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Killing Time

  • 2005 first published
  • 365 pages
  • ★ 5.0 (4 ratings)
  • 19 editions

Linda Howard's Killing Time (2005) is a time-travel fiction and occult fiction novel. It deals with women detectives, serial murders, time capsules and time travel.

Open Library readers give it an average of 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 47 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 19 editions.

It runs to roughly 365 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Killing Time

Returning to the entrancing supernatural territory of her popular novels Dream Man and Son of the Morning, New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard has written a sizzling new novel that is her most daring, exciting, and original yet. In 1985, with much fanfare, a time capsule was buried under the front lawn of a small-town county courthouse, to be reopened in 2085. But just twenty years later, in the dead of night, the capsule is dug up, its contents stolen. That same night, one of the contributors to the capsule is brutally slain in his home--with no sign of forced entry or indication of a struggle. One by one, others who had placed items in the time capsule are murdered.Besides his suspicions about the sudden, mysterious appearance of Nikita Stover, the chief investigator, Knox Davis, has absolutely no leads. And while Nikita's no murderer, she seems to be hiding plenty of secrets. With more at stake than anyone else realizes, the smart-talking Nikita is determined to catch this cunning killer--while at the same time battling her own deepening feelings for a man and for a world in which she doesn't belong.When readers crave a seductive novel of unrelenting suspense with a paranormal twist, Linda Howard delivers time and again... make that Killing Time--a captivating, character-rich story that races along on a breathless plot full of action and intimacy, romance and danger, thrills and intrigue.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Romance
  • Women detectives
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Suspense
  • Serial murders
  • Paranormal fiction
  • Time capsules
  • Supernatural
  • Time travel
  • Mystery & detective
  • Occult & supernatural

Quick answers

Who wrote Killing Time?

Killing Time was written by Linda Howard and first published in 2005.

What genre is Killing Time?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel and Occult Fiction.

How long is Killing Time?

The median edition has 365 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Killing Time?

Readers who like it often enjoy Valley of Silence, Servant of the Bones and Dance of the Gods.

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