Spend Game (1981)

by Jonathan Gash

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Series: Lovejoy (book 4)

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When Lovejoy witnesses a car crash that turns out to be a murder - with one of his oldest antique-dealer friends the victim - he sets out on a trail of revenge that leaves him pondering several bewildering questions.

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The actual antique mystery bit is particularly well done here: Lovejoy's obsession with relics from the dawn of the railway age turn out to be the basis of a peculiar murder mystery, and there is a thrilling climax as he tries to outwit his enemies trapped at the wrong end of an underground tunnel. But his revolting and sometimes violent misogyny is also on full display too, and it is rather implausible that so many women can simultaneously be pursuing his affections considering how badly he treats them all. (

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Jonathan Gash	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Kay, Christopher	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Spend Game / The Vatican Rip / The Tartan Ringers by Jonathan Gash

The Curse of the Pharoahs | Spend Game | Murder on Martha's Vineyard by Detective Book Club

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To Wu Ch'ang, ancient Chinese god of wealth and good luck who hands out gold mountains to the humble and pious of heart, this book is humbly and piously dedicated.
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A story for John and Julie, Susan, Julia and the Port Sunlight Players, Pat and Roy, Elizabeth.

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No matter what people say, you can't help getting into trouble.

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When Lovejoy witnesses a car crash that turns out to be a murder - with one of his oldest antique-dealer friends the victim - he sets out on a trail of revenge that leaves him pondering several bewildering questions.

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