Wow I absolutely loved Wrong Place Wrong Time. It grabbed my attention from the description alone and the story did not let go. It was a complete page turner from start to finish with plenty of twists, turns and jaw dropping moments. It was just brilliant.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC.

I have been eagerly anticipating the next release by Gillian McAllister as she always delivers a shocking and gripping storyline that gets the mind boggled. Her new book, Wrong Place, Wrong Time and the opening chapter pulls you straight in and captures your attention with the sudden dramatic life altering event that takes place.

I will be honest and say I was a little wary about this storyline when it became apparent that there was going to be a strong time travel element to the storyline as I have never been a fan of time travel in novels (Bring it on if it was in real life!) but I can’t tell you how relieved I am that I persevered because I would have missed an astounding read. I soon got used to the time hopping further back and I actually looked forward to each new day and unearthing more clues as Jen finds out the life she has been living when looked at through a fresh pair of eyes has a lot of hidden secrets. It certainly got me thinking how I would love the ability to relive my life backwards to see it from a different angle and see what I had missed, The author has a great imagination to come up with the concept for this novel.



It was an utterly thrilling and unpredictable read full of multiple shocking twists and turns which made this book simply impossible to put down. Gillian McAllister has an incredible skill at creating cryptic storylines that keep you in the dark and on your toes from start to finish and this novel is no exception, I highly recommend this book so go grab your copy now!

Wrong Place, Wrong Time is THE best book I’ve read this year, I bang abide anything based on time travel but this has really opened my eyes and I blooming loved it!!
The book is based around main character Jen, she witnesses one night her son stabbing a stranger outside their house, he is arrested and all her hopes and dreams for him vanish instantly. When she wakes the next morning it is the day before the event and she gradually finds out she needs not to replay the day but to try and find out some important information to try and stop the stabbing from happening. Each morning she is further back in time and finding out more and more about her family.
This was a fast paced thriller that had me reading whenever and wherever I could. The characters were well described leaving me thinking that I really knew them and felt their anguish. The brilliance of the travelling backwards is like nothing I’ve read before and I do wonder where Gillian McAllisters next book will take us. Amazing book that will have me thinking about it for months.
I would like to thank Netgalley and Penguin Michael Joseph UK for this ARC I received in exchange for an honest review.

Wow what an outstanding book this was, I went ruin this review with any spoilers but I Have recommend this book to everyone as it is so good, thanks to the publisher and netgalley for the arc of this book in exchange for this review

If you haven't heard about Wrong Place, Wrong Time, I don't know where you've been hiding recently. I think it would be fair to say that it's 2022's most hyped book so far, so I was very excited to experience it for myself. But sadly, I'm in the minority with this one.

The concept of Wrong Place, Wrong Time is a fantastic one and I can see why so many people are loving this book. It's unique and exciting, and the premise alone gets your heart racing in anticipation of how this story will play out.

This amazing quote below explains just what I love about this concept: "How sinister it is to relive your life backwards. To see things you hadn't at the time. To realise the horrible significance of events you had no idea were playing out around you."

I love that! And reading about how McAllister came up with the idea makes it all the more brilliant.

However, while I love how the story played out and how this time travel/groundhog day concept was used (and it is used well, I have to add!), I found the story itself very underwhelming. All I was left thinking was that, had this story been told normally, I wouldn't have found anything about it that interesting.

There are some great twists but I didn't feel that any of them hit with any impact. I needed more cliffhanger moments, more detail about what was going on, and to feel more engaged with the male characters.

But as I said, everybody else is absolutely loving this book and I would definitely recommend it for McAllister's excellent ideas. It just didn't connect with me, but I'm sure others will enjoy the experience a whole lot more.

If you’re going to play with suspension of disbelief in order to deliver a riveting psychological thriller then you really do have to be very careful to make sure the plotting is immaculate and the premise sufficiently compelling to allow the reader to skip over the disbelief part. That Gillian McAllister achieves this and in doing so makes it feel effortless is no less than a triumph.

I was absolutely glued to Wrong Place, Wrong Time from start to finish. This is excellent writing wrapped up in a really interesting proposition and delivered faultlessly.

The crime is straightforward and no less shocking for that. No spoilers here for we start with a fatal stabbing of a stranger by a young man, Todd right in front of Jen, his mother who has been waiting up for him wanting to make sure he gets safely home.

Todd is arrested and Jen spends a difficult night on the sofa, finally falling asleep despite herself. She has no idea who the victim is or even why her son would have had a knife. Todd is a happy science nerd, not some teenager in a gang and she can’t fathom what would have driven him to this.

