MURDER THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN THE NEXT DAY.
Detective Benjamin Morris arrives at yet another call. In one of the mansions, a young woman is found murdered. In the garden, he finds a hairpin with a torn strand of hair. Returning to the mansion, Morris discovers the house is empty—there’s no body and no colleagues. Believing everyone has already left, he takes the find with him and brings it to the station in the morning.
But at the station, the detective is laughed at—they don’t understand what murder he’s talking about. Morris is already deciding he’s going out of his mind, but then—unexpectedly—the very girl he saw dead yesterday arrives at the station. The mysterious Samantha Stuart asks for help: threats have been coming to her all week, and she’s afraid for her life.
Killer Charlie Becker wakes up and realizes the job hasn’t been completed. He’s forced to go kill again… What’s hidden behind all these riddles? And will Detective Morris be able to untangle a knot where the past and present are far too closely connected?
The “Time of New Detectives” series includes new names in high-stakes fiction. Young authors with unusual plots and twisted intrigues present themselves to readers for the first time.
“Laura Keely’s debut novel is a great example of how the detective genre can develop. The novel successfully combines a dynamic plot with unexpected twists, a good style, and intelligent questions. ‘In the Loop of Time’ not only keeps you turning pages, but also encourages you to think about the most relevant topics.” — Ekaterina Khramenkova, literary critic
“Once you start reading this unusual novel, you understand that with every page the events spin faster and faster from all sides, and you’re already running after the author’s thought, diving deeper and deeper into this story… I liked it!” — Olesya @lesenka1806, book blogger