NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Diana Gabaldon weaves a dazzling tale of history, intrigue, and suspense in this first novel featuring one of her most popular characters from the Outlander saga: Lord John Grey.
The year is 1757.
On a clear morning in mid-June, Lord John Grey emerges from London's Beefsteak Club, his mind in turmoil.
A nobleman and a high-ranking officer in His Majesty's army, Grey has just witnessed something shocking.
But his efforts to avoid a scandal that might destroy his family are interrupted by something still more urgent: The Crown appoints him to investigate the brutal murder of a comrade-in-arms who may have been a traitor.
Obliged to pursue two inquiries at once, Major Grey finds himself ensnared in a web of treachery and betrayal that touches every stratum of English society--and threatens all he holds dear.
Praise for Lord John and the Private Matter `` A] thoroughly entertaining and wonderfully witty historical mystery set in the richly detailed, occasionally bawdy world of Georgian England.
``--Booklist ``Packed with vivid description and detail.
Gabaldon aptly transports readers to eighteenth-century London, with all its reeking humanity and glitteringly elegant excess.
``--Book Page.
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