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Recommended by Claire Edwards

Dorothy Gilman’s Mrs Pollifax series is an excellent mystery series with a dollop of humor and scary

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Recommended by Audrey Stewart

Mrs. Polifax is so much fun. We listened to her books as a whole family on road trips and even the t

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Recommended by Alice Collins

The Mrs Pollifax series by Dorothy Gilman are beyond terrific. The books are about a middle aged, mi

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Recommended by Sadie Morris

My all-time favorite is Dorothy Gilman’s Mrs. Pollifax. I cried when Dorothy died.

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Books By Dorothy Gilman

Caravan: A Novel
Thale's Folly
A New Kind of Country
Enchanted Caravan
Carnival Gypsy
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax
Incident at Badamaya: A Novel
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha
Mrs Pollifax and the Golden Triangle
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish
Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief
Mrs. Pollifax Pursued
Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer
Mrs. Pollifax
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled
The Clairvoyant Countess
Kaleidoscope: A Countess Karitska Novel
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Uncertain Voyage: A Novel
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
A Nun in the Closet
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax
The Tightrope Walker: A Novel

Tips and Resources From Your Dorothy Gilman Book Club Friends:

Filled with humour and charm, mystery and adventure, Dorothy Gilman’s Mrs. Pollifax series has delighted millions of readers since her debut appearance in 1966’s The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax. The unconventional spy embarks on an exciting career as a CIA agent after accidentally becoming recruited. Despite her inexperience and age, Emily Pollifax is courageous and resourceful in the heat of danger as she falls into misadventures in exotic locales around the world. And it helps that she knows karate. What characteristics of the Mrs. Pollifax books do you like the most? Are you a member of your local garden club like her? Have you read all of Mrs. Pollifax’s adventures? How about Gilman’s other mystery suspense books? Let’s debrief together.

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Recommended by Vera Green

I want to recommend Nita Prose. I just finished “The Maid” and really enjoyed it. It took me a while

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Recommended by Lindsey Smith

I highly recommend Deanna Raybourn. Her books are fabulously fun.They are also pretty funny and all

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I’ve binge-read all of Sue Grafton’s books from A to Y again recently and they are still as good as

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Richard Osman

Recommended by Janet Lee

I just finished Richard Osman’s 4th Thursday Murder Club Mystery. I think it’s

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Recommended by Nora Young

I’ve fallen in love with Iona Whishaw’s Lane Winslow Mystery books. They are great reads that aren’t

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My favorites Rhys Bowen books are the Molly series. An immigrant in NYC. Begin with the first one an

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Recommended by Flora Allen

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Daniel Silva Gabriel Allon series are fabulous books!! Good political thrillers with interesting plo

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Janet Evanovich

Recommended by Gia Hill

Stephanie Plum is my “go to” when I want a laugh and pure escapist fun and she never disappoints.

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Recommended Books From Dorothy Gilman Fans

