Paid and Loving Eyes by Jonathan Gash
When times are slow in the antiques trade, divvies have to make ends meet in unusual ways. Such is Lovejoy's fate driving for Gazza Gaunt's disreputable assignation service. But when one of his customers, the beautiful Fiona, discovers his eye for the genuine article, he finds himself the toast of a rich set whose vices and interest in danger extend way beyond a casual tryst in the back of Lovejoy's van. Advising the rich on valuables is never easy, but when he discovers that this set's previous advisors have ended up in a hospital, or worse, Lovejoy decides to flee with horse-mad Almira to France. Little does he realise that Almira is part of the plot, and that France is the centre of the biggest antiques scam in history. 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
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 fakerThe 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 *
The wisest and wildest antiques dealer of them all * Literary Review *
A sparkling new start for the old fakerThe 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 *
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781472119544 |
| ISBN 10 | 1472119541 |
| Title | Paid and Loving Eyes |
| Author | Jonathan Gash |
| Series | Lovejoy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2018-07-05 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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