Lost In Time by A.G. Riddle Review

Title: Lost In Time

Author: A.G. Riddle

Genre: Sci-fi Thriller

Publisher: Head of Zeus

Pages: 464

Release Date: 1 September 2022

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Hello fellow book lovers, today I'm sharing my review of Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle, a clever and utterly addictive tale about a father and daughter—200 million years apart—trying to unravel a murder mystery across time.

Full of high stakes action, dinosaurs and more plot twists than an M. Night Shyamalan movie, Lost In Time is a time travel centric, techno-thriller that, despite its grandiose ideas and mulitiple timelines (and universes), is a fairly light and easily digestible read that I thoroughly enjoyed.

Synopsis

Control the Past. Save the Future.

One morning, Dr. Sam Anderson wakes up to discover that the woman he loves has been murdered.

For Sam, the horror is only beginning.

He and his daughter are accused of the crime.The evidence is ironclad. They will be convicted. And so, Sam does what he must: he confesses to the crime.

But in the future, murderers aren’t sent to prison. They’re sent to the past.

Two hundred million years into the past—to the age of the dinosaurs—to live out their lives alone, in exile from the human race.

Sam accepts his fate. But his daughter doesn’t.

Adeline Anderson has already lost her mother to a deadly and unfair disease. She can’t bear to lose her father.

She sets out on a quest to prove him innocent. And get him back. People around her insist that both are impossible tasks. But Adeline doesn’t give up. She only works harder.

She soon learns that impossible tasks are her specialty. And that she is made of tougher stuff that she ever imagined.

As she peels back the layers of the mystery that ripped her father from this world, Adeline finds more questions than answers. Everyone around her is hiding a secret. But which ones are connected to the murder that exiled her father? That mystery stretches across the past, present, and future–and leads to a revelation that will change everything.

Review

This was such a gripping read! I’m fairly new to the Sci-fi genre so I very much enjoyed how easy to read and straightforward the science/tech aspects were. The short chapters were also well appreciated and definitely contributed to my super late binge reading sessions—although, given how incredible the twists were, the late nights were absolutely worth it.

The intricately woven narrative is told through two POVs (Sam and Adeline’s) and alternate between multiple timelines that really picks up in the second half of the book and doesn’t let up at all until the conclusion. I can’t go into to too much detail without accidentally dropping spoilers, but I can say that things do eventually make sense and the intrigue, action and suspense were all worth it in the end.

The characters were all very believable and realistic but, I definitely had a soft spot for Adeline. She’s a flawed yet relatable character and I loved how she deftly navigates each and every situation she encounters—no matter how complex or daunting it may be. Likewise, the struggles of the other characters were also well written and felt organic to each individual. Elliot’s grief was particularly emotional, and the contrast in his and Sam’s own period of mourning really highlighted that everyone processes grief and trauma differently.

Overall, Lost In Time was an addictive, fun and fairly quick mystery that fans of plot twisty, time travel stories or Michael Critchon are bound to enjoy.

A massive thank you to Head Of Zeus and Black Crow PR for the finished copy.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5.

About The Author 

A.G. Riddle spent ten years starting internet companies before retiring to pursue his true passion: writing fiction. His novels have sold over four million copies worlwide and been translated in twenty-four languages. Several of his works are in development for feature films. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife, daughter, and an eccentric dog.

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