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A review by muggsyspaniel
The Judas Pair by Jonathan Gash
3.0
If you are thinking of reading this because you loved the series then, 1. What took you so long and 2. Don't.
Don't get me wrong it's a decent enough mystery but this isn't lovable Sunday night Lovejoy, this Lovejoy hits women, swears, and kills people. (bad people but still)
Tinker isn't the amusing drunk, he's a sad alcoholic. Eric doesn't feature (don't know if he does in later books) and Lady Jane Felsham isn't a Lady (though she is a lady) she's a dealer (antiques not drugs) and she doesn't feature very much. What it does do is shows just how well Ian La Frenais did adapting/totally rewriting the characters for the screen. He has managed to keep book Lovejoy's voice intact despite making him palatable for a Sunday evening slot on the BBC.
All that aside it's a page turner and with plenty of genuine sounding info on the world of antiques.
Don't get me wrong it's a decent enough mystery but this isn't lovable Sunday night Lovejoy, this Lovejoy hits women, swears, and kills people. (bad people but still)
Tinker isn't the amusing drunk, he's a sad alcoholic. Eric doesn't feature (don't know if he does in later books) and Lady Jane Felsham isn't a Lady (though she is a lady) she's a dealer (antiques not drugs) and she doesn't feature very much. What it does do is shows just how well Ian La Frenais did adapting/totally rewriting the characters for the screen. He has managed to keep book Lovejoy's voice intact despite making him palatable for a Sunday evening slot on the BBC.
All that aside it's a page turner and with plenty of genuine sounding info on the world of antiques.