Dorothy Gilman Mrs Pollifax Series Books In Order

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Mrs Pollifax Books In Order

Sixty-year-old grandmother Emily Pollifax is widowed and bored with her life. Searching for purpose and something more to do than garden, she goes to the CIA and offers to serve as an agent, and they hire her! So begins the Mrs. Pollifax series.

Readers describe Dorothy Gilman’s series as delightful, hilarious, and packed full of adventure and suspense. Dorothy was an avid traveller and visited many of the countries her heroine winds up in. With her wonderful descriptions, she transports her readers to the exotic locales around the globe and even includes a real person or two.

As for Mrs. Polifax, the character breaks the mould when it comes to “spinster detectives” and fictional spies as much now as it did when she first appeared in print in 1966. The character is so funny and endearing that she wins over readers of all ages.

The fourteen-book series does not have to be read in order but is better enjoyed doing so as the characters develop throughout the series.

1. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown, married children. She was tired of attending her Garden Club meetings. She wanted to do something good for her country. So, naturally, she became a CIA agent.

2. The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax

Once again the irrepressible Mrs. Pollifax, that very special agent with her own very special brand of logic, is off on an incredible escapade of international intrigue

3. The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax

If you make it across the border, get us help. Some of us care. Do you understand? Right now we desperately need passports and identity papers. The arrests grow insane. At the very hour this message was en route to the CIA

4. A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax

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

5. Mrs. Pollifax on Safari

Now the incredible Mrs. Pollifax has been sent on a safari to smoke out a very clever international assassin whose next target is the president of Zambia.

6. Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station

The cheerful Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, is once again plunged headfirst into a hair-raising CIA mission.

7. Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha

Although recently married, Mrs. Pollifax is packed and ready to go to China, where a young agent, Sheng Ti, holds the answers to goings on at the sinister Feng Imports–a one-time agency front.

8. Mrs Pollifax and the Golden Triangle

Resolved to give up spying for good, Mrs Pollifax can’t stop herself agreeing to carry a small object to an agent in Thailand, and get one in return.

9. Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish

Mrs Pollifax is on hand in Morocco to back up an inept CIA agent, and it’s a good thing…

10. Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief

Mrs. Pollifax comes to the aid of another CIA agent who has stumbled onto a cartel of professional killers in Sicily.

11. Mrs. Pollifax Pursued

In her junk closet, Mrs. Pollifax has found a young woman hiding. Kadi Hopkirk insists she’s being followed by two men in a dirty white van. Mrs. P. soon learns Kadi is connected to the assassination of an African president.

12. Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer

Kadi Hopkirk flies to the country of Ubangiba, where her friend is to be crowned king. When it’s clear the new king has dangerous enemies, Mrs. Pollifax comes along for the ride.

14. Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled

Mrs. Pollifax goes to Damascus to find a young American woman who disappeared after thwarting a hijacking.