Mrs. Pollifax And the Hong Kong Buddha (2014)
“Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha 11 The harbor and the sky were sunless this morning and a gauze curtain of mist had swept over the mountains to soften and blur their shapes and obscure their peaks. A cold choppy wind blew across the water, and once aboard the launch Mrs. Pollifax shivered; a light had been turned off and without its radiance the brilliant tropical greens looked sullen; earthbrowns that had been invisible until now outweighed the greens in prominence, bringing a somber dullnes...s to the landscape that was relieved only by the orange of a tile roof on the wooded hillsides or the snowy façade of a new block of high-rise buildings. A jolly Raoul Dufy had become a moody Turner.
Mrs. Pollifax had joined Ruthie and Mr. Hitchens not merely to sightsee for two hours; she had the more practical purpose of gun-disposal, and being in possession of a murder weapon, she considered the harbor an excellent place in which to bury it forever. She felt no compunction about her illegal act, because at the moment she could think of no explanation for having the gun that would appease the police.MoreLess
Mrs. Pollifax had joined Ruthie and Mr. Hitchens not merely to sightsee for two hours; she had the more practical purpose of gun-disposal, and being in possession of a murder weapon, she considered the harbor an excellent place in which to bury it forever. She felt no compunction about her illegal act, because at the moment she could think of no explanation for having the gun that would appease the police.MoreLess
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