Lovejoy - unscrupulous conniver, feckless lecher, and more important, gifted visionary who loves beautiful antiques more than life itself - marshals all of his diverse skills to revenge the murder of an old friend. Jonathan Gash's entertaining expertise covers everything from Queen Anne baby walkers and stumpwork boxes to the ultimate antique: the hand-hammered silver Reverse Gadroon. This bawdy fast-paced adventure - in which the all-time scamp must confront an international ring of antiques smugglers and murderers - is an entertaining delight from start to finish.