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The Ithaca Trilogy #3
Ithaca Found
A Roman time travel mystery
Step into the final chapter of the Ithaca time travel trilogy, where the past and present collide in a riveting dance of power, deceit, and desperate attempts to rewrite history. Mayor Jane Badrick weaves a web of lies to ascend to the highest echelons of power in the heart of ancient Rome. As she tightens her grip on destiny, Lillian and Apple embark on a perilous journey to thwart her insidious ambitions.
Meanwhile, in the modern-day England, an investigation into the gruesome murder of Anson Darby unravels the threads of time. Neumegen and Loretta race against the ticking clock to save their friends from the clutches of time itself.
Ithaca Found is a rollercoaster of suspense and emotion, where the consequences of choices echo across centuries. Will the heroes rewrite the tapestry of time, or will the mayor reshape history in her malevolent image? The climax awaits, and the fate of Ithaca hangs in the balance.
Brace yourself for a thrilling conclusion that transcends the boundaries of time and leaves an indelible mark on the pages of history. Ithaca Found is the thrilling conclusion to the Ithaca time travel trilogy.
Ithaca Time Travel Trilogy
Book #1 - Ithaca Bound
Book #2 - Ithaca Lost
Book #3 - Ithaca Found
The Ithaca time travel trilogy is a spinoff series from the Old Curiosity Shop time travel mystery series, featuring some of the same characters.
Old Curiosity Shop Time Travel Trilogy
Book #1 - Fifteen Postcards
Book #2 - The Last Letter
Book #3 - Telegram Home
Step into the final chapter of the Ithaca time travel trilogy, where the past and present collide in a riveting dance of power, deceit, and desperate attempts to rewrite history. Mayor Jane Badrick weaves a web of lies to ascend to the highest echelons of power in the heart of ancient Rome. As she tightens her grip on destiny, Lillian and Apple embark on a perilous journey to thwart her insidious ambitions.
Meanwhile, in the modern-day England, an investigation into the gruesome murder of Anson Darby unravels the threads of time. Neumegen and Loretta race against the ticking clock to save their friends from the clutches of time itself.
Ithaca Found is a rollercoaster of suspense and emotion, where the consequences of choices echo across centuries. Will the heroes rewrite the tapestry of time, or will the mayor reshape history in her malevolent image? The climax awaits, and the fate of Ithaca hangs in the balance.
Brace yourself for a thrilling conclusion that transcends the boundaries of time and leaves an indelible mark on the pages of history. Ithaca Found is the thrilling conclusion to the Ithaca time travel trilogy.
Ithaca Time Travel Trilogy
Book #1 - Ithaca Bound
Book #2 - Ithaca Lost
Book #3 - Ithaca Found
The Ithaca time travel trilogy is a spinoff series from the Old Curiosity Shop time travel mystery series, featuring some of the same characters.
Old Curiosity Shop Time Travel Trilogy
Book #1 - Fifteen Postcards
Book #2 - The Last Letter
Book #3 - Telegram Home
318 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 20, 2025
About the author
Kirsten McKenzie
18 books283 followersKirsten McKenzie fought international crime for fourteen years as a Customs Officer in both England and New Zealand, before leaving to work in the family antique store. Now a full time author, she lives in New Zealand with her family and alternates between writing time travel trilogies and polishing her next thriller. Her spare time is spent organising author events and appearing on literary panels at festivals around the world.
Her work has appeared in anthologies in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, including the NHS fundraiser - Noir From The Bar. She has had non-fiction pieces appear in The Spinoff, and in other New Zealand publications.
In 2024, her short story "The Watchman," part of the anthology Remains To Be Told: Dark Tales of Aotearoa, was shortlisted for the 2024 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Short Story. Remains To Be Told: Dark Tales of Aotearoa won the 2024 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Collected Work. Kirsten’s time travel novel, Ithaca Bound, was shortlisted for the 2023 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novel. In 2021, her historical thriller, The Forger and the Thief, was longlisted for the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novel. Her short story "Paperwork," part of the anthology Noir From The Bar, was also longlisted that same year for the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Short Story. Her paranormal thriller, Painted, was longlisted for the 2018 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novel.
Kirsten’s current project is a collaboration with best selling time travel author Shawn Inmon, where she is writing time travel stories in his Middle Falls world, but shifting the story over the pond to Northumberland, to the fictional town of Cheviot Hills. The first book in the series is The Deadly Life of Diana Penn. The second book in the collaboration, The Helpful Lives of Gris Morley, came out in February 2026. The 3rd book is underway.
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Her work has appeared in anthologies in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, including the NHS fundraiser - Noir From The Bar. She has had non-fiction pieces appear in The Spinoff, and in other New Zealand publications.
