Moonspender

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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

Reviews

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

Author Bio

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.