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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

A New Kind of Country
Enchanted Caravan
Carnival Gypsy
Caravan: A Novel
Thale's Folly
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
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax
Incident at Badamaya: A Novel
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station

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

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

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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

A Darker Place
Phantom: A Harry Hole Novel
Oystercatcher
Crusader's Cross
Never Saw it Coming
The Truth: A DC Smith Investigation
The Perfect Husband
A Christmas Guest
The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists
We Begin at the End
An Enemy in the Village
Under the Dome
Lady of the Eternal City
Moon Music: A Novel
Touchstone
Rules of Prey
Unto Us a Son Is Given
The Glass Coffin
A Better Man
No Second Chance
A Grave Talent
A Question of Identity
I Will Ruin You
The Tree of Hands
Twilight
Death of a Nurse
Death of an Addict
A Pale Horse
Blackout
The Bone Code
The Crack Cocaine Diet
Windigo Island
The Witches' Tree: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
Three Weeks to Say Goodbye
Three-Inch Teeth
The Typhoon Lover
Deadly Election
Erasing Memory
Paragon Walk
Shake Hands Forever
Backtrack: A Mike Bowditch Short Mystery
The Unlikely Spy
Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death
Death in Focus
Storm Prey
The Keys to the Street
What the Dead Know
Dead Souls
Theft of an Idol
The Last Days of Kira Mullen
The Drop
Broken: A Novel
An East End Murder: A Charles Lennox Short Story
Fallout: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
Burn
Breaking the Dark
The Curse of the Pharaohs
Hot to Trot: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
House of Death
Speaking from Among the Bones
Serpent's Tooth
Dead Tomorrow
The Kingdom
Urn Burial
Name Withheld
Skeleton Canyon
Nemesis
Joe Country
Asta's Book
My Husband's Wife: A Novel
In a House of Lies
Find Her
Less Than a Treason
Caught
This Tender Land
Vertigo 42: A Richard Jury Mystery
Nightblind
Deadline
Miss Pym Disposes
One Across
The Shell Game: A Fox and O'Hare Short Story
The Pursuit
Death of a Dreamer
Night in the City
Night Work
R is for Ricochet
Old Bones
The Mill on the Shore
Moscow Rules
The Heavens May Fall
The Comfort of Ghosts
Winter's Child
Headhunters
Macbeth: William Shakespeare's Macbeth Retold
High Country
The Great Deceiver
Christmas Crumble: An Agatha Raisin Short Story
The Mosquito
A Christmas Secret: A Novel
Gone
Into the Darkness
Two for the Lions
Stop Them Dead
Bloodmoon
Gone: An Alex Delaware Novel
Lean Mean Thirteen
Guardian of the Horizon
A Question of Death
Random Acts: A Joanna Brady and Ali Reynolds Novella
Easy Prey
Pay Dirt: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
Downfall
The Closers
The Chalice of Blood
Innocent Blood
A Christmas Promise: A Novel
The Subtle Serpent
Depraved Heart
The Wedding Guest
Alias Grace
Big Little Lies
Girl Missing
City of Darkness and Light
A Tangled Web
Molly Murphy Series: Books 1-15
Sulfur Springs
The Highwayman: A Longmire Story
The Killing Doll
A Match Made for Murder
The Babysitter's Code
Dead to Rights
Prayers for the Dead
Swing
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
Bad Love
Roxanne: A Kings Lake Investigation
A Hanging at Dawn: A Bess Crawford Short Story
Lockdown
Vanish with the Rose
To Fear a Painted Devil
In a Gilded Cage
Electra
The Rise: A Short Story
Blood and Mascara
Wicked Business
Search the Dark
The Hidden One
The Vinegar Mother
The Unlocking Season
Some Lie and Some Die
Dangerous Waters
Death of a Laird: A Hamish Macbeth Short Story
Blue on Black
The Sinister Pig
Dead by Dawn
Murder in Paradise
The Red Queen
Fear Nothing
Hunting Season
Lost Birds: A Leaphorn
Watching Eagles Soar
The Next Accident
Eye of the Needle
The House of Unexpected Sisters
The Dark Wind
The Girls on the Shore: A Detective Matthew Venn Short Story
The Lost Boys: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Half Moon Bay: A Novel
Any Other Name: A Longmire Mystery
Brat Farrar
Blue Shoes and Happiness
What's Past Is Prologue
Hunger
Isle of Dogs
Wolf Pack
Caravan: A Novel
Incident at Badamaya: A Novel
Heavenly Pleasures
The Murder Room
Fear the Worst
Mortal Prey
How the Light Gets In
Dixie City Jam
The Fallen
The Outcast Dead
Dream Town
City of the Dead
The Good Daughter: A Novel
Blacklight Blue
Out of the Deep I Cry
The Pure in Heart
Sharp Objects: A Novel
How to Raise an Elephant
Nobody's Fool
Bark M for Murder
An Evil Heart
The Child's Child
The Final Detail
The Headhunters
Justice: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Why We Die
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
The Hunt: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Eleven on Top
The Black Tower
The Alphabet House
Two for the Dough
Plain Truth
The Silkworm
The Seagull
Y is for Yesterday
Taking the Veil: MatchUp Collection
Run Away
Four Aunties and a Wedding
The Sixth Man
The Rope
The Sugar House
The Serpent and the Pearl
The Devil's Star
One Of Us Is Dead
Hermit's Peak
A Game Called Malice: A Rebus Play
Wednesday's Child: An Inspector Banks Novel
Remains of Innocence
The Hippopotamus Pool
Last Man Standing
Fatal Voyage
Red Eye: Patrick Kenzie vs. Harry Bosch
Cruel and Unusual
A Calamity of Souls
The Sisters of Glass Ferry
The Skeleton Road
I is for Innocent
Doctored Evidence
Another Man's Poison
Light of the World
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
The Fifth Witness
Murder Being Once Done
Pushing Up Daisies
Catch Me
Uncommon Clay
A Christmas Odyssey
In the Dead of Night
The Walker on the Cape
The Most Dangerous Thing
Hour Game
Spider Girl
Blood from a Stone
The Seventh Trumpet
The Pillars of the Earth
Strangers in Time
Blood Shot
Finger Lickin' Fifteen
Death of Yesterday
Plum Lucky
Where They Last Saw Her
Invisible Girl
Life Support
Vermilion Drift
A Private Cathedral
Road Rage
The Address
The Impossible Dead
Wicked Appetite
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
Bullseye: An Original Will Robie / Camel Club Short Story
In Dublin's Fair City
Elevator Pitch
Murder Takes a Vacation
A Land More Kind Than Home
Jacket Man
Bless the Bride
A Demon In My View
Naughty In Nice
House of Many Shadows
Murder in the Dark
Set in Darkness
The Fourth Enemy
The Right Jack
The Messenger
Tell No One
Love and Death Among the Cheetahs
Stone Cold
The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories
The Clairvoyant Countess
Wildcat: V. I. Warshawski's First Case
The Hanging Girl
A Spot of Folly
The Rose Arbor
Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas
The Echoes
By Its Cover
Mrs Pollifax and the Golden Triangle
The Disappeared
Night Train to Memphis
Hemlock at Vespers
Look Alive Twenty-Five
Beating About the Bush
The Inheritance

“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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