Reviews - Lord John and the Private Matter

434 reviews for:

Lord John and the Private Matter

Diana Gabaldon

3.6 AVERAGE

abowlin's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

gabmc's review against another edition

3.0

I really enjoyed this book - the description provided by Diana Gabaldon on her website says that you will meet "a valet, a traitor, an apothecary with a cure for syphilis, a bumptious German and an unscrupulous merchant prince"! Lord John Grey's cousin Olivia is engaged to be married to Mr Joseph Trevaylan. However, Grey discovers something possible unsavoury about Treveylan and sets out to investigate. At the same time he is also looking into a possible case of espionage within his regiment. This book gives a really good picture of London in 1758 - a historical mystery.

cclift1114's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Not quite as compelling as the Outlander series, but I’m in it for the long haul at this point.

analiciasteinke's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

soulkissed2003's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced

vesper1931's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

1757. Lord John Grey is directed to investigate the death of Sergeant Timothy O'Connell. Was he a spy, a traitor. If so who is his spy master.
An entertaining and well-written historical mystery. A good syart to this series.

ayami's review against another edition

4.0

How refreshing to read Diana Gabaldon's work that is shorter than 300 pages. Surprisingly, I've enjoyed 'Private Matter' more than 'The Fiery Cross'. Gabaldon is a superb writer and it's a real pleasure to read her works if they're well edited and by editing I mean cutting out dozens and dozens of pages where she writes about walking around the forests and breasts full of milk over and over again (sadly, a thorough editing is somewhat lacking in her recent books). In 'The Private Matter' we follow John Grey as he tries to solve a murder of a soldier in London. As usual, Gabaldon does her research well and offers a lot of interesting details about a life in 18th century London with focus on what does it mean to be a homosexual during that period. The intrigue is quite absorbing and I've enjoyed it way more then the 'Hellfire Club' - the first in The Lord John series.