In 2024, her short story "The Watchman," part of the anthology Remains To Be Told: Dark Tales of Aotearoa, was shortlisted for the 2024 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Short Story. Remains To Be Told: Dark Tales of Aotearoa won the 2024 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Collected Work. Kirsten’s time travel novel, Ithaca Bound, was shortlisted for the 2023 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novel. In 2021, her historical thriller, The Forger and the Thief, was longlisted for the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novel. Her short story "Paperwork," part of the anthology Noir From The Bar, was also longlisted that same year for the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Short Story. Her paranormal thriller, Painted, was longlisted for the 2018 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novel.
Kirsten’s current project is a collaboration with best selling time travel author Shawn Inmon, where she is writing time travel stories in his Middle Falls world, but shifting the story over the pond to Northumberland, to the fictional town of Cheviot Hills. The first book in the series is The Deadly Life of Diana Penn. The second book in the collaboration, The Helpful Lives of Gris Morley, came out in February 2026. The 3rd book is underway.
You can sign up for her sporadic newsletter at: https://www.kirstenmckenzie.com/newsl...
You can also find her on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and TikTok.
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February 24, 2026
I was disappointed in this trilogy, put against the author's recent The Deadly Life of Diana Penn which I considered good. These e-books were riddled with grammatical errors, which I would have expected to see fixed by now, considering I looked at the other reviews and several of those made the same comments.
Several Romans is not "Roman's", for example, and this tended to put me off. The Iceni tribe is rendered as "Ician" quite a few times in the first book, and though this doesn't happen in the others, why didn't the author fix this?
There were internal inconsistencies. Yes, this is time travel, particularly hand-wavy time travel, as there are no machines, just a predisposition and touching items from the time you want to go to. So for the purpose of the story, you accept that these people can do this.
Someone from our present time travels and is killed in the far past. His head is discovered in the present. This skull is declared "fresh" by the anthropologists who find it. Why? He died 2000-odd years ago, so his skull should be of roughly the same age as others from that time. Unless I missed something, always possible, the skull was not transported forward in time. It gets dug up. I'll happily amend my review if I'm wrong.
Conversations between characters are too easy. Being able to talk to the Romans in Latin, if you're a scholar, yes, okay. Talking to tribal villagers etc, no. There's a woman being put forward as "bride goods" when she has to be at least 35 by the most generous count, given she has a grown son. At 35 you were past being on the shelf and stored in some back room with the other antiques.
I'm sorry to hammer this, I really am. I enjoyed the other book and I don't like being "that guy" who picks on grammar. But some of these problems could be mended easily.
Several Romans is not "Roman's", for example, and this tended to put me off. The Iceni tribe is rendered as "Ician" quite a few times in the first book, and though this doesn't happen in the others, why didn't the author fix this?
There were internal inconsistencies. Yes, this is time travel, particularly hand-wavy time travel, as there are no machines, just a predisposition and touching items from the time you want to go to. So for the purpose of the story, you accept that these people can do this.
Someone from our present time travels and is killed in the far past. His head is discovered in the present. This skull is declared "fresh" by the anthropologists who find it. Why? He died 2000-odd years ago, so his skull should be of roughly the same age as others from that time. Unless I missed something, always possible, the skull was not transported forward in time. It gets dug up. I'll happily amend my review if I'm wrong.
Conversations between characters are too easy. Being able to talk to the Romans in Latin, if you're a scholar, yes, okay. Talking to tribal villagers etc, no. There's a woman being put forward as "bride goods" when she has to be at least 35 by the most generous count, given she has a grown son. At 35 you were past being on the shelf and stored in some back room with the other antiques.
I'm sorry to hammer this, I really am. I enjoyed the other book and I don't like being "that guy" who picks on grammar. But some of these problems could be mended easily.
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February 28, 2025
An exciting end to the trilogy.
I have been waiting for this book for ages because at the end of the last book my namesake had been left tied up in a barn and her kidnapper had died and no one knew where she was. So as you can see I had a vested interest in finding out if Nicole had survived or been left to die a rather unpleasant death by dehydration. In the meantime the major characters continue their time travelling adventures whist trying to stop Jane, the former Mayor, from changing history. As the very fabric of time twists out of shape time travellers in both the ancient world and modern must work together to stop History as we know it from changing . Did Nicole escape? That would be telling you will just have to read the books. You won’t be disappointed as Kirsten brings to life the past and merges it with the present. I guarantee that you will end the series hoping that every ancient item you hold will take you off on your own time traveling adventure . Maybe it’s time for another trip to Avebury and Stonehenge
I have been waiting for this book for ages because at the end of the last book my namesake had been left tied up in a barn and her kidnapper had died and no one knew where she was. So as you can see I had a vested interest in finding out if Nicole had survived or been left to die a rather unpleasant death by dehydration. In the meantime the major characters continue their time travelling adventures whist trying to stop Jane, the former Mayor, from changing history. As the very fabric of time twists out of shape time travellers in both the ancient world and modern must work together to stop History as we know it from changing . Did Nicole escape? That would be telling you will just have to read the books. You won’t be disappointed as Kirsten brings to life the past and merges it with the present. I guarantee that you will end the series hoping that every ancient item you hold will take you off on your own time traveling adventure . Maybe it’s time for another trip to Avebury and Stonehenge
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