Happy Release Day!
Congrats Dete
on the release today of
The Memory Collectors!
The Memory Collectors by Dete Meserve
Time Travel, Science Fiction, Mystery, 320 pages
Published May 20, 2025 by Crooked Lane Books
One of Goodreads Most Anticipated Books of 2025!
Four strangers time travel to the past and find themselves stuck on the day all their lives were changed in this stunning speculative mystery from award-winning film and television producer Dete Meserve, perfect for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Wrong Place Wrong Time and The Paradox Hotel.
What would you do if you could spend an hour in your past? Four strangers in the beach town of Ventura, California are about to find out.
Elizabeth aches for one more precious hour with her son who died in a senseless accident. Andy is desperate to find his first love who vanished after a whirlwind romance. Logan craves the rush of surfing and mountain climbing, yearning to reclaim the freedom he lost after a misstep landed him in a wheelchair. Brooke is looking for an hour of relief from the guilt of an unforgivable mistake.
Enter Aeon Expeditions, the groundbreaking time travel invention of Mark Saunders—which allows some lucky clients the chance to spend an hour in their past. Even though Aeon’s technology ensures time travel can’t alter the future, all four clients, including Mark’s ex-wife Elizabeth, yearn to revisit the hour that changed their lives forever.
But when their “hour” extends beyond sixty minutes, they find themselves stranded in the past. As their paths intertwine unexpectedly, they unearth shocking secrets hidden in the shadows of their shared All their lives were shattered the same night on a secluded highway by the beach. As they delve into the hidden truths of that pivotal hour, a startling revelation emerges. They were not alone. Someone else was present, harboring deadly intentions.
The Memory Collectors is a heart-wrenching, genre-bending novel brimming with hope, grief and second chances.
My thoughts about The Memory Collectors ~~
(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first lines.)
First line—"The first image is not dream-like as many say it will be."
Oh my gosh! The Memory Collectors blew me away! Time travel, mystery, and relationships all wrapped up together equal a story that I devoured.
I have been a huge fan of Mete's stories from her very first book. And..... I am fascinated by the thought of time travel. So I was super excited when I found out that time travel was the focus of her new book. Win, win for me!
The idea of spending an hour in the past with anyone you want. Hmmm, who would I pick? The choice was easy for each of the characters in the story. But when they travel back in time, they find that their lives are all intertwined and they are connected in ways that they never would have imagined.
I have to admit that at times I was confused (seems pretty typical with time travel stories) but as the story unravels, it all started to make sense. The fun was trying to figure out the connections and tie it all together. I want to go back and read it again to pick up the clues that I missed the first time through.
As always with Mete's stories, I totally fell in love with everything and everyone in the book. I would say that this one is my favorite but I think I feel that way about each one of her books when they come out. This one is great and I highly recommend The Memory Collectors!
I received an ARC of The Memory Collectors and this is my honest opinion of the book.
About the author
Dete Meserve is a best-selling novelist and an award-winning creator and producer of films and television series.
She wrote the screenplay adaptation of her debut novel, Good Sam, and produced it as a feature film for Netflix. (Watch today!)
Inspired by a question posed to readers—"What would you do if you could spend an hour in your past?—" her fifth novel, The Memory Collectors, explores the universal desire to revisit pivotal moments in our lives, whether to reconnect with a loved one, undo a painful mistake, or relive a joyous memory. In this suspenseful and emotional journey, four strangers step back into their pasts only to find themselves trapped in time. A shocking twist forces them to unravel hidden connections between them—uncovering secrets that change everything. ~ Goodreads
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