The Eyes of Buddha

John Ball's fifth novel featuring Virgil Tibbs sees the brilliant detective on the serach for a missing girl. Despite a year of investigation the case remains open & the girl's parents ask if Tibbs can bring new light to the case. Ball deftly plots another challenging case for Tibbs, but almost spoil......more

JDB continues to flesh out the life of his fictionally-non-fictional Mr Tibbs, and once again he is shown to inhabit a world where other famous detectives live and breathe - Holmes again, but this time Mr. Moto and Inspector Bonaparte join in - and if anyone knows who the old later he visits with th......more

Molto, molto americano, ma decisamente all’insegna del buon gusto. Trama che calibra bene i due casi, entrambi affidati all’ispettore Tibbs, che riguardano due giovani ragazze: una trovata uccisa in un parco cittadino, l’altra scomparsa un anno prima. Casi che hanno punti in comune dal momento che al......more

The mystery is okay I guess, but there's a lot of misogyny......more

i enjoyed this book, but i'm still puzzled by the ending. from anyone who has read this book, i would appreciate what you thought the conclusion of the book was. thanks!......more