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Fans of ‘Running Behind Time’ and its sequel ‘Play for Time’ will be pleased to learn that I’m currently working hard on what I intend to be the third and final volume in my Cotswold Time-Slip Series. Life and the summer holidays have slowed my progress a bit but I’m now approx 1/3 of the […]

2 months after publication, ‘Play for Time’ is still consistently in Amazon UK’s top 40 chart – Time Travel – together with ‘Running Behind Time’. Today they’re at #39 & #29.

“Petrie’s plot is compelling and topical, following the life of a spouse after her husband has been accused of rape…manages to capture something of the gritty realism of the situation and how allegations and rape cases affect the spouse of the accused…Eve’s struggles as she grapples with her own uncertain future and a past that […]

To quote their Ambassador reviewer : “Tom and Beth’s time-slip romance faces more obstacles in this fast-paced sequel. Following on from the events in ‘Running Behind Time’ which saw 2020 Tom meet and fall in love with 1980s Beth, ‘Play For Time’ by Jan Turk Petrie takes the couple’s lives into upheaval and uncertainty once […]

‘Play For Time’ has only just been published on Amazon. (Still waiting for the paperback to become available in UK) However, it’s already reached # 28 in Amazon’s UK time-travel category.

‘Running Behind Time’ has just been named as a finalist in the books for adults (fiction) category of the 2021 Wishing Shelf Awards. Winners yet to be announced.

Good news for fans of ‘Running Behind Time’ – the sequel is continuing to going well and with a bit of luck the novel – current working title ‘Time to Run’ – should be published by the end of March/ beginning of April 2022. A clue to one of the scenes.

A big thank you to my lovely readers. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year. I’m delighted to report that the 1st draft of the sequel to ‘Running Behind Time’ is going really well. Hoping to have it published by spring/early summer 2022.