But when she wakes after a fitful night, she finds that time has slipped and she is in the day before the crime. Now she can begin to unravel the time before the crime; to delve into who this stranger was and why her son was involved enough with him to commit murder against him.

In a beautifully structured plot, Jen’s journey is one that takes her progressively back in time while she slowly realises that by understanding what has happened and how the timeline progressed, she might just have an opportunity to intervene and change the course of events.

As McAllister takes Jen back in time, further and further we not only learn about Jen, her partner Ryan and their son Todd, but we have an opportunity to understand the choices that they have made as a family and how those choices have impacted on the events leading up to the murder.

This means that Jen is constantly asking herself questions about what she could have done differently and the extent to which she may have contributed to the terrible outcome in which her lovely, funny son commits a terrible knife crime.

Beautifully plotted, full of surprises and absolutely winning me over, I was captivated and enthralled by this thrilling and original story. The characters are great and you really do care about Jen and because you do, her need to understand the course of events becomes yours. You need Todd to have a rational explanation for what has gone before; you will Jen on to get to the truth before Todd is convicted of murder. I was on tenterhooks throughout and the whole book is so well plotted and convincingly written that I didn’t once have to stop and question the premise. It just works and works completely.

Verdict: Brilliantly clever, utterly convincing. A real winner that’s bound to be a huge success.

It was the first book I read by this author and I fell in love with the storytelling and the style of writing.
A compelling, riveting, and gripping story. A page turner that kept me reading and I had to keep on reading because I wanted to know what was going to happen.
A great plot, excellent character development.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

I absolutely loved this book. Brilliant concept. Jen witnesses her son stabbing a man in cold blood one night. After that night, every day she wakes up is a day in the past. And as she wakes up further and further back in time, piece by piece, she finds out significant details that lead her to slowly understand the events of the night her son committed murder. The story is also interspersed with the perspective of Ryan, an undercover police officer, who becomes immersed in an organised crime ring.
There is lots of twists in this book which left me open mouthed and wanting to keep on reading. Brilliant read, thoroughly recommend!

Wrong Place Wrong Time was a refreshing and exciting read. I stayed up until the early hours of the morning just to finish it.

Wrong Place Wrong Time is a well-thought out, fast-paced book full of intelligence and heart.

"Jen is glad of the clocks going back tonight. A gained hour, extra time to be spent waiting up for her son.

Now that it is past Midnight, it is officailly the thirtieth of October. Almost Halloween. Jen tells herself that Todd is eighteen, her September baby now an adult who can do whatever he wants."

It really is every parent's worst nightmare. Jen witnesses her happy, thoughtful boy murdering a complete stranger. What happened? Why did he do it? All these questions whir through her head and then she wakes up to find herself stuck in a kind of Groundhog Day. Jen is in a time loop, waking up a day earlier each time and maybe that is what she needs to prevent the murder.

"It is the twenty-seventh of October. It is the day before the day before.

Blood pounds in her forehead, hot and stretched, like somebody turned a heater on. She must be mad- she must be. The pumpkin isn't here because it hasn't yet been purchased by her.

Apparently, it is Thursday, eight thirty in the morning."

Wrong Time Wrong Place was a much about the relationship between a mother and her son as anything else. A fantastic answer to the question of whether nature or nurture plays more of a role in creating a child killer.

This book is everything!

Jen is waiting up for her teenage son Todd to come home when she spots him on the street outside. Minutes later she sees him confront an older man and by the time Jen reaches them, Todd has become a killer. How did her sweet, smart son become a murderer? Jen needs answers but no one is talking. Then she wakes up and it’s yesterday. Every night she goes to sleep and wakes up days, weeks in the past – reliving days to gather clues as to what has happened to her son. Can she piece everything together in time to save him?

I absolutely loved the premise of this novel. Usually in time loop stories you see people just reliving the same day over and over but here we have someone going further and further back from the incident trying to find the pivotal moment which led to her son killing a man.

Through Jens’s eyes we see past days and get to know Todd and her husband Kelly, as well as herself. Jen was a great protagonist and incredibly real - the doubts and shame she felt as a mother thinking she was to blame for working long hours and not spending enough time with him will resonate with a lot of people I’m sure. Todd was just adorable and the more you see of him, the more you too can’t understand what led him to hurt someone.

The small clues we are shown each time Jen relives a day are fun to try and pick up on and although I guessed some of the twists, I didn’t get everything. It’s a wonderfully crafted novel and explores The Butterfly Effect in such a fun and unique way. This is the first Gillian McAllister I’ve read but it won’t be the last.

This was such a clever and original book. I loved the unique concept of solving a murder in reverse and it was quite unlike anything I’ve read before.

