The Frozen People

Resumen del libro

A brand new series about a police officer with an extraordinary gift, the ability to travel in time. From No 1 bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries sparks fly when past and present collide.Ali Dawson is a police officer working on crimes so old, the joke goes, that they are not only cold but frozen. What most people don't know is that the team travels back in time to complete their research. The process has been pioneered by the mysterious Italian physicist, Serafina Pelligrini, known to the team as Jones.So far the team has only ventured a few years back but Ali's boss has a new assignment for her. He wants her to step back to 1850, the heart of the Victorian Age, to clear the name of Cain Templeton, the eccentric greatgrandfather of Tory MP Isaac Templeton.To prepare for the challenge ahead, Ali researches the Victorian era. She learns that Cain Templeton was part of a sinister group called The Collectors, the rumour being that you had to kill a woman to become a member. Ali also researches fashions, behaviour and habits. Duly prepared, she arrives in London in January 1850, at the peak of the socalled mini ice age. She finds herself in a house used by artists, with a dead woman at her feet.Soon she finds herself in extreme danger. Even worse she appears to be stuck, unable to make her way back to the present.

Biografía del autor

Elly Griffiths nació en Londres y trabajó en el mundo editorial durante varios años. Decidió dedicarse a la escritura cuando su esposo comenzó a estudiar Arqueología. Para su exitosa serie, con la arqueóloga Ruth Galloway como protagonista, también contó con la inspiración de su tía, que le contaba leyendas y mitos de Norfolk. Los ecos del pantano y El umbral de la mentira se han publicado con gran éxito en nuestro país.Con Los misterios de Justina Jones la autora se introduce en las novelas de misterio juveniles con una protagonista atrevida e inteligente.