Bargain @ $2.99 from Orbit's Redhook imprint, possibly for today only (May 18th; sometimes Orbit does 1-day flash sales and this may or may not be one of them) in Canada & the US (non-couponable; prices should be the same in all the usual stores):
The Tourist by British author Robert Dickinson (
ISFDB), a standalone time-travel thriller novel, apparently written in a somewhat literary style (one of the review quotes from the newsletter mentions “literary prose”, YMMV), which looks interesting.
Apparently whoever does the marketing blurbs decided incorporate some of the reviews as an integral part of the product description, which I'm leaving in, since the actual text doesn't really tell you much. ETA: some of the Amazon customer reviews tell you possibly more than you want to know going in, given that this is marketed as one of those enigmatic mysteries of what's really going on sorts of tales, and might spoil the intended twists.
"A rare treat: a time travel tale that brings something new to the subgenre....A wry social commentary and an uneasy tale of escalating paranoia." Guardian
THE FUTURE IS ALREADY WRITTEN.
"As fresh and compelling as it is high concept....Immensely enjoyable." SFX****
THE FUTURE HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.
"Welcome to the 21st Century. Please don't feed the natives....Echoes of Bradbury and Orwell, in the service of a crackerjack conspiracy plot; a seductively intriguing work of speculative fiction." Kirkus
TIME TRAVEL IS CONFUSING.
"Leaps of time, identity, and chronology create a dark, chillingly claustrophobic atmosphere." Publishers Weekly
PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
WHO WILL SOLVE THE PUZZLE OF THE TOURIST?