Veronica Britton: Chronic Detective: Episode Two: Time of Death

by Niall Boyce (contributor)

The second instalment - Veronica Britton is a Victorian private detective who specialises in tricky situations occurring in both time and space. Navigating the corridors connecting the time zones of London, she uncovers a series of mysteries adding up to one shocking truth that could spell the end of the city she loves - and then the world.

120 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 27, 2011

About the author

N.P. Boyce is a writer and editor based in London. He’s previously published short stories in magazines including Litro and Dark Horizons, and with Big Finish’s Doctor Who and Bernice Summerfield ranges. He has also provided non-fiction material for Classic Doctor Who DVDs. Other related work includes journal articles on artists such as the cartoonist Ronald Searle and the Victorian painter Richard Dadd.

Reviews

[Lady Entropy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the blurb about the author where it says he (or she) used to write for Doctor Who.

And then I realize this is exactly why I love this book: take Doctor Who, remove the science bits, trade it for the lightest bit of magic, remove the Doctor's alien and ancient origins and you have Veronica Britton, Chronic Detective!

This book is a little hidden\lost gem. It keeps getting better and better. It's a little clipped and short to the point, and I think this is because a series of short novelettes that all come together in a bigger picture, but somehow, it works.

The King Lud thing was lovely, and K's fate and the Ministry is awesome, and even if we find stuff before the characters do....surprisingly, it takes nothing from the impact, it just makes things tenser and sadder.

I wish there had been more Veronica Britton books after the first 4\compilation.

[Sarah Vecchi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Might just have been a factor of the narrator's pacing on the audiobook, but the switching between characters was disorienting. Books with time travel can be difficult enough to follow without different characters splitting up and working simultaneously at different points in time and alternate versions of time. That being said, the narration by Clare Corbett was still lovely. Longer pauses or some delineation between character narratives would've made this easier to follow.