Bloodmoon
Big Driver
The Absent One
Blue Heaven
Dublin Murder Squad Mysteries: Books 1-6
The Endless Knot
Lost Light
Ward D
Dead Reckoning
The Mary Russell Companion
Mary Higgins Clark and Elizabeth Peters Present More Malice Domestic
Spin
Among the Mad
I'll Keep You Safe
For the Sake of Elena
Dancing with Demons
Picture You Dead
The English Girl
Savage Run
The Sea King's Daughter
No Graves As Yet: A Novel
Wild Irish Rose
The Subtle Serpent
The Falcon at the Portal
A Grave Robbery
One Good Deed
Simple Genius
Don't Let Go
The Green Mill Murder
A Noble Radiance
House of Death
The Mummy Case
Bewreathed: A Deborah Knott Short Story
Bitter Medicine: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
Half Moon Bay: A Novel
Dark Saturday
I Will Find You
The Babes in the Wood
Death of a Snob
The Third Gate
Dream Girl
Sometimes I Lie
Heartstone
Last Act in Palmyra
Cocaine Blues
Survival of the Fittest: An Alex Delaware Novel
Shroud for a Nightingale
Peril in Paris
Blood Will Tell
This Dark Road to Mercy
Death by Water
Dead Man's Chest
The Sinister Pig
Remains of Innocence
The Marco Effect
Winter in Madrid: A Novel
The Jackal's Head
The Mystery of the Lost Cezanne
The Dancing Floor
Cop Town
Hard Truth
An Impossible Impostor
The Course of Honour
Evan Blessed
The Bone Hacker
Endangered
The Target
Jupiter's Bones
The King Arthur Case: A Brittany Mystery
An Inside Job
The Making of Us
Escape Clause
Boundary Waters
Murder for Love
The Beautiful Mystery
Mad Hatter's Holiday
The Man with No Face
The Son: A Novel
The Defector
Bloodhounds
Goldengirl
Dreaming Spies
Five Christmas Gifts: A Holiday Short Story Collection
The Master of Blacktower
Rock with Wings
Poison Lilies
Dead If You Don't
The Mermaids Singing
A Christmas Grace: A Novel
Raven Black
Death of Yesterday
Split Second
M is for Malice
Bad Love
End of Watch
A Christmas Beginning
The Deadly Dance
The Secret Servant
In a Dark
The Camelot Caper
The Double Comfort Safari Club
One Fine Day You're Gonna Die
Downfall
A Casualty of War
State of Terror
Sunset Limited
The Collected Short Stories and Essays
The Body on the T
Death of a Gentle Lady
The Rise: A Short Story
The Long Way Home
Her Last Breath
Two for the Dough
Three to Get Deadly
Hatchet Island
Murder in My Backyard
Mindgame
The Dead Travel Fast
The Zig Zag Girl
Never Lie
The Dead Sea Cipher
A Good Fuck Spoiled
Lady of the Eternal City
Touchstone
The Camera Man: A DC Smith Investigation
A Murderous Relation
Southern Discomfort
The House of Unexpected Sisters
Port Mortuary
Elevation
The Job
Fair Warning
Hung Out to Die
Cain His Brother: A William Monk Novel
Edge of Eternity
The Night Hawks
Sacred Clowns: A Leaphorn and Chee Novel
Watershed
The Golden Tresses of the Dead
The Hidden City
Redemption
A Faint Cold Fear
A Taste for Death
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Kaleidoscope: A Countess Karitska Novel
Smoke in the Wind
Even Dogs in the Wild
Wildcat: V. I. Warshawski's First Case
Dreaming of the Bones
The Miracle at Speedy Motors
Easy Prey
A Death in Cornwall
The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights
Doors Open
A Question of Blood
Any Other Name: A Longmire Mystery
A Christmas Promise: A Novel
With This Ring: A Deborah Knott Short Story
Shoot Don't Shoot
The Black Book
Taking the Veil: MatchUp Collection
Don't Forget Me
The Apprentice: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
Dead Like You
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax
The Pursuit
Left for Dead
Grasshopper
The Devil's Seal
The Glass Rainbow
Mrs. Pollifax
The Third Victim
Trial by Fury
Meet and Greet
The Postscript Murders
Beekeeping for Beginners
Funeral in Blue: A William Monk Novel
Twenty-one Days
The Tale Teller
The Silent Wife: A Novel
Life Sentences
The Kidnapping: An Ian Rutledge Original Short Story
Clawback
Murder 101
Nightshade
The Lions of Fifth Avenue
Liberty Falling
The Three Monarchs: A Sherlock Holmes Short Story
A Whisper in the Dark
To Play the Fool
A Morning for Flamingos
House of Spies
Break No Bones
Void Moon
Bertie and the Crime of Passion
The Laughing Buddha: Malachai Samuels vs. D.D. Warren
The Big Gamble
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Lay Down the Law
Butchers and Other Stories of Crime
Next to Last Stand: A Longmire Mystery
Bleeding Hearts
Plain Truth
The Reaper
The Sleeping and the Dead
Ashworth Hall
Treason at Lisson Grove
See Delphi and Die
As the Crow Flies: A Longmire Mystery
Remaindered
Drop Shot
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
Royal Flush
The Buckshaw Chronicles: Volume 1
Double Homicide
Silent as the Grave
Feast Day of Fools
Long Road to Mercy
Here I Stay
Black and Blue
From Doon with Death
Frozen: A Vera Stanhope Short Story
Miss Kopp Investigates
The Imposter: A Mike Bowditch Short Mystery
Falco: The Official Companion
Maisie Dobbs
A Darker Reality
The Price of Love and Other Stories
The Wizard's Daughter
One-way Tickets: A Case For Willows and Lane
Edge of Evil
Live Wire
Mile 81
Besieged: An Outlander Novella
The Serpent on the Crown
Four to Score
O Jerusalem
Angel's Bidding
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The Clairvoyant Countess
The Black Widow
Death Without Company: A Longmire Mystery
The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse: A Flavia de Luce Story
The Last Ballad
Six Years
Trace Elements
The Poacher's Son
Live Flesh
A Fatal Lie
A Darker Domain
Hunting Badger
The Good
Angels Flight
Joyland
Switchblade
Let it Bleed
Dead Simple
Shimura Trouble
Out of the Black Land
The Old Blue Line: A Joanna Brady Novella
Bad Guys
The Armor of Light
Long Range
Body Work: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
The Girl Next Door
Long Lost: A Kate Burkholder Short Story
Hermit's Peak
Home by Nightfall
Pray for Silence
Why We Die
One Last Lie
A Treacherous Curse
In Sunshine or in Shadow
The Walnut Tree: A Holiday Tale
Long Shadows
Search the Shadows
A Letter of Mary
Dead in the Water
Earthly Delights
A Minute to Midnight
Random Acts: A Joanna Brady and Ali Reynolds Novella
Blood Memory
The Collector
Believing the Lie
Dangerous Minds
Burn Marks: A V. I. Warshawski Novel
The Children Return
The Weaker Sex
Our Lady of Darkness
Precious and Grace
Whisper to the Blood
We Are All Guilty Here
Game On
The Veiled One
Light of the World
Watchers of Time
Star Struck
Mind Prey
Chosen Prey
In the Company of Sherlock Holmes

“People need dreams, there’s as much nourishment in ’em as food.”

Dorothy Gilman, Caravan
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“Mrs. Pollifax is so much fun! I mean who can’t like a widowed grandmother with a penchant for gardening who turns into a CIA agent? The books are filled with plenty of humour, adventure and unexpected twists and turns. I loved learning that Dorothy Gilman visited all the countries that Mrs. Pollifax goes to. No wonder she could describe them so wonderfully.”

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