The Frozen People (Ali Dawson #1) by Elly Griffiths

From Goodreads

Cold cases are a lot easier to solve when you can travel back in time to find new evidence—unless, that is, you get stuck in the nineteenth century.

Ali Dawson and her cold case team investigate crimes so old they’re frozen—or so their inside joke goes. Ali’s work seems like a safe desk job, but what her friends—and even her beloved son—don’t know is that her team has a secret: They can travel back in time to look for evidence.

So far Ali has made trips only to the recent past, so she’s surprised when she’s asked to investigate a murder that took place in 1850. The killing has been pinned on an aristocratic patron of the arts and antiquities, a member of a sinister group called "The Collectors." She arrives in the Victorian era during a mini ice age to find another dead woman at her feet and far too many unanswered questions. But when her son is arrested, Ali attempts to return home only to find herself trapped in 1850.

My thoughts

When the past and present merge in order to help cold cases get solved.    

I am not sure how I came across this book, BUT I am mighty glad that I did and I will be reading more in this series without a doubt.

Ali Dawson is the leader of a cold case team.  Their aim is to try and solve very cold cases from years,  if not centuries ago.  This is not an easy task at all, as you can imagine.  However, this group of people working the cold cases have something in their favour that people have no idea about.  They can time travel back to search for evidence to help solve the cases that they are investigating.

I really enjoyed this story and I could say so much about it, but to do so might spoil your enjoyment of it if you get the chance to read it.

I look forward to seeing where Ali Dawson the character and Elly Griffiths the Author take us on their journeys