Moonspender

Lovejoy doesn''t mind making an occasional fake... But the wholesale theft of national treasures is not something he can go along with. So when ''moonspenders'' - antiques poachers with hi-tech electronic metal detectors - start digging up the ancient buried treasures of his native East Anglia, it''s time for Lovejoy to take a stand.

As usual, there are some surprising complications, including a local gangster who insists that Lovejoy appear on a TV game show, a few suspicious deaths, a wedding, some local witches, and several women who can''t resist Lovejoy''s charms. But then, who can?

Praise for Jonathan Gash:

''Irrepressible... bounteous entertainment'' Sunday Times

''Lovejoy is up to his old tricks again... compelling stuff'' Today

''Unabashedly amoral, witty and crammed with treasures of every sort... Pure, unadulterated Lovejoy'' Publishers Weekly