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 stump-work 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.