Return to Whitechapel (A time travel mystery)

by Helen Goltz

Meet the antique dealers, time travellers, mystery solvers. All in a day's work.

Gideon Payton—eldest twin by sixteen minutes—inherited a unique he can slip back into the past. Perfect for an antique dealer... especially one who only recently sailed out of London, 1886, and into the strange new world of the 21st century after a shipwreck tore his family apart. The Paytons left their grief and 150 years behind – or so they thought.

Timeless Treasures, their charming antique shop in modern day Australia, is known for finding relics nobody else can and when a desperate client asks them to locate a missing heirloom, Gideon, his twin, Theo, and talented, sassy genealogist Holly Hunter start with its last owner – the fifth and final canonical victim of Jack the Ripper. Time-hopping just turned lethal. But never let it be said that the Paytons turned down a challenge.

Ideal for fans of Diana Gabaldon, Kelley Armstrong, Shawn Inmon, and Jennae Vale.

Genres: Time Travel, Mystery

350 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 1, 2026

About the author

Helen is a hybrid-published, Amazon best-selling author. After studying English Literature, Media, and Communications at universities in Queensland, Australia, and obtaining a Counselling Diploma, Helen Goltz has worked as a journalist, producer and marketer in print, TV, radio and public relations. Born in Toowoomba she has made her home in Brisbane, Australia with her journalist husband, Chris, and Boxer dog, Baxter.

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Reviews

[Pamela Mogen · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's a lot to like about Return to Whitechapel and its time travel theme: the family aspect of brothers, sisters, in-laws, and adoptees working together, the plausible family profession of antique dealing greatly facilitated by time travel, the problems of adapting to a 150 year gap in time, and the mild mysteries that they encounter and solve. A nice read! But I do have a problem. What is the purpose behind this inherited ability and why this family? The honored rules of no interference in past events and no travel into the future are iron-clad, so why the magic/ability and for what purpose? Yes, a mystery is solved, but the result has little bearing on, well, anything in proportion to this ability. It's a great premise; I hope the significance of this family's ability to time travel is revealed beyond chasing down antiques.

[Melisa Simmons · Rating 5 out of 5]

very good read

I very much enjoyed the way the story moves between times. It gives the reader a good sense of the events overlapping, even though hundreds of years apart. Looking forward to reading the rest if the series.

[Catherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing story

It took me a bit of rereading to get my head around this story but I’m so glad I took the time. Fantastic start to a new series. Well done Helen Goltz.

[2percentright · Rating 2 out of 5]

What a terrible ending to the book