Hidden Buddha

By Jim Ringel

Lama Rinzen Mysteries, Book 2

In this second Lama Rinzen crime mystery wrapped inside a Buddhist mystery, the lama finds herself reborn as a doctor into the Hungry Ghost Realm inside a haunted hospital on Colorado's eastern plains. She is there to learn the realm's lesson, and also to discover why the hospital's patients and staff are mysteriously disappearing.

Rinzen does not believe in ghosts. Still, she feels haunted by them and by other apparitions of past lives when other patients disappeared on her. Then nine-year-old patient Claudia says Rinzen is wrong, and she herself has seen the ghosts. They are here to trap Rinzen so she might never escape the Hungry Ghost Realm. Not in this lifetime, and not in any future rebirths either.

How can the lama learn from the things she refuses to see? It feels like a lesson she should learn and a question she must answer. Could this be what the Buddha means when he talks about emptiness? These little bits of ourselves we keep suppressed and hidden and never admit to?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0999539817
• ISBN13: 9780999539811
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Black Bee Publishing
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Hidden Buddha

Hidden Buddha: Lama Rinzen in the Hungry Ghost Realm is the second book from the Lama Rinzen Mysteries by Jim Ringel. Since I have not read the first book, 49 Buddhas: Lama Rinzen in the Hell Realm, I believe it can be read as a stand alone. I would like to go back and read it though to see how the series because. I thought this was a good read. It is a different and unique plot that I am not used to reading. I found that refreshing. It did take me the first quarter of the way to get used to the writing style. Once I got used it, I was hooked and wanted to keep reading to see what would happen next. It is not one that is predictable that forced me to continue turning the pages. The last half had a lot of fast paced action, mystery and suspense. I really liked it. I am giving Hidden Buddha: Lama Rinzen in the Hungry Ghost Realm four and a half stars. Fans of mystery and suspense, as well as, those who are those intrigued by Buddha will be interested in reading this one. I am looking forward to the next book from Lama Rinzen Mysteries to see what other realm will be featured. I received a paperback copy of Hidden Buddha: Lama Rinzen in the Hungry Ghost Realm from the publisher, but was not required to write a positive review. This review is one hundred percent my own honest opinion.