Max is irreverent, with little respect for authority, and loves to do things her own way.

Fortunately, most of that commentary is hilarious or at least worthy of a chuckle. It's a first-person novel from her point of view, so everything is colored by her commentary. The best part of this book is undoubtedly Max (her real name is Madeleine Maxwell). Suddenly there is danger from other time travelers and a sort-of political coup at St. But you're never quite sure what it's building up to until about halfway through the novel, when Max and her partner travel to the Cretaceous Period. There's Max's initial introduction and interview, the training montage as she learns the necessary skills to work at St. The plot runs basically in short episodes, but they all thread together. It sounded similar to the Librarians or maybe a Warehouse 13 with more time travel and less artifact recovery. It promised to be very British (tea is called out specifically in the description) and there was something about saving the world from evil time travelers, etc. Mary's, which uses time travel to do historical research. The book is about a historian nicknamed Max who joins a society called St. With a title like Just One Damned Thing After Another, it's hard not to pick up the book after a long day being stressed at the office. In this case, it wasn't so much the cover as it was the title. You're not supposed to judge books by their covers, but sometimes you can't help it.

Just one damned thing after another