Mrs Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha Author:Dorothy Gilman Newly-married Mrs Pollifax had just begun to settle into blissful domesticity with husband Cyrus, when who should come bumping and jolting up her driveway, but Bishop, his fingertips in a veritable tingle over a new case for which he required her ullustrious assistance. And with less than 30 minutes in to pack, she is on her way to Hong Kong, in... more » pursuit of an agent who has stopped informing, and a friend, who for all intents and purposes has vanished into thin air. But Mrs Pollifax soon discovers that she cannot go unscathed in this unpredictable world of terrorism and moral anarchy. For her adversaries are people who murder eagerly, casually and at the twitch of a finger. Mrs P's indomitable spirit has endured much, but this time the dreadful odds may be too great, even for her. "The Hong Kong Buddha, like the proverbial first potato chip, gives you an irrestible craving for the first six Mrs Pollifax books"(Newport News Daily Press)« less