The Sin within Her Smile: A Lovejoy Mystery
by Jonathan Gash
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
From Jonathan Gash, his 20th Lovejoy mystery and repackage of The Sin Within Her Smile
What begins as an adventure through the world of art and antiques turns out to be a wild and fatal journey in this Lovejoy favorite.
The Rich and the Profane (Lovejoy Mystery)
by Jonathan Gash
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
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.
"A welcome return of one of the most unusual characters in mysteryland."-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Year of the Woman
by Jonathan Gash
from Allison & Busby LTD
KwayFay was once a "Cockroach Child", a homeless scavenger on Hong Kong s waterfronts. Now grown, she lives in a squatter shack on the mountain slopes, and commutes each day to her job as a lowly office clerk. She survives by paying bribes if she has to, and keeping silent when abused. Her only ally is Grandmother s Ghost. Hong Kong is in ferment, for this is the time just before the Handover, when the Peoples Republic of China will repossess the Crown Colony. Hongs and Triads, underworld organisations above the law, are concerned, for China s policy is to eliminate criminal cliques. The head of a Triad learns of the impoverished "no-family" girl who talks to ghosts, and wonders if she is a way out of his dilemma - but superstition is also forbidden by the incoming regime. It seems the girl might be the last chance for his Triad s survival.
Paid and Loving Eyes
Lovejoy enters the illicit world of underground antiques when he is summoned by a shady underworld figure to judge a competition involving an antique vase. His verdict, however, sets off a chain of suspicious happenings in the antiques community--including murder--and Lovejoy soon realizes he has stumbled onto an international ring of crime. Encountering treasure troves of genuine and fake antiques, a covert KGB-like antiques organization, and a variety of beautiful women, Lovejoy juggles his love of precious objects with his desire to stay alive.
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