Time Jump
- Author Adam Simcox
- Narrator Julie Maisey
- Publisher John Murray Press
- Publish Date 3 September 2026
- Run Time 10 hours and 16 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Dystopian and utopian fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Science fiction: near-future, Speculative fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
'Gritty, thrilling and surprisingly plausible' Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal
'Gripping and twisty. . . A true genre-bender' Sarah Pinborough, bestselling author of Behind her Eyes
'Speculative fiction at its best. A killer concept' Gareth Brown, bestselling author of The Book of Doors
'A taut high-concept psychological thriller with a nuclear explosion of '90s nostalgia' Richard Swan, bestselling author of The Empire of the Wolf
You can change the past. Can you cheat fate?
The day Princess Diana died, eighteen-year-old Rachel killed Oliver Jones in a car crash - and destroyed her own future in the process.
In 2026, time travel is a luxury commodity like any other. When a mysterious benefactor unexpectedly offers Rachel the opportunity to Time Jump, she doesn't think twice and goes back to 1997, making sure the fatal accident never takes place.
Oliver is now an alive and thriving politician, and the connection between him and Rachel blooms into a perfect fairy tale ending. But it comes at a terrible cost.
And as rumours begin to circulate about young women going missing from Oliver's rehab centres, Rachel faces an impossible question. Was the man she travelled back in time to save - and fell in love with in her present - a monster in the making?
Rachel thought killing Oliver was the worst thing she'd ever done. Now she's afraid saving him might be . . . Addictive and twisty time travel thriller, perfect for fans of Gillian McAllister, Blake Crouch and The Ministry of Time.
EARLY READER PRAISE
'The whole concept for this book is so brilliantly executed'
'A very enjoyable read, hard to put down'
'Cleverly plotted, engaging, and kept me hooked throughout'
'Well, I wasn't expecting that! . . . Excellent'
'Gripping and twisty. . . A true genre-bender' Sarah Pinborough, bestselling author of Behind her Eyes
'Speculative fiction at its best. A killer concept' Gareth Brown, bestselling author of The Book of Doors
'A taut high-concept psychological thriller with a nuclear explosion of '90s nostalgia' Richard Swan, bestselling author of The Empire of the Wolf
You can change the past. Can you cheat fate?
The day Princess Diana died, eighteen-year-old Rachel killed Oliver Jones in a car crash - and destroyed her own future in the process.
In 2026, time travel is a luxury commodity like any other. When a mysterious benefactor unexpectedly offers Rachel the opportunity to Time Jump, she doesn't think twice and goes back to 1997, making sure the fatal accident never takes place.
Oliver is now an alive and thriving politician, and the connection between him and Rachel blooms into a perfect fairy tale ending. But it comes at a terrible cost.
And as rumours begin to circulate about young women going missing from Oliver's rehab centres, Rachel faces an impossible question. Was the man she travelled back in time to save - and fell in love with in her present - a monster in the making?
Rachel thought killing Oliver was the worst thing she'd ever done. Now she's afraid saving him might be . . . Addictive and twisty time travel thriller, perfect for fans of Gillian McAllister, Blake Crouch and The Ministry of Time.
EARLY READER PRAISE
'The whole concept for this book is so brilliantly executed'
'A very enjoyable read, hard to put down'
'Cleverly plotted, engaging, and kept me hooked throughout'
'Well, I wasn't expecting that! . . . Excellent'
Critics Review
Get ready for a new generation of time travel story, one that's gritty, thrilling and surprisingly plausible. Time Jump totally gripped me with its heartfelt journey, one that expertly weaves world events with personal stories and harnesses the power of science fiction to provoke thought and debate about our lives here and now. But that's by-the-by, this is purely and simply, a fantastic five star read.
A gripping and twisty psychological thriller by way of Back to the Future, Time Jump is one hell of a ride! I loved Rachel's journey of redemption and that the time travel elements never overtook the dark crime mystery at the heart of the novel. A true genre-bender. Bravo!
