Moonspender
Published on 5. October 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-4721-1958-2 (ISBN)
Description
Lovejoy doesn't mind making an occasional fake... But the wholesale theft of national treasures is not something he can go along with. So when 'moonspenders' - antiques poachers with hi-tech electronic metal detectors - start digging up the ancient buried treasures of his native East Anglia, it's time for Lovejoy to take a stand.
As usual, there are some surprising complications, including a local gangster who insists that Lovejoy appear on a TV game show, a few suspicious deaths, a wedding, some local witches, and several women who can't resist Lovejoy's charms. But then, who can?
Praise for Jonathan Gash:
'Irrepressible... bounteous entertainment' Sunday Times
'Lovejoy is up to his old tricks again... compelling stuff' Today
'Unabashedly amoral, witty and crammed with treasures of every sort... Pure, unadulterated Lovejoy' Publishers Weekly
As usual, there are some surprising complications, including a local gangster who insists that Lovejoy appear on a TV game show, a few suspicious deaths, a wedding, some local witches, and several women who can't resist Lovejoy's charms. But then, who can?
Praise for Jonathan Gash:
'Irrepressible... bounteous entertainment' Sunday Times
'Lovejoy is up to his old tricks again... compelling stuff' Today
'Unabashedly amoral, witty and crammed with treasures of every sort... Pure, unadulterated Lovejoy' Publishers Weekly
Reviews / Votes
An exuberant mixture of antique fakery, lechery and murder * The Times * The wisest and wildest antiques dealer of them all * Literary Review * A sparkling new start for the old faker. The background is brilliantly described. Look forward to Lovejoy's next stop * Mail on Sunday * Collector's tips, ramshackle amours, outright thuggery and broad mirth * Sunday Times * A real virtuoso performance... a riotous success * Birmingham Post * It's typical Lovejoy, and that makes it delightful * Newsday * One of the most likable rogues in mystery history * Chicago Sun-Times *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Dimensions
Height: 107 mm
Width: 177 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
150 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4721-1958-2 (9781472119582)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
JONATHAN GASH is the pen name of John Grant, who also wrote under the name of Graham Gaunt. Born in 1933 in Bolton, Lancashire, Grant trained as a doctor and worked as both a GP and a pathologist. He also served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, where he rose to the rank of Major, and was head of bacteriology at the University of London's School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. His first Lovejoy novel, The Judas Pair, won the Crime Writers' Association prestigious John Creasey award in 1977. Grant lives in Colchester, Essex.