John Grant, der unter dem Pseudonym Jonathan Gash schreibt, ist ein englischer Kriminalautor, der für seine fesselnden Erzählungen, insbesondere die Lovejoy-Reihe, gefeiert wird. Ausgehend von seinem Hintergrund als Arzt und seinen Erfahrungen in der Pathologie und Militärmedizin, verleiht Grant seinem Werk eine einzigartige Authentizität und Tiefe. Seine Geschichten, die oft in der atmosphärischen Landschaft von Essex angesiedelt sind, zeichnen sich durch verschlungene Handlungsstränge und lebendig gezeichnete Charaktere aus. Er ist eine unverwechselbare Stimme im Genre der Kriminalliteratur und bietet den Lesern sowohl intellektuelle Anregung als auch packendes Storytelling.
Der Antiquitätenkenner, Frauenverführer und Schlawiner Lovejoy wird von einem Millionärs-Sammler engagiert, um jeden Kunstschatz in Venedig zu "retten", bevor die sagenumwobene Stadt im Meer versinkt. Seine gewinnende Art, flexiblen Ethik und einfallsreiche Tricks werden auf eine harte Probe gestellt von den mörderischen Männern und gefährlichen Frauen, die seinen Weg kreuzen.
In the world of antiques the Holy Grail is a holy terror - for almost every month someone claims to possess the original. So when an inebriated ex-clergyman confided to Lovejoy that he did indeed possess the cup, the resourceful antiques dealer knew just what to make of such a statement.The trouble was that someone else thought this version of the Grail was worth stealing - and now the owner was dead amid considerable carnage.
Die spannendsten Kriminalgeschichten
With business slow in the antiques trade, Lovejoy makes ends meet by driving for Gazza's Tryste Service. But her gets no peace from bejewelled rich types demanding advice on antiques. Fleeing to France he's let loose in the biggest spending spree ever. A kaleiedoscope of antiques pass before his eyes, as he wowrries about drug crazed minders, his militaristic boss and a female smuggler who he's accidentally slept with. Where will it end? In a repository in Zurich, where Lovejoy learns the price to be paid for playing with the big boys.
Once a place sacred to the Iroquois, Niagara Falls has been exploited by profiteers, protected by preservationists, harnessed for mechanical power, and reincarnated into the honeymoon capital of the world. Niagara Falls: An Intimate Portrait, the companion to the PBS television program, celebrates the history of the falls and examines human progress - and human folly - on a grand scale. Fifteen million people are lured to Niagara each year by the sheer power and majesty of the water. You'll meet some of them: Maid of the Mist captains, wedding chapel ministers, honeymooners of all nationalities, light-show engineers, and thrill seeking daredevils. You'll also learn about the early explorers; the warriors who fought bloody battles for control of the falls; the first bridge builders and hydroelectric engineers; and the movie stars and tightrope walkers who attracted an awestruck public.Through color photographs and archival images, interviews with people who work at the falls, and a detailed chronology of events, this book weaves together the contemporary and the historical to create an unforgettable, intimate portrait of Niagara Falls - a place entirely beyond the ordinary.
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.
Lovejoy returns to East Anglia towork as an antique consultant for a movie about a museum robbery. But soon, Lovejoy becomes the center of a vicious web of theft, murder and disappearances and must use all his wits tocome out live.
Das Buch enthält ausser der Titelerzählung: Markheim. The Body Snatcher - Der Leichenräuber
Persona non grata in England and Hong Kong, antiques expert Lovejoy escapes to America, where he must rely on the help of a destitute hooker and a streetwise eight year old to stay one step ahead of the law. Reprint.
A retelling of the classic story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Designed for children from around the age of nine, it is part of the Usborne Classics range, which covers a variety of authors and periods, and seeks to introduce the younger reader to the great works and authors of literature.
A juste titre une des œuvres les plus célèbres de Kipling, L'homme qui voulait être roi est aussi un des plus purs archétypes du récit d'aventures. L'attrait de l'inconnu, représenté par les villages perdus de l'Afghanistan, le rêve démesuré d'y fonder un royaume, la fascination d'un monde de sauvagerie, la folie, enfin, d'un rêve colonial poussé jusqu'à la caricature, aquièrent ici une force mythique. De même que celle-ci, les autres nouvelles de ce recueil furent écrites par le jeune Kipling au cours de son séjour à Lahore, entre 1882 et 1889. Evocation ironique de la communauté anglaise en Inde (Le Germicide, Fausse Aurore), fascination pour la morbidité orientale symbolisée par l'opium (La porte des cent douleurs), attrait du surnaturel et du fantastique (Le Pousse-pousse fantôme) : le talent de conteur de Kipling se révèle dans ces premiers écrits d'un auteur que le prix Nobel de littérature devait couronner à quarante-deux ans.
