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Mrs. Pollifax

This page lists novels that feature the CIA agent Mrs. Pollifax.

 

Mrs. Pollifax: Novels and omnibus edition

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

Dorothy Gilman

Doubleday

1966

A Mrs. Pollifax novel.

"Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was tired of attending her Garden Club meetings. She wanted to do something good for her country. So, naturally, she became a CIA agent. This time, the assignment sounds as tasty as a taco. A quick trip to Mexico City is on her agenda. Unfortunately, something goes wrong, and our dear Mrs. Pollifax finds herself embroiled in quite a hot Cold War—and her country's enemies find themselves entangled with one unbelievably feisty lady."
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The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax

Dorothy Gilman

Doubleday

1970

A Mrs. Pollifax novel.

"When Emily Pollifax answers the phone that Sunday morning, she quickly forgets all about her Garden Club tea that afternoon. For the voice on the other end belonged to a man she had never seen, a man from the CIA who asked her if she could leave immediately on a mission that would take her halfway across the world! What could Mrs. Pollifax say but yes?"
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The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax

Dorothy Gilman

Doubleday

1971

A Mrs. Pollifax novel.

"While waiting for a view of her night-blooming cereus, the mild-seeming Mrs. Pollifax received urgent orders for a daring mission to aid an escape. Soon, the unlikely-looking international spy was sporting a beautiful new hat that hid eight forged passports...."
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A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax

Dorothy Gilman

Doubleday

1973

A Mrs. Pollifax novel.

"A secret agent like no other, Mrs. Pollifax was leading a very full life: Garden Club, karate, yoga - and a little spying now and then. This time the mysterious Mr. Carstairs sent her to Switzerland - to a famous health resort where the world's intelligence agents had gathered. Her mission: to track down a missing package of plutonium - just enough to make a small atomic bomb. It was a job that suited Mrs. Pollifax's talents. She's good with people and even better at sniffing out their secrets. But it was not until she became enchanted with Robin, the young jewel thief, that her new adventure really began."
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Mrs. Pollifax on Safari

Dorothy Gilman

Doubleday

1977

A Mrs. Pollifax novel.

"Mrs. Pollifax has been sent on safari by the C.I.A. and told only to take pictures of all of her companions, in order to find the international assassin whose next target is the president of Zambia. It sounded so simple, but shortly after Mrs. Pollifax started taking pictures, someone stole her film. And right after that she was kidnapped by Rhodesian terrorists. And right after that - well, read for yourself."
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Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station

Dorothy Gilman

Doubleday

1983

A Mrs. Pollifax novel.

"Once again, Mrs. Pollifax, the cheerful little woman with the flyaway white hair and a penchant for old hats is plunged headfirst into another hair-raising CIA mission. Posing as a tourist in China, Emily Pollifax meets the sinister challenges of the Orient to safeguard a treasure for the CIA...and all but loses her life in the bargain."
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Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha

Dorothy Gilman

Doubleday

1985

A Mrs. Pollifax novel.

"Although recently married, Mrs. Pollifax is packed and ready to go to China, where a young agent, Sheng Ti, holds the answers to goings on at the sinister Feng Imports - a one-time agency front. Only Mrs. Pollifax has earned Sheng's trust, and only she can possibly stop what turns out to be a frightening and ominous plot involving drugs, smuggled diamonds, a famous cat burglar turned Interpol agent, a mysterious psychic, and, of course, murder...possibly her own!."
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Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle

Dorothy Gilman

Doubleday

1988

A Mrs. Pollifax novel.

"Although Mrs. Pollifax is determined to give up spying for good, she can't help but agree to carry a small object to an agent in Thailand, and get one in return. The moment she lands, however, Mrs. Pollifax is horrified to find her contact dead and her husband kidnapped. The next thing she knows, she's tramping through the ominous Thai countryside, led by a curious fellow who may be trying to help her find her husband. Or he may have other, more sinister plans...."
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Mrs Pollifax: Three Complete Mysteries

Dorothy Gilman

Doubleday

1988

A Mrs. Pollifax omnibus.

An omnibus edition that combines the three novels: The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax, Mrs. Pollifax on Safari; and Mrs Pollifax and the Golden Triangle.

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Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish

Dorothy Gilman

Doubleday

1990

A Mrs. Pollifax novel.

"Mrs. Pollifax is on hand in Morocco to back up an inept CIA agent, and it's a good thing. Their first informant is killed, and Mrs. Pollifax begins to get the idea that her colleague is not who he says he is. Still, she forges ahead, checking out suspicious informants, and coming to the conclusion that someone is an imposter and someone wants her dead...."
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Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief

Dorothy Gilman

Doubleday

1993

A Mrs. Pollifax novel.

"The assignment is a snap: Mrs. Pollifax just has to shoot some pictures at a quiet funeral outside Washington and take them to Sicily, where her old friend Farrell - a former CIA agent turned art dealer — anxiously awaits them. But like all Mrs. P's assignments, so ostensibly suitable for the CIA's favorite garden club member, this one quickly turns lethal. Her welcoming committee in Palermo includes a most unlikely CIA agent and several unseen enemies. Unfriendly eyes also observe Mrs. P's rendezvous with Farrell in a secluded mountain village and weapons are soon displayed. With mysterious forces hot after them, she and Farrell scurry for safety to a fortified country villa, where the bizarre chatelaine, once a star on Madison Avenue, is almost as unnerving as the dangers she's protecting them from."
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Mrs Pollifax: Three Complete Mysteries

Dorothy Gilman

Barnes & Noble

1993

A Mrs. Pollifax omnibus.

An omnibus edition that combines the three novels: The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax; The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax; and The Elusive Mrs. Polfax.

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Mrs Pollifax: Three Complete Mysteries

Dorothy Gilman

Barnes & Noble

1994

A Mrs. Pollifax omnibus.

An omnibus edition that combines the three novels: A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax; Mrs. Pollifax on Safari; and Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station.

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Mrs. Pollifax Pursued

Dorothy Gilman

Fawcett Colombine

1995

A Mrs. Pollifax novel.

"The last thing Mrs. Pollifax expects to find in her closet is a young woman hiding. Kadi Hopkirk insists that that she’s being pursued by two men in a van. Under the cover of darkness, Mrs. P. tries to drive Kadi home to Manhattan, only to have a dark green sedan give them a run for their money and, Mrs. P. begins to suspect, their lives. Finally Kadi shares the startling truth: her friend, Sammy, is the son of the assassinated president of an African country, and unbeknownst to the young man’s bodyguard, he passed her something important during a recent meeting. Ever resourceful, Mrs. P. puts in a call for help to her CIA colleague, Carstairs, who installs them in a safe house—at a carnival! Before Mrs. P. knows it, a dash to safety expands into an assignment that leads to hair-trigger violence in exotic places."
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Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer

Dorothy Gilman

Fawcett Colombine

1996

A Mrs. Pollifax novel.

"In response to a desperate SOS, Kadi Hopkirk flies to the African country of Ubangiba, where her childhood friend, Sammat, is soon to be crowned king. Mrs. Pollifax, reluctant to allow the girl to venture alone into what she fears may be grave danger, crashes the party. On arrival, Kadi and Mrs. P. soon discover that Sammat has dangerous enemies. Rumors are springing up that he is a sorcerer who is responsible for a rash of shocking murders in which the victims appear to have been clawed to death by a lion. These crimes are especially terrifying because there are no lions in Ubangiba. So Mrs. Pollifax wades into the fray, hunting for the source of the bloody terrorism that threatens Sammat and Ubangiba—not to mention Kadi and Mrs. Pollifax."
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Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist

Dorothy Gilman

Fawcett Colombine

1997

A Mrs. Pollifax novel.

"Working with her retired CIA friend John Farrell, Mrs. Pollifax must smuggle a manuscript out of Jordan, a document that encodes the shocking truth of Saddam Hussein's reign. Hardly are the two airborne when the coils of Middle Eastern intrigue begin to unwind. Mrs. Pollifax's seatmate is not the affable Arab businessman he pretends to be. It is not imagination that persuades Mrs. P. that wherever they go, she and Farrell are followed. To elude their pursuers in such a politically volatile country isn't easy. In fact, it can be downright deadly."
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Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled

Dorothy Gilman

Ballantine Books

2000

A Mrs. Pollifax novel.

"After facing down hijackers on a flight to the Middle East and saving the lives of the passengers on board, a young American woman steps off the plane in Damascus in a blaze of celebrity and disappears. The CIA believes Amanda Pym was kidnapped, possibly murdered. Masquerading as Amanda Pym’s worried aunt, Mrs. Pollifax begins her determined search, slipping through Damascus’s crooked streets and crowded souks . . . and trekking deep into the desert. Yet she is shadowed by deadly enemies, whose sinister agenda threatens not only Mrs. P. but the fragile stability of the entire Middle East. Only a miracle - or a brilliant counterplot - can forestall a disaster that will send shock waves around the world."
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