Buddha's Money

Rating:
Summary: Donate your money to Buddha instead!
Review: Limon's two previous books were atmospheric, with sustainable plots, and interesting characters. Buddha's Money retains a bit of the first characteristic and absolutely none of the others. The basic plot premise is absurd, the story is weak, and his "Ernie" character has turned into a pointless idiot!

It's hard to believe that the same author who wrote "Jade Lady Burning" and "Slicky Boys" also wrote this book.

Rating:
Summary: Good Action, but torture scenes were quite unsettling
Review: The action was first-rate, and the book kept me flipping pages, but I felt the torture of women in this book was too much to bear at times. Every major female character suffered in some way. I'm not squeamish, and can handle violence, but I felt the violence in this book was way too excessive.

Rating:
Summary: A Fast-Paced Fun-Filled Romp
Review: US army Inspectors George Sueno and Ernie Bascom walk the beat in Itaewon, Seoul's 'neon supermarket,' the pleasure center of Seoul. They get mixed up with Herman 'the German' Burkowicz, an army retiree who is living off his pension and his thriving business smuggling Korean antiques out of the country when his 'adopted' daughter is kidnapped by a group of Mongol cultists, who seek a priceless skull supposedly inscribed with a map to Kublai Khan's lost treasures. Unfortunately, Herman doesn't have the skull, which is why he needs Sueno and Bascom.

Martin Limon has put together a story of high adventure, weaving together a tale with more twists than the Korean alleys in which the action is set. BUDDAH'S MONEY is a tightly written, fast-paced, fun-filled romp told in a tough guy style that you're guaranteed to enjoy. I know I enjoyed it.

Reviewed by Judith Ann Cole

Rating:
Summary: A Fast-Paced Fun-Filled Romp
Review: US army Inspectors George Sueno and Ernie Bascom walk the beat in Itaewon, Seoul's `neon supermarket,' the pleasure center of Seoul. They get mixed up with Herman `the German' Burkowicz, an army retiree who is living off his pension and his thriving business smuggling Korean antiques out of the country when his `adopted' daughter is kidnapped by a group of Mongol cultists, who seek a priceless skull supposedly inscribed with a map to Kublai Khan's lost treasures. Unfortunately, Herman doesn't have the skull, which is why he needs Sueno and Bascom.

Martin Limon has put together a story of high adventure, weaving together a tale with more twists than the Korean alleys in which the action is set. BUDDAH'S MONEY is a tightly written, fast-paced, fun-filled romp told in a tough guy style that you're guaranteed to enjoy. I know I enjoyed it.

Reviewed by Judith Ann Cole