This was such a great thriller, managing to be completely unlike any other thriller I've read (at least in recent years) while also having characters I genuinely care about and having some real "aha!" moments in the plot. I thought it was brilliantly plotted, clever and thought-provoking.

I really enjoyed this time hop thriller inspired by the iconic television series, Russian Doll. This was cleverly plotted and extremely twisty. Strong characters, intriguing plots and sub plots and I had no sense until way into the book what was going to happen. For a book in which you know exactly what happens from the start, it pulls off the brilliant trick of being super tense and still managing to surprise you.

Wow this was so good! I almost read it in 24 hours, but of course life got in the way! This book is all about Jen hoping to stop her teenage son, Todd from committing murder, before it’s happened and it’s addictive. I loved Jen and I loved the way the story went from the day of the murder and then backwards in time. As you can imagine Jen was so frustrated in the beginning not knowing what was going on, thinking she was going mad! I won’t write any more for fear of spoiling the book for you, except to say there are some fab twists, and plot developments. I love time travel and timeslip books, I love thrillers, this is both and it’s brilliant! Gillian McAllister has definitely out done herself this time, and I agree with all the buzz surrounding this book. It’s definitely one of my favourite thrillers this year and I highly recommend it! Thanks to the publisher for my proof copy.

Absolutely extraordinary! I devoured this book in one day, staying awake until I found out what was actually happening. This book was so full of twists I feel a bit dizzy.

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.