Dorothy Gilman

"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..."...

“They're going to kill me soon,” begins the note Amelia discovers in an antique hurdy-gurdy. From that moment on, the shy young woman finds herself doing all kinds of things she never thought possible. Between newfound intimacies and a risky journey into the past, Amelia comes to see herself in a whole new light. The scrawled note drives Amelia to find out what happened to the person who wrote it, identified only as “Hannah.” Who was Hannah?...

"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 must make contact with a defecting female spy in Istanbul and finds herself in quite a bit of trouble.

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.

Mrs. Pollifax is on hand in Morocco to back up an inept CIA agent, and it's a good thing... All she has to do is to masquerade as his aunt while he confirms the identities of seven undercover agents in Morocco--and keep him from making an unpleasant ass of himself. But things quickly go wrong. 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...

"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...

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...