Julie McElwain was first on The Joys of Binge Reading back in in 2018 with her first book in the Kendra Donovan time travel series Murder in Time about an FBI agent who travels back to Regency England. . She's back today with book # 5, Shadows In Time and a series that is going from strength to strength - now optioned for TV.

Jenny Wheeler: We've got Julie here with us for Encore talking about her latest book, Shadows in Time, which is part of a time slip series. Welcome to the show, Julie.

Julie McElwain: Thank you very much. I really appreciate you inviting me.

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Jenny Wheeler: The last time we talked it was December 2018 and you had two books in the series out at that stage, I think, and working on the third. Now you’re on to number five and I believe number one has been sold to TV, so congratulations on that for starters.

Julie McElwain: Thank you.

Meeting Julie McElwain again

Jenny Wheeler: Tell us about the journey since we last talked. Number three you were working on, but now you're up to number five.

Julie McElwain: Yes. It has been a wonderful adventure, I’ve got to say, not only creating the series but also having people all over the world reaching out to me and connecting with me about the series. It was so touching because I’ve had several people reach out and say that reading the series has helped them through the pandemic. That was unexpected and really nice to hear.

It’s not only the first book, all the books have been option by Hollywood now. Prior to Covid a Hollywood producer reached out to me. We had a beautiful lunch in Beverly Hills about this, and then Covid happened and everything screeched to a halt. I think it's coming back on track. We’ve heard good things, so fingers crossed.

Murder in Time still a hot item

I was also very honored because Town and Country magazine recently selected A Murder in Time as its 35 best time travel books. That was an honor. Also I’ve got to say, I had people from New Zealand reach out and I'm going to credit you, because they said, you're getting quite a fan base here. I credit you, Jenny, for giving me a fan base in New Zealand, so thank you.

Jenny Wheeler: That's very sweet of you. We were quite new when we started, so that's lovely. Your book is about a 21st century FBI detective, Kendra Donovan. She gets time slipped back to early 19th century London, not intentionally at all. She's actually engaged in trying to handle her life in the 21st century when she suddenly finds herself shooted back into 19th century London. Tell us a little bit about the background for how that happens to her.

Julie McElwain: What happens in A Murder in Time is you see her in the 21st century. She's involved in tracking this terrorist. She's this brilliant FBI agent, and that mission goes seriously wrong. Half her team ends up killed, she herself is seriously injured. When she recovers, she finds out the mastermind behind it has actually been recruited by the CIA.

He is now a CIA asset and untouchable, and she can't handle this. She wants justice, so she ends up going to England where he is located. She infiltrates a fancy ball where she has to pretend to be a ladies maid to get close to her target. What she doesn't realize is that he has double-crossed other people now as a CIA operative, so there’s an assassin sent after him. The assassin gets him before Kendra can, and Kendra has to flee the assassin.

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