Lovejoy

Lovejoy, ever an admirer of beauty, is tricked into a shady antiques deal by an alluring Dutch woman and ends up in jail. Recently released, he regales Lady Jane with the details and then plots his revenge.

Lovejoy becomes involved with two brothers from a wealthy family. One controls their inheritance, the other has been disgracefully locked out of the family fortune. Lovejoy, can’t help but meddle in their affairs.

Lady Jane asks Lovejoy to appraise the house of one of her friends whose husband recently died. But later that night, the house is robbed, and Lovejoy becomes the police’s prime suspect. Meanwhile, Eric is troubled by a conflict with a group of garbage men.

Eric is eager to show off a golden statuette he’s selling for a friend. But the artifact is rumored to be cursed—and has quite a nefarious history to back that up. When Lovejoy takes over the sale, will he be immune to its evil charm?

An eccentric pub owner recruits Lovejoy and Lady Jane to refurbish his joint. But when he runs out of money to pay them, he proffers a photo of two antique bowls from a relative that could bring in a pretty penny.

Strapped for cash, Lovejoy takes a ludicrous assignment to track down a missing artist on behalf of a British army major who wants to commission a mural. But Lovejoy would be wise to reconsider—his client’s motives may not be strictly artistic.

The film actress Madelene Gilbert seeks Lovejoy’s help in selling her lot, and Tinker jumps at the chance to impress his silver screen obsession. But a band of French thieves have other plans for the estate.

A sheepish young woman asks Lovejoy to value a set of antique pornographic drawings, but leaves in a rush. The mystery deepens when Lovejoy, visiting his daughter’s school, realizes the woman is actually a student being extorted for unknown reasons.

A philandering playboy is as set to wed his wealthy bride as he is to continue his roguish ways. After a tiff with his incensed father-in-law, the groom disappears, and something sinister is at hand.

Lady Jane asks Lovejoy to suss out Joe, one of her husband’s potential business partners. From the start, everything about Joe rubs Lovejoy the wrong way, especially Joe’s ostentatiousness. But finding actual facts proves tricky and potentially dangerous.

Lovejoy runs a charity auction for a beautiful widow and meets a Greek antiques dealer. Pretty soon, the dealer asks him to assist with a $2 million deal and Lovejoy will have no choice but to go deeper into the con artist’s world.

Lovejoy concocts a grand revenge plan on behalf of those who have both been conned by Harry Catapodis. The con reaches all the way from America to Russia, and much more than money is on the line.