# 13 The Very Last Gambado (©1989)
Genre: Mystery
Location: England
In The Very Last Gambado (1989), the title of which refers to the last jump in a tumbler's routine, a theft on a gigantic scale is planned with a movie production as cover. Lovejoy, as technical consultant and extra for a caper movie set in the British Museum and involving the theft of priceless art and archaeological objects, must save Britain's national treasures and himself. Though the plot of the novel is weak, the narration is as lively and informative as ever. The story begins with the death of an eminent local forger and the disappearance of an antique dealer, turns on rumors of a local hoodlum sending full containers of antiques to the United States and on an aged Russian countess with an enticing collection of family heirlooms, and ends with a shoot-out and a roundup of the villains.
Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 276: British Mystery and Thriller Writers Since 1960. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book. Edited by Gina Macdonald, Nicholls State University. Gale Group, 2003. pp. 160-174.
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