Lord John and the Succubus

Either the army camp is being haunted by a demon, or there’s a murderer on the loose. Enter detective John Grey and his funny little assistant Tom Byrd. He doesn’t believe in the supernatural, so he goes sleuthing.

The mystery was good, but whatever is going in Johns personal life felt half-finished.
Apparently he’s friends with Prussian colleague Stephan, but they don’t interact much here or in book 1, instead of childhood friend/first lover Hector, he is now yearning for a man called Fraser and here wasn’t anything to the subplot of the princess who likes John.
And possibly strangest if all, John was sexually assaulted at some point, but that’s written like a little backstory anecdote instead of something impactful.

For a show more novella of 100 pages, it would make more sense to pick one aspect of John’s personal life and focus on that because you can’t cram all of that in next to the mystery. show less

Lord John's stories seem to be more like Nancy Drew mysteries or something, than the Outlander ones. But this one was a bit stronger. It felt like there was a little bit of character development rather than *just* solving a mystery.

Lord John's stories seem to be more like Nancy Drew mysteries or something, than the Outlander ones. But this one was a bit stronger. It felt like there was a little bit of character development rather than *just* solving a mystery.

In which Lord John Grey is once again tired and honourable, and surprisingly effective as a detective.

LJG is such a great man. He's also an excellent detective, always solving the mystery. He's fair and honest, and I just really like him the more I learn of him.
3.5 stars