GREAT WINTER READ

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TIME TRAVEL

What a ride. The pace of this story begins at full-tilt and does not let up, leaving the reader almost breathless.

It follows six women in three different time periods – 1967 onwards, 2017, and 2018. In 1967, the reader meets the ‘Pioneers’ – four talented colleagues and friends who invent time travel. All seems well until one of the team has a breakdown on national television and is cut off from the group and subsequent company.

After decades of silence from her ex-colleagues, in 2017 Barbara receives a mysterious origami rabbit made from an inquest notice regarding a suspected murder that won’t take place until 2018. The problem is, the victim cannot be identified and there are no leads on the motive, method, or killer.

Fortunately for the reader, the explanations of how time travel works is remarkably light scientifically and is easy to wrap the head around, and jumping between time-frames and characters is surprisingly simple to follow. Part murder-mystery, part psychology speculation, and with a little science-fiction thrown in, this book is an exciting ride from start to finish.

The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas is available from Thursday, August 9.

Review based on advance sampler provided from the publisher Head of Zeus via NetGalley.