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The indefatigable Gabaldon, who has made the British 18th century her own, offers a trio of novellas about Lord John Grey, whose minor role in the Outlander novels (concerning Jacobite Jamie Fraser and including A Breath of Snow and Ashes) has become a major fictional spinoff (Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade, etc.). The three mystery-adventure novellas of this volume span 1756 to 1758, in settings packed with dark secrets—and therefore dangers—for the soldier-hero with secrets of his own. The first novella finds Lord John swearing vengeance in London for a murdered government official, leading him to a deconsecrated abbey where members of the political elite indulge their basest desires. The second pits Lord John against a succubus that plagues his Prussian encampment, and combines humor with military strategy and supernatural myth. The third, most complex narrative finds Lord John investigating the cause of a cannon explosion in the English countryside that results in a fellow officer's death. Gabaldon brings an effusive joy to her fiction that proves infectious even for readers unfamiliar with her work or the period. A foreword and introductory notes add background on the book's evolution. (Nov.)
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Jeff Woodman bridges time in his portrayal of a villain made infamous in Gabaldon's Outlander series, now a hero of Gabaldon's Lord John Grey novellas. Grey is an eighteenth-century gay military man whose sleuthing seems built from his ability to understand the underbelly of life because of what he hides. Gabaldon's rambling prose, tight in these shorter pieces, still has a colorful cast of characters. They find full realization in Woodman's lively delivery of dialogue. Woodman's narration is vigorous and precise, and he is especially good at the nuances of class. Woodman also takes on a ghost, as well as a queen, as Grey ferrets out treachery at all levels of the military. S.W. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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