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Lord John and the private matter / Diana Gabaldon.

by Gabaldon, Diana.

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Delacorte Press, c2003.

Nobility -- England -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Betrayal -- Fiction.

Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 -- Fiction.

London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.

Gabaldon, Diana. Lord John Grey novels ; 1.

9780385660228 (2003 Doubleday hc.)

9780385660235 (Anchor trade pbk.)(LRP)

305 p. ; 22 cm.

"The first Lord John Grey novel"--Jacket.

"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. From the bawdy houses of London’s night-world to the stately drawing rooms of the nobility, and from the blood of a murdered corpse to the thundering seas ruled by the majestic fleet of the East India Company, Lord John pursues the elusive trails of a vanishing footman and a woman in green velvet, who may hold the key to everything -- or nothing. "--Back cover.

Historical mystery fiction.

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