I love all of her books they just draw me in. And I love the character of lord John Gray.

After finishing the eight current Outlander books, Diana Gabaldon has become my favorite author. This short novel is quite different from the Outlander books. This one is reminiscent of an Agatha Christie murder mystery with a Dickens sort of cast of characters. Lord John Grey is employed to find out the mystery surrounding the death of an army Sargent believed to be a traitor. The plot becomes very tangled, with additional murders and some strange assignations. This does not have the drama of any of the Outlander books, but is much lighter in tone.