Half a jump behind him are a couple of mayhem-minded antiques dealers, a woman of extraordinary beauty with brains to match, and a motley crew of "interested parties," including the police. Assault, false arrest, kidnapping, blackmail, and murder all add to the high cost of finding and keeping an antique that only Lovejoy can recognize. With time out of course, for a romantic interlude every new and then, Lovejoy nobly fights to hold on to the treasure---and his life.