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The cheerful Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, is once again plunged headfirst into a hair-raising CIA mission. Posing as a tourist in China, Mrs. Pollifax meets the sinister challenges of the Orient to safeguard a treasure for the CIA . . . and all but loses her life in the bargain.
Mrs. Emily Pollifax is the heroine of a series of spy - mystery novels by Dorothy Gilman. Character overview. Mrs. Pollifax is a widow and senior citizen who decides one day to leave her comfortable apartment in New Brunswick, New Jersey and join the CIA.
The cheerful Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, is once again plunged headfirst into a hair-raising CIA mission. Posing as a tourist in China, Mrs. Pollifax meets the sinister challenges of the Orient to safeguard a treasure for the CIA . . . and all but loses her life in the bargain.
Jan 22, 2014 · Mrs. Pollifax is a bored senior who always dreamed of being a spy, so she walks in to the CIA and volunteers. She is mistaken for another person while sitting in a reception room and is promptly sent off to Mexico to courier a package back to Washington.
- Dorothy Gilman
Mrs Emily Pollifax is a practical yet imaginative white-haired NJ widow with unusual hats and a brown belt in karate who volunteers for the CIA, answering to agents Carstairs and Bishop, around the world. Simple always becomes dangerous and hilarious. 14 books in series. Sort by. Series Order.
May 28, 2014 · 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. The mission: to track down a missing package of plutonium. Just enough to make a small atom bomb.
- Dorothy Gilman
Mar 27, 2024 · The best way to read the Mrs Pollifax books in order is by following the publication order of the series. Each book does contain its own mystery and adventure that Mrs. Pollifax navigates throughout the course of the novel, but the publication order does match the chronological order.
