The Amazing Mrs Pollifax

Informationen zum Autor Dorothy Gilman  (1923–2012) was the author of 14 Mrs. Pollifax novels, including  The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax,  the series debut;  Mrs. Pollifax Pursued;   Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer;   Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist;  and  Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled . She was also the author of many other novels, among them  Thale’s Folly . Klappentext 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 . . . from the exotic towns and countryside of Turkey to a mysterious rendezvous with a gypsy caravan. "You are in effect replacing a dead man, Mrs. Pollifax. . . ." When Emily Pollifax answered the phone that Sunday morning she quickly forgot about her Garden Club tea in the afternoon. The last time she had heard the voice on the other end of the line it had sent of her off on a journey that plunged her into a wild tangle of secret agents and high adventure. Now the man from the CIA was asking if she could leave immediately on a mission that would take her halfway across the world. What could Mrs. Pollifax say but yes? Praise for The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax "Mrs. Pollifax is an enchantress."-The New York Times "One of the most suspense-creating and unorthodox heroines of our time is Mrs. Pollifax . . . . A charmer!"-Shrevport Times Leseprobe Mrs. Pollifax had attended church that Sunday morning, and her hat--a garden of pale pink roses and green leaves--still sat on her head as she ate lunch in the sunny kitchen of her apartment. She had a tendency to be absent-minded lately about hats--in fact since beginning karate lessons she had become forgetful about a number of things--and since she would be going out again soon she had anticipated the problem by placing her hat where it could not possibly be left behind. This freed her mind for more important matters, such as a review of pressure points, or how to unbalance an assailant with an elbow-upward strike. But Mrs. Pollifax was conscientious by nature, and if her karate textbook lay to the right of the sugar bowl, the Sunday edition of the Times lay on its left. She sighed faintly over her choice but it was the Times to which she turned first, carefully unfolding its