A review by caitiebeth
A Plague of Zombies by Diana Gabaldon

3.0

It was decent. But, once again, Gabaldon has demonstrated her appalling lack of attention to chronology.

This book takes place in 1761. Mrs. Abernathy is on the island, and her husband has died recently.

But in
Voyager
, set in early 1767 by the time they're in Jamaica, it says this:


Barnabas Abernathy had come from Scotland, and had purchased Rose Hall five years before ... Then, two years ago, he had married a woman no one knew, bringing her home from a trip to Guadeloupe ... And six months later, he was dead.

So, Barnabas Abernathy came in 1762-ish, and Mrs. Abernathy showed up in 1765. But this novella takes place in 1761. To echo my previous reviews of
Outlander
,
Dragonfly in Amber
and
Voyager
: huh???

At least it explained Mrs. Abernathy's "zombie poison" from
Voyager
.