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A magical ceremony gone wrong throws Lewis (Lew) Tyler through time from 2016 to 1919. Fortunately for him he is taken in and is offered a job as a photographer at a new news print, Pictorial Examiner. He takes on the job because he wants to keep an eye out for the creature he knows followed him through the vortex and to look for Mira, his sister.

Alastair Carter has return to small town to work in the police department after taking part in the war for the last 4 years. on one of his call outs to a hospital that has their patients dying off too quickly. Alastair encounters a creature that he mistakes for a vagrant before he's knocked out. Other precarious cases pop up.

When Lew is on a crime scene and seems to know something and lies about why he’s bothered by a scene he’s photographing. Alastair immediately jumps on it like a dog with a bone.
It took me a while to get into the book. When I started off I wasn’t enjoying it as much as I thought I would. That being said when it did pick up, it did so quickly but still managed to build the story up at a nice pace.

Alistair (Alec) was a good detective and I liked that his intuition served him well in pursuing the clues where they should lead him. His behavior in regards to Lew was a bit too violent and I wish he had just scared him without hurting him when he first decided to question him. I give him major props for figuring out something more was happening though. Lew for keeping mum about what was behind the murders when he fell under suspicion.
I was kind of hoping for a different ending where Lew was happier and had his own place (i.e. somewhere he felt himself). Also readers were left hanging with the status of Mira. Still it turned out to be quite an exciting read. Beware that this is not a romance. The main focus is on the fantasy and mystery and predicament Lew finds himself in.

A free copy was provided to me in exchange for an honest review.