The Grace in Older Women [Large Print, Import] [Hardcover]

Jonathan Gash (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 608 pages
• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd; Large Print Ed edition (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0708936326
• ISBN-13: 978-0708936320
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Lovejoy becomes involved with older women., August 22, 2005

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S. Schwartz "romonko" (alberta canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Grace in Older Women (Hardcover)

This book seems to be even more frenetic than some of the previous. I found it a bit confusing, and some issues never did get resolved. We still get lots of good antique information, and we learned the ins and outs of auctions for fakes, but a lot of plot strands were dropped on the way. It seems like Gash is trying to make Lovejoy even scruffier and even more scattered, and the book loses by this. I still like this series though, and will continue to read until the end. If nothing else there are usually enough surprises at the end to keep me going with the next installment.

3.0 out of 5 stars Here we go again--redux, January 19, 2012

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This review is from: The Grace in Older Women: A Lovejoy Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)

In reviewing Every Last Cent, I noted that any author who does sequel after sequel must guard against making his character a cliche. Rex Stout managed to churn out Nero Wolf novels year after year and still kept his major character entertaining. The reason was his plotting. His character never became more important than the plot. In The Grace in Older Women, Gash falls into the same trap he encountered in Every Last Cent, cliches wrapped around a weak plot.

However, I'm a die-hard Gash fan. Anything he writes, I buy. So, it's cliche riddled. I like the cliches!

2.0 out of 5 stars Plot twists that go nowhere, July 30, 1998

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[e-mail] (Rockville,Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Grace in Older Women: A Lovejoy Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)

After reading several of Gash's novels this was one I could definitely put down. It started strong but ran too convoluted until the last few chapters when everything came to a quick solution. Not one of his better works.