The Eyes of Buddha by John Dudley Ball

The Eyes of Buddha Reviews

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  Bill

  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 spoils it for me on a couple of occasions. At one point someone mentions the film In the Heat of the Night & someone else says that Tibbs doesn't look much like Sidney Poitier. I can esaily suspend my disbelief & enoy a novel, but I really dislike it when an author breaks the fourth wall & has a fictional character enter the real world. It takes me away from being engrossed with the story, but I realise some readers may have no probelm with this at all & don't get as annoyed with it as I do.
  John Ball only wrote seven Virgil Tibbs novels & a few short stories, so I am trying to read only one a year as I enjoy them so much & want them to last. Looking forward to book six in 2023.
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  Robert

  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 the hard eye for diction and a dead husband is meant to be, please tip me to it.
  
  The world-building aside, the story stands with any of the others, intricate, detailed, and compelling.
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  Antonella Imperiali

  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 alcuni personaggi sono presenti in entrambe le situazioni e che trovano soluzione pressoché simultaneamente.
  Mi è piaciuto, soprattutto verso la fine, quando offre una diversa e più esotica ambientazione.
  Gli occhi di Buddha hanno colpito anche me.
  
  3,5 mi sembra equo.
  
  Mi piacerebbe rivedere qualche bel film con Sidney Poitier nei panni dell’ispettore Tibbs.
  
  
  #iorestoacasaeleggo
  
  
  🌎LdM Mini sfida - Americhe: 57 (Stati Uniti)
  🇺🇸 USA: California
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  Jenene

  
  
  Great series based on only African American homicide detective on the Pasadena police force.