I loved Time Jump - it's popular speculative fiction at its best. A killer concept; interesting characters; punchy, sardonic prose; and a vivid sense of places and times. This is Back to the Future crossed with your favourite crime novel. Read it before the inevitable Netflix adaptation!
Simply brilliant! Packed full of compassion and 90s nostalgia, Time Jump has a killer premise that delivers on all fronts: chilling, clever, suspenseful, and full of twists that will keep you turning the pages until it's long past your bedtime! Adam Simcox once again proves himself to be one of our best writers of speculative thrillers. Perfect for fans of Black Mirror and Sarah Pinborough's Behind Her Eyes.
A super-smart, nostalgia-filled thriller that's as much a thought-provoking meditation on fate and consequence as it is a mind-bending treat of a time-travel caper. Will keep you hooked from beginning to end.
A gripping, nostalgic, time-travelling thriller that had me glued to my seat. A dark quantum leap with the Ready Player One throwback thrills. A true page-turner.
The Girl on theTrain, if that girl had got in a DeLorean instead . . . Time Jump lives up to the name, twisting and turning at a relentless pace. Simcox is fast becoming the go-to for speculative crime; if you thought going back in time to right past wrongs sounds wholesome, buckle up. Absolutely belting domestic noir, as seen through a Black Mirror.
If you could prevent the worst mistake of your life from happening, would you do it? Adam Simcox's Time Jump takes us on a rip-roaring ride through the past, present and future to a London that barely exists anymore. With Nineties nostalgia so thick you could cut with a knife, it's a story of love, fate and unforeseen consequences that reminds us the past really is a foreign country - and what we do there might just come back to haunt us.
Bold and blistering from the off. Simcox proves once again that he's a wonderful writer with characters that ooze deadly charm and brilliance.
What if you go back in time to save someone and wonder if they should have stayed dead . . .? A fast-paced thriller that does something fresh with time travel. The British Blake Crouch - highly recommended.
With Time Jump, Simcox weaves an extraordinarily accomplished time-travel tale - it's a thriller, a dark love story, and a meditation on matters of fate and morality, delivered at such ludicrous pace that the time really does fly. All set against a Cool Britannia London so richly rendered that I could smell the CK One and the B&H smoke rising from the pages.
An enthralling take on time travel that'll have you thinking about it for weeks after.
A magnificent mash up of murder, morality and mistakes that will literally leave you reeling. Time Jump takes you on a truly unique journey that bounces the reader between nineties nostalgia and a Black Mirror-esque moral quandary of epic proportions. Adam Simcox is right up there with the best of them.
Robbed me of sleep, in the best possible way. I've been a fan of Adam's writing for years, but Time Jump feels like a genuine leap forward. Adam is the master of the speculative hook, and it's executed to perfection in this novel. It's one thing, and then another, and just when you think you've found your footing, the ground shifts. The pacing is slick, and the stakes feel real. It's exciting, propulsive, and endlessly inventive - high-concept storytelling delivered with both heart and precision.
Fast, fun and intelligent,Time Jumpis also a cleverly crafted love letter to the 90's. Highly recommended
Simcox masterfully subverts your expectations and assumptions, flipping time travel tropes on their head to craft a startlingly original thriller. I challenge any reader to guess in advance where this story is going to go!
Time Jump is time travel at its shining best: twisty and compelling, with unexpected ripples that stir an exquisite sense of dread.
A taut high concept psychological thriller with a nuclear explosion of 90s nostalgia.
An outrageously addictive time travel thriller that wraps its thorny themes of guilt, responsibility and nostalgia in one of the most propulsive, clever, twisty and deliciously dark plots of the year . . . forget time travel, I need a 'Men in Black' memory wipe so I can read this again for the first time
| Author | Adam Simcox |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Julie Maisey |
| Duration | 10 hours and 16 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781408751701 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Genre | Dystopian and utopian fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Science fiction: near-future, Speculative fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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