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Lord John and the Hand of Devils Diana Gabaldon
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

"Lord John and the Hellfire Club" first story in LORD JOHN AND THE HAND OF DEVILS short story - 1756. BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE is either the second Lord John historical mystery—or the first, depending how you want to look at it. Each of these tales has at least some nominal paranormal frame of reference. "There's certainly another of the Lord John books," Gabaldon reveals. Lord John and the Hand of Devils by Diana Gabaldon. Individual Summaries and Reviews: Lord John and the Hand of Devils is a collection of short stories (really one regular length story and two longer novellas) that are interspersed between the full-length Lord John novels. Anyone who has read the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon would be familiar with Lord John Grey - friend and one time prison warden to Jamie Fraser. Lord John and the Hand of Devils is an anthology of a short story and two novellas, continuing the tale. I do like Lord John, and I think he works well in novella format. Gabaldon usually writes mega-historical novels that weight more than a truck tire. In that pile right now, you'd find Robert Rummel-Hudson's memoir, Schuyler's Monster, about his daughter's polymicrogyria—try saying that five times fast!—and Diana Gabaldon's Lord John and the Hand of Devils. Lord John and the Hand of Devils In Lord John and the Hellfire Club, a young man is killed in a premeditated attack made to look like just another knifing in the streets of 1750s London. Lord John Grey books include: Lord John and the Private Matter, Lord John and the Hand of Devils, Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade and The Scottish Prisoner. Followed immediately by LORD JOHN AND THE HAND OF DEVILS in December.