Saving Time

Name: Saving Time
Author: Jodi Taylor
ISBN: 9781472273277

Time Police · Novel 3 · 2021

Qualification has changed Team Weird’s status, but it has not made their lives straightforward.

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What it’s about

Qualification has changed Team Weird’s status, but it has not made their lives straightforward. Luke is enthusiastic about carrying weapons, Jane has a date, and Matthew is still resisting a haircut. Behind those ordinary concerns, a criminal threat to the timeline is developing.

A familiar person becomes an important lead, bringing family loyalties into conflict with police work. Saving Time begins with the three officers apparently in a good position, then places pressure on both their careers and their connections.

The premise turns on competing obligations: the team must address a dangerous investigation while personal ties complicate how they can approach it.

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Can I start here?

This is book 3 in its series. Start with the first novel for its clearest introduction.

Reader questions

Do I need to read the earlier books first?

Read the preceding novels first. As book 3, this novel comes after an established run of adventures. The numbered route introduces the returning cast in sequence. Shorter companion pieces remain optional reading. Use the series list to check your place before starting this instalment.

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Who narrates the Saving Time audiobook?

This novel has a UK audiobook narrated by Zara Ramm. The linked Audible listing gives that credit. Match the recording to the book title when browsing editions. Follow the same numbered sequence as print readers. The audiobook guide maps out the wider listening route.

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Where this fits

This novel is the third Time Police novel, between Hard Time and About Time. It follows the training stage covered by its predecessors, so begin with Doing Time if you have not met Luke, Jane and Matthew.

Read the numbered novels consecutively for their careers and relationships; the separate short stories can be added alongside that route.

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Our view

This is the point to continue if the recruits’ relationships interest you as much as the mechanics of time travel. Their new professional standing creates a different kind of vulnerability from the first two books: being qualified does not settle what to do when an investigation touches family.

The small details about weapons, dating and appearances give the premise a useful everyday counterweight to a large criminal threat. Readers drawn to ensemble stories with divided loyalties should find this a promising next step. We would choose the earlier books first so those loyalties have context.

Listening notes

Zara Ramm’s listed unabridged UK edition lasts twelve hours and fifty-nine minutes. It is shorter than the Hard Time recording while remaining a substantial novel-length listen. For an audio read-through, move directly from Hard Time to this title and then to About Time.

All three linked recordings credit Ramm, providing a continuous narrator across this part of the sequence.