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Trying to find the truth behind a businessman's suspicious death, Dr. Clare Burtonall enlists the help of a gigolo, a witness to the crime, and uncovers a conspiracy in a mystery by the author of the popular Lovejoy series. 30,000 first printing."
Lovejoy is released from jail on condition he join the elegant Laura Moon’s speed-dating agency. A divorced millionairess, she proposes a temporary marriage of convenience to help her hunt down her former husband.Can Lovejoy do what is expected of him without getting killed?
Lovejoy, the connoisseur of antiques and all-around scamp, embarks on a madcap search for a priceless Celtic antique. Half a jump behind him are a couple of mayhem-minded antiques dealers, a woman of extraordinary beautiy with brains to match, and a motley crew of "interested parties," including the police. Assault, false arrest, kidnapping, blackmail, and murder all add to the high cost of finding and keeping an antique that only Lovejoy can recognize. With time out, of course, for a romantic interlude every now and then, Lovejoy nobly fights to hold on to the treasure -- and his life.
A priceless, antique silver firefly cage, the Reverse Gadroon, leads the irrepressible Lovejoy into an involvement with two intriguing women
One of the most likable rogues in mystery history. The British-Roman coins had been around for centuries, so when they disappear from a local museum, Lovejoy has a more than passing interest in finding them. Abandoning his usual pursuits of good buys and willing women, Lovejoy finds himself in the much less agreeable company of one Dandy Jack, the sinister Rink, and the lovely, treacheerous Nicole. They lead him on a merry chase through a countryside filled with heather and danger. A superb tour through the glittering and greedy world of antiques. Previously published in England under the title, Gold From Gemini .
On a dark and rainy night, amorous antiques dealer Lovejoy and his lady of the moment witness a car being forced off the road and over an embankment; the mortally injured driver turns out to be Leckie, a fellow antiques dealer and old army chum. Lovejoy's search for the villains is spiced with the promise of a valuable cache of antiques hidden somewhere at the end of the line. Spirited, vivid writing and a marvelously varied cast of characters from the shadier side of the antiques world make this Jonathon Gash's best book to date.
In this fast-paced and witty mystery, Lovejoy is asked to recover a family heirloom. Unfortunately, the Chippendale table in question now sits in the Vatican. Though matters of protocol, a brutal murder, and several romantic entanglements slow his progress, Lovejoy once again triumphs, finding his way to a most ingenious solution.
Lovejoy doesn't mind an occasional take, but the wholesale theft of national treasures is something else. So when "moonspenders"--antiques poachers with hi-tech metal detectors--start digging up his native East Anglia's ancient treasures, Lovejoy takes a stand. Martin's.
Looking for a missing husband is not usually Lovejoy's cup of tea, but this missing husband happens to be an antiques dealer. As usual the police are less than tolerant of Lovejoy's motives and methods - and, as usual, Lovejoy uses his charm, wit, and a little scam of his own to see that justice triumphs.
Connoisseur of antiques, rhapsodizer of women, and all-around scamp, Lovejoy is hired by a millionaire collector to "rescue" every art treasure in Venice before the fabled city sinks into the sea. His winning ways, flexible ethics, and resourceful chicanery are put to a vigorous test by the murderous men and dangerous women who cross his gondola's path.
Lovejoy is in the Highlands seeking the rare and the beautiful -- and looking for antiques as well. Maybe it's because he's so good with fakes and women and so bad with taxes, but Lovejoy's antiques business is always getting him into trouble with the law. This time it starts with a bureau that he ordered from Scotland. It's supposed to be a fake, but when the truck driver is killed and the bureau turns out to be real, Lovejoy sets out for Scotland to find out what's going on. Soon he's mixed up with the McGunn clan and their beautiful leader, the wheelchair-bound Miss Elaine -- and he's pulling off the biggest scam of his career.
Accused of gutting a vacant old house and robbing it of its balustrades, moldings, and wallpaper in order to augment his inventory, antiques dealer Lovejoy investigates and discovers that his friend may be involved in an antiques scam. 20,000 first printing. $12,000 ad/promo.
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.
Lovejoy knows that the legendary Judas Pair of flintlock pistols are just that--a legend. Or are they? By the time he finds out the truth, two people are dead, and Lovejoy has to pull a nifty scam to avoid the same fate. First in the Lovejoy series.
A Sommerlundu infuria la guerra e armate del Signore delle Tenebre Zagarny si avvicinano alla capitale Holmgard. Nell'ora più buia, l'unica cosa che può salvare Sommerlund dalla rovina è la forza del Sommerswerd, la Spada del Sole. Il Lupo Solitario, ultimo cavaliere dell'ordine Kai, viene inviato dal re Ulnar per recuperare questa arma magica da Durenor. Riuscirà a portare a termine la sua missione e salvare la sua patria, mentre è perseguitato a ogni passo dagli spioni delle Tenebre?
