Mrs Pollifax: Three Complete Mysteries (The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax, The Elusive Mrs. Polfax)

Dorothy Gilman

Overview

White-haired widow Mrs Emily Pollifax 60s from New Jersey USA suburb poses as innocent tourist in outlandish hats for three missions. Her childhood ambition to be a spy leads her to CIA Carstairs, who revives her from suicidal boredom. In Mexico, Albania, Turkey, and Bulgaria, the courier relies on only English language, friendliness, kindness, ingenuity and determination to achieve exploits that astonish her handlers, enemies, and new allies.<br/>1 The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax - In a Mexico City Parrot bookstore for microfilms, General Perdido kidnaps Emily and debonair John Farrell to remote Albania.<br/>2 The Amazing Mrs Pollifax - Emily rescues decades-undercover Magda from killer mole in Turkey, allies with photographer Colin, piratical Sandor, psychic gypsy Anyeta.<br/>3 The Elusive Mrs Pollifax - Emily, sent with 8 passports to Bulgaria, aided by aged Resistance leader Tsanko and athletic young Debby, eludes vicious General Ignatov, frees wrongfully imprisoned including kidnapped rich student Philip Trenda.

Details
Barnes & Noble
9781566190084
N/A
1993
EN
554 pages
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