4 out of 5 stars

The Time Tourists by Sharleen Nelson is a story of time traveling, love, and mystery with a bit of science and history mixed in to the plot. Sci-fiction and time traveling tend to be a crowd favorite, but not everyone can pull it together like this. The character building is detailed and done with love. The scenery is well researched and described well enough you can almost see the scenes playing out in front of you on a screen.

Imogen Oliver is not a pushover. Her parents and grandmother helped shape her into a strong, educated woman who can adapt to whatever situation in which she finds herself. She also discovers that she has a secret talent, one that her parents shared but told her nothing about: She can time travel through photos. Imogen must use everything she has learned up to this point to survive situations that we in present day may take for granted: like the proper way for a lady in the early 1900s to cross a street, taking a photograph in that same time period (it’s not as easy as a click of a button), or how to carry a conversation using the proper vocabulary of the era.

Imogen creates a private detective business and calls it Dead Relatives, Inc. She uses her various talents to help solve mysteries of the past for people of the present. What she doesn’t expect is that she’ll end up working on a few mysteries of her own.

The Time Tourists is a wonderful new take on the subject of time travel and the complications that may arise.

I received a complimentary copy from the author. This review is honest and voluntary.