The Judas Pair
{{Short description|1977 novel by Jonathan Gash}}
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{{Infobox book |
| name = The Judas Pair
| image = Judas Pair.jpg
| caption = First edition cover
| author = Jonathan Gash
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Crime novel
| publisher = Collins Crime Club
| release_date = 1977
| media_type = Print (Hardback)
| pages = 210 pp.
| isbn = 0-00-231383-9
| dewey= 823/.9/14
| congress= PZ4.G2468 Ju 1977 PR6057.A728
| oclc= 4466340
}}
The Judas Pair is a crime novel by Jonathan Gash. It is the first book in the Lovejoy series. The story was first published in 1977 and won a John Creasey Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecrimevault.com/authors/jonathan-gash/|title=Jonathan Gash {{!}} The Crime Vault|website=www.thecrimevault.com|access-date=2019-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604095651/https://www.thecrimevault.com/authors/jonathan-gash/|archive-date=2019-06-04|url-status=dead}}
The story was adapted by Ian La Frenais for the BBC television series Lovejoy starring Ian McShane. The episode "The Judas Pair" first aired on 7 February 1986 as episode 5 of season 1.
Plot summary
Antiques dealer Lovejoy is commissioned to hunt down what he considers to be a mythical object, the Judas pair, the supposed thirteenth pair of duelling pistols, an 18th-century flintlock{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jonathan-gash-9/the-judas-pair/|title=THE JUDAS PAIR by Jonathan Gash {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}} made by the famous London gunmaker Durs Egg.{{Cite book|title=Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series, 4th Edition|last=Husband|first=Janet|last2=Husband|first2=Jonathan|date=2009|publisher=American Library Association|isbn=9780838909676|location=Chicago|pages=302|oclc=320131642}} After two murders Lovejoy is certain that the pistols do exist, and are now in the hands of the murderer.
Lovejoy solves the mystery by drawing from his comprehensive knowledge of the antique world, poring on the backgrounds of materials so that past and present deceit and criminality are revealed.{{Cite book|title=Cracking the Hard-Boiled Detective: A Critical History from the 1920s to the Present|last=Moore|first=Lewis D.|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|year=2006|isbn=9780786425815|oclc=928973738|location=Jefferson, NC|pages=254}}
Publication history
- The Judas Pair, Jonathan Gash, Collins Crime Club, 1977, {{ISBN|0-00-231383-9}}, hardcover
- The Judas Pair, Jonathan Gash, Harper & Row, 1977, {{ISBN|0-06-011464-9}}, hardcover
- The Judas Pair, Jonathan Gash, Dell Publishing, 1981, {{ISBN|0-440-14354-3}}, paperback
- The Judas Pair, Jonathan Gash, W. F. Howes, 1999, {{ISBN|1-84197-004-2}}, audiobook cassette
- The Judas Pair, Jonathan Gash, W. F. Howes, 2000, {{ISBN|1-84197-091-3}}, audiobook CD
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|qid=Q123785305|title=The Judas Pair}}
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Category:British picaresque novels
Category:Collins Crime Club books
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