Badly filed records

ll you wanted was to write a semi-successful book and maybe get a cat or something. Falling through time and shacking up with a gangster was not on your five-year plan.
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Reader is researching a book, following women through the history of the city, when she becomes part of it herself. Falling through time, right into the lap of Alfie Solomons, presents a unique challenge. What exactly does going home mean to her now? And why the hell has a cranky detective taken such an interest in her arrival?