The Rich and the Profane: A Lovejoy Novel

by JonathanGash (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1999

  $17.44

  The Rich and the Profane finds Lovejoy Antiques, Inc., in a spot of bailiff trouble and the rascally sleuth himself hoping for a free dinner -- and maybe more -- from a luscious lass who wants him to coach her in shoplifting a cheap Edwardian necklace. A more likely source of income may be her aunt, the steely-eyed Mrs. Crucifex -- whose brother, the Reverend George Metivier, has reputedly gambled Albansham priory into deep debt and wants Lovejoy to assess the value of its antique treasures. Sticky-fingered Lovejoy enlists his low-life friend Gesso to break and enter, but Gesso, after bungling the priory burglary, disappears. So does Prior George, Whom Lovejoy suspects of foul play. Trailing him, and one really hot painting, to the Channel Islands involves sidestepping the local law by posing as a show-biz impresario, checking out the local talent -- in every sense. Soon, just staying alive becomes a juggling act.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.36

  It could only happen to Lovejoy. One minute a beautiful young girl is asking him how to steal a cheap necklace; the next he's jetting of to the Channel Isles, organizing The Gamble of the Century - and avenging a murder.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1998

  $5.07