Everyone knows the first forty-eight hours are the most important after a homicide. But for Detective Luke Guillory, the first forty-eight hours are all he gets—over and over and over. The same victim, the same crime scene, the same long list of suspects. Each reset erases his progress and resets the clock—but only for him.

With his marriage unraveling, his career stalled, and his own reputation damaged by his mother's criminal conviction, Luke is running out of people he can trust.

As Luke relives the same two days over and over, he starts to uncover new clues and dangerous truths. But every mistake he makes means starting from scratch. To solve the murder and break the cycle, Luke must think faster, trust harder, and risk everything—even if it means making impossible choices.

Smart, tightly plotted, and packed with sharp dialogue and high stakes, A Time for Murder is the pulse-pounding first book in the Time Loop Detective series. Perfect for fans of Blake Crouch, Tana French, and the movie Edge of Tomorrow, this genre-bending mystery blends suspense, science fiction, and procedural drama into a uniquely addictive read.

Time is Luke's enemy. Truth is his only weapon. And if he wants his life back, he has to get it right.

Start A Time for Murder today and discover a twist-filled thriller where every second counts—and the clock is already ticking.

Get this new first-in-series murder mystery with a time-travel twist from Paul Austin Ardoin, the USA TODAY Bestselling Author of the Fenway Stevenson Mysteries !

Rave reviews!

"Unputdownable! If you crossed The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle with Quantum Leap, you'd get A Time for Murder."

—Angela C Nurse, author of A Killer Conversation

"What starts out as a page-turning police procedural turns into a mind-bending murder mystery with a Groundhog Day-style time loop. The elements of this novel work perfectly!"

—L.J. Shepherd, author of The Trials of Lila Dalton