I imagine it’s incredibly tricky to write a story that goes back in time with every chapter without it becoming confusing. However, the author handles it brilliantly. Sometimes Jen only goes back a day, other times she goes back months or years. It’s written in a way that makes it easy to keep up with what date Jen is currently reliving. I also enjoyed the science discussed as an explanation for time travel which made the whole story seem really plausible.

The story had me gripped from the first page. It was a thriller/mystery but also really character-led, which I sometimes find lacking in this particular genre. I cared about the characters, especially Jen and Todd. As a mum of a teenage boy, it really tugged at my heartstrings. Jen’s self-doubt, guilt and overwhelming love for her son really struck a chord with me.

I didn’t predict where the story was going and it was full of twists and turns throughout. There were definitely a few jaw-drop moments and I found the ending to be satisfying with all loose ends tied up.

I can honestly say this is the best thriller I have read in a long time. A brilliant concept, executed perfectly.

Thank you Netgalley and Michael Joseph for this ARC of this captivating crime mystery!
This is my first book by Gillian McAllister so I can’t compare to previous books but know I will definitely be reading some of her backlist following this.
The story starts with the crime scene and instantly pulls you in, it tugs on mother’s heartstrings as you try to imagine yourself in that nightmare. The events that follow are confusing to follow at first but then this mirrors how confusing a time it is for the mother, Jen. You can feel her struggle, heartache and love for her family and this is what drives her forward (or backwards) to solve this mystery.
A captivating read which I couldn’t put down, definitely recommend.

What a twisty, mind-bending book! Brilliantly unique and equally challenging!
The story is told from two points of view: Jen, the main character and mother of Todd, who is thrown into uncontrollable, backwards time travel (that’s not a spoiler - it’s in the blurb!) and Ryan, a new PC keen to make a difference.
There isn’t much else I can say without giving anything away, except perhaps that there are a wide variety of characters supporting the story throughout, from Kelly (Jen’s husband) to the more mysterious Nicola and Clío.
You may also enjoy the reminders of what life was like across the years, Woolworths, computers and mobile phones!
If you like a tense crime thriller, or even like to try and solve a puzzle - read this!!! It’s an absorbing book which will have you empathising with Jen as she (and you) tries to solve the mysterious happenings. Quite simply - just read it!

This is a very clever crime thriller.
It’s a very original story and I admire the author’s imagination and ability to create this book.
Jen sees her son commit a crime which is totally out of character and she knows it’s going to ruin his life.
The next morning she wakes up and realises it is actually the day before Todd does it.
Jen is very confused and tries to understand what is happening but can find no sensible explanation.
The next few days follow the same pattern but soon it is years earlier that she is stepping back to.
Jen knows she needs to find out why this is happening and when she finds out the truth, she’s left speechless.
This is a gripping thriller that had me racing through the pages.
Thanks to Penguin Michael Joseph and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

Another mind blowing novel from a great writer. This is an incredibly good read with plotting of the highest order. It's simply ingenious!

All I will say about the plot is that Jen witnesses her son, Todd, commit a murder late at night. When she wakes the next morning the crime hasn't happened. Is this a second chance? Can Jen stop her son?

Great characters, brilliant action, wonderful pacing and a magnificent ending. Superb!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Michael Joseph for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

When Jen's son, Todd commits a terrible crime one night, their whole life flashes before her eyes. It's every parents worst nightmare. Her wonderful, funny,smart teenage son, life ruined.
When Jen wakes up the next morning it's the day before the crime. It hasn't happened yet. Can Jen prevent the event from ever happening?
This book blew my mind! I was not expecting everything that happens at all. Its so fast paced and sometimes hard to keep up with but very clever with an amazing twist.

Such an unusual story which was such a compelling read. All the way through I was trying to work out what clues she had found and how they helped her. It was a fantastic read with a well thought out ending. Highly recommend this novel written by an excellent author

Amazing. This is very clever and well plotted. It shows how being blue to go back in time to solve a murder has its own consequences and can leave questions unanswered. I enjoyed it a lot.

would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this addictive book

well what a strange experience this book was to read...

its groundhogs day with a difference....you witness a murder and then the days start going backwards from that night on....

can you undo a murder before it all starts, this is what one mother, one woman has to try to save her family

and the twists and turns kept coming...i mean sometimes i walk into a room and cant remember what i wanted in there but to actually to remember what i did during any given day ...

a remarkable book that has you gasping at times and the twist when it comes leaves you flabbergasted , nicely done...

Thank you to Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A brilliant book, well-written, with a great plot. Definitely a recommended read.