Dorothy Gilman

"Working with her retired CIA friend John Farrell, Mrs. Pollifax must smuggle a manuscript out of Jordan. The document encodes the shocking truth of Saddam Hussein's reign. Yet hardly are the two of them airborne when the coils of Middle Eastern intrigue begin to unwind. Mrs. Pollifax's seat neighbour is not the affable Arab businessman he pretends to be. For Mrs. P. and Farrell to elude their pursuers in such a politically volatile country is no...

"Mrs. Pollifax is sent on a safari to smoke out an international assassin whose next target is the president of Zambia. 'Just take a lot of pictures of everyone on that safari,' the CIA man told her. 'One of them has to be our man.' It sounded simple enough. But it wasn't. Because shortly after she 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..."...

The last thing Mrs. Pollifax expects to find in her closet is a young woman hiding. Kadi Hopkirk insists that she is being followed by two men in a dirty white van. Under the cover of darkness, Mrs. Pollifax tries to drive Kadi back home, only to have a dark green sedan give them a run for their money and, she begins to suspect, their lives. Ever resourceful, Mrs. P. puts in a call for help to her CIA colleague, Carstairs, who installs them in a safe...

Resolved to give up spying for good, Mrs. Pollifax can't stop herself agreeing to carry a small object to an agent in Thailand and get one in return. The moment she lands, Mrs. P. is horrified to find her contact dead and her husband kidnapped. The next thing she knows, she's tramping through the unfamiliar 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...

Mrs. Emily Pollifax of New Brunswick, NJ, goes as a tourist to China for the CIA. She must act as cover for a CIA agent she is not permitted to know with the ultimate aim of extricating Mr. X, a political prisoner in China.

"What we are looking for--aside from the stolen plutonium, Mrs. Pollifax--is evil in its purest form." Emily Pollifax is leading a very full life: garden club, karate, yoga--and a little spying now and then. This time the CIA sends her to a famous Swiss health resort where the world's intelligence agents have gathered. The mission: to track down some missing plutonium. Just enough to make a small atom bomb. She is good with people--and good at sniffing...

Caressa Horvath, raised in the corrupting atmosphere of a traveling carnival, marries an anthropologist named Jacob Bowman, who takes her on a journey to North Africa. Jacob gets himself killed by a band of Bedouin who spare Caressa's life. The only one of her party left alive, Caressa is forced to join the caravan on a harrowing journey across the African desert.

A former CIA operative-turned-art-dealer waits in Italy, wounded and in hiding, for the cavalry-and, according to his SOS, only Mrs. Pollifax will do.

Crafted by the creator of the beloved Mrs. Pollifax series, this little gem of a novel sparkles with romance and intrigue. The story whisks you to the enchanting rural abode known as "Thale's Folly," whose occupants are anything but fools. As you get to know these charming people and their magical home, a delicious scent of mystery infuses the fresh country air. Andrew Thale is not exactly thrilled when his overbearing father sends him on an errand...