The Case of the Lambent Lama — Alexandra Schiller

Alas, poor Madame Wu -- strangled to death and no one seems to care! In his vintage MG TF, ferret buddy and gumshoe Mordecai Maccabbee zips around Chinatown (between folk dances, of course) during clamorous Lunar New Year festivities, courting the insoucient and bashful Mongolian lady, Pei Jiangiyn, who clerks at the aromatic Oriental Imports Emporium. This relationship leads him directly into the gloomy domicile of Madame Wu's widower, Tibetan Buddhism lessons, and a near-fatal encounter with a wordwide network of antiquities thievery and smuggling. When his beloved roadster AND his girlfriend both disappear, not even the sagacious lama, Jigme Trisong Rinpoche, can tell him what has happened to them. The Case of the Lambent Lama is the third story in a series featuring this self-styled private detective. Each mystery is set within a different religious environment and challenges those values as the characters deal with murder in their midst. Parallel, Maccabbee's personal life is revealed and progressed.