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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Adored bestselling author Gabaldon brings fans the first book in a new trilogy featuring Major Lord John Grey and many of the characters from her wildly popular Outlander series.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>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.</b> <p/> 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. <p/><b>Praise for <i>Lord John and the Private Matter</i></b> <p/>"[A] thoroughly entertaining and wonderfully witty historical mystery set in the richly detailed, occasionally bawdy world of Georgian England."<b>--<i>Booklist</i></b> <p/> "Packed with vivid description and detail. Gabaldon aptly transports readers to eighteenth-century London, with all its reeking humanity and glitteringly elegant excess."<b>--<i>BookPage</i></b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"[A] thoroughly entertaining and wonderfully witty historical mystery set in the richly detailed, occasionally bawdy world of Georgian England."<b>--<i>Booklist</i></b> <p/> "Packed with vivid description and detail. Gabaldon aptly transports readers to eighteenth-century London, with all its reeking humanity and glitteringly elegant excess."<b>--<i>BookPage</i></b> <p/>"Gabaldon's prose is crisply elegant . . . a compelling narrative that also offers a wealth of juicy details about 18th-century London."<b>--<i>Publishers Weekly</i></b> <p/> "Gabaldon takes readers for a walk on the wild side . . . A compelling and unique period mystery for the author's legion of fans."<b>--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Diana Gabaldon</b> is the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the wildly popular Outlander novels--<i>Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes</i> (for which she won a Quill Award and the Corine International Book Prize), <i>An Echo in the Bone, </i>and<i> Written in My Own Heart's Blood</i>--as well as a collection of Outlander fiction, <i>Seven Stones to Stand or Fall; </i>the related Lord John Grey books <i>Lord John and the Private Matter, Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade, Lord John and the Hand of Devils, </i>and<i> The Scottish Prisoner;</i> two works of nonfiction, <i>The Outlandish Companion, Volumes 1 </i>and<i> 2; </i>the Outlander graphic novel, <i>The Exile; </i>and<i> The Official Outlander Coloring Book</i>. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with her husband.</p>

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