Author: Kelley Armstrong

Narrator: Kate Handford

Unabridged: 12 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/19/2026


Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong returns to Victorian Scotland in the latest in the genre-blending Rip Through Time series.

Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Mitchell has grown accustomed to life in Victorian Scotland after travelling 150 years into the past into the body of a housemaid. She’s built a new life for herself. Even though she works as an assistant to forensic-science pioneer Dr. Duncan Gray and Detective Hugh McCreadie, she considers them true friends. And with Gray in particular, perhaps, someday, something more.

Late one night, Gray and Mallory are summoned urgently to the home of Lady Adler, a patron of Gray’s undertaking business, and they assume there's been a death in the household. But instead, they arrive in the midst of a seance with a ghost demanding Gray's presence. The ghost is Lady Adler's former maid, who had gone missing but now requests that Gray investigate her murder. Although Gray and Mallory are skeptical, they agree to look into the matter, whether she's dead or alive. But unsure if there's been a murder or not, unable to call out the medium as a fraud, and concerned for the fate of the young maid, Gray and Mallory are once again drawn into a mystery much more puzzling--and more dangerous—than it first seems.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books

About Kelley Armstrong

Kelley Armstrong is the author of over 50 novels in mystery, fantasy and horror. She believes experience is the best teacher, though she’s been told this shouldn’t apply to writing her murder scenes. To craft her books, she has studied aikido, archery and fencing. She sucks at all of them. She has also crawled through very shallow cave systems and climbed half a mountain before chickening out. She is however an expert coffee drinker and a true connoisseur of chocolate-chip cookies.

About Kate Handford

Kate Handford has narrated over 150 audiobooks and has been awarded an Earphones Award by AudioFile. She regularly works with great publishers on a wide range of genres, from contemporary literary fiction to crime thrillers. She also narrates for The Guardian; features in video games like Horizon: Forbidden West and Terminator: Resistance; voices projects for international brands like Maison Margiela; and ads for Google, Amazon, Jabra, Pampers and more.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Monica on December 07, 2025

4.5 Stars- Another great addition to the series! In this novel Mallory and Gray are summoned to the Adler household because during a seance the ghost of a former maid says she was murdered. Mallory and Gray don't have any real proof that a crime was committed but decide to humor Mrs. Adler and begin......more

Goodreads review by Flo on February 25, 2026

3.5 stars! Thank you to Minotaur Books for the ARC/giveaway copy of this book through Goodreads! I have really enjoyed the return to this series. As always, it was a fun romp through Victorian London...this time with more kissing. While the mystery in this novel was certainly interesting, this book d......more

Goodreads review by Paige on October 28, 2025

I want to say a massive thank you to St. Martin's Press-especially Kat White, for the ARC of An Ordinary Sort of Evil. Kelley Armstrong has been a favourite author of mine for years and to have the privilege to ARC read some of her work is a dream come true. She is always an instant buy/read author f......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on January 08, 2026

I am trying very hard to keep my composure, but internally I am absolutely screaming. Five books and three novellas later, we’re once again in the loving embrace of our favourite Victorian book boyfriend, Dr. Duncan Gray, and the magnificently modern Miss Mallory Mitchell/Atkinson. Returning to these......more


Quotes

“A rip-roaring great read. . . The best time travel tale I’ve read in a long time.” — The Providence Journal on A Rip Through Time

“Armstrong builds an intense, intricately plotted mystery in this series debut.” —Library Journal (starred and boxed review) on A Rip Through Time

"Armstrong fashions a satisfying narrative out of familiar parts and nails her lead’s cheeky, anachronistic narration. This is winningly silly and satisfying." –Publishers Weekly on The Poisoner's Ring

“An absorbing read. Highly recommended.”—Historical Novel Society on The Poisoner's Ring

"Kelley Armstrong has a fluid writing style that quickly brings readers into the well-paced story...this is a moving, well-written, suspenseful, and entertaining novel with great characterization...The author’s writing style is engaging and draws readers into the story quickly." –Mystery and Suspense Magazine on Disturbing the Dead

“Atmospheric and intricately plotted… Armstrong has created a detailed and approachable historical series with a time-travel twist.”—Shelf Awareness on Disturbing the Dead

“The Canadian author really knows how to pace a good whodunit and Death at a Highland Wedding shows her at her best.” –The Globe and Mail on Death at a Highland Wedding

"An irresistible series... The success of the book lies in the details: the vividly realized historical environment, the period-appropriate characters, and the thrill of watching a cop trying to adapt modern-day forensic techniques to an era in which they were utterly unknown. Series fans will be lining up for this one."--Booklist on Death at a Highland Wedding

"Time travel provides the framework for a captivating mystery and intriguing insights into life in 1870s Scotland."—Kirkus Reviews on Death at a Highland Wedding