Lovejoy's search for a missing painting and a missing friend -- Gesso the cat burglar -- takes him on a wild adventure to the Channel Islands. He hopes to keep a low profile by masquerading as Jonno Rant, an island local, but that plan backfires when the local police start to keep tabs on him and the real Jonno Rant shows up. Can Lovejoy stay one step ahead of Rant and the police? Soon, just staying alive becomes a juggling act for the irrepressible Lovejoy.
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Perpetually bereft of funds, the rascally Lovejoy once again relies on charm, guile and luck to replenish his supply of groats, make "smiles" with various women and keep from getting interfered with by the Plod. Beautiful young Irma Dominick, trained by Lovejoy to steal, gets arrested by the Plod for trying to lift a jug from an auction house. And Irma's aunt Jocina wants Lovejoy to identify antiques that will be sold supposedly to fund a failing prioryAwhose prior, Lovejoy believes, is "making smiles" with Jocina behind her husband's back. That same prior wants Lovejoy to identify antiques that he can sell to support his gambling debts. Reconnoitering the abbey with his pal Gesso, Lovejoy finds a valuable painting that he nicks and disguises. Then, traveling incognito as the famous impresario Jonno Rant, Lovejoy trails Jocina and the prior to the Channel Islands, all the while pretending to set up an entertainment spectacular. But the project is usurped by the real Rant, and Lovejoy's life is threatened by more than one group interested in the painting. With this dervish of comic activity and a romp that ends in a circuslike venue, Gash is in top form. Fans will celebrate Lovejoy's 20th outing (after The Possessions of a Lady, 1996) as a welcome return of one of the most unusual characters in mysteryland.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Lovejoy appraises the antiques of Albansham priory, whose prior has gambled away its funds?and maybe done worse.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: The Rich and the Profane (Lovejoy Mystery) (Paperback)
I'd have to agree, this book wasn't as good as his previous Lovejoy ones. I'd say this one and the previous one 'Possessions of a Lady' are more of a "borrow" than a "buy". I hope #21 does pick up. I still reread his previous ones (esp. 'The Tartan Sell' my all time favorite).
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Prior George, East Anglia, Irma Dominick, Marie Metivier, Walt Jethou, Splendid Sejour, Reverend Dougal, Channel Isles, Jimmy Ozanne, Jocina Crucifex, Rosa Vidamour, Victor Hugo, Antiques Arcade, Eastern Hundreds, Martin Crucifex, Old Masters, Freddy Foxheath, George Metivier, Michaelis Singleton, Barnie Woodfall, Eddie Champion, Hauteville House, Maureen Jolly, Nicholas Brown, Roi de Normandie New!
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Prior George, East Anglia, Irma Dominick, Marie Metivier, Walt Jethou, Splendid Sejour, Reverend Dougal, Channel Isles, Jimmy Ozanne, Jocina Crucifex, Rosa Vidamour, Victor Hugo, Antiques Arcade, Eastern Hundreds, Martin Crucifex, Old Masters, Freddy Foxheath, George Metivier, Michaelis Singleton, Barnie Woodfall, Eddie Champion, Hauteville House, Maureen Jolly, Nicholas Brown, Roi de Normandie New!
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- The Waste Land and Other Writings (Modern Library Classics) by T.S. Eliot on page 223
- Charles Dickens (Life and Works) by Christopher Martin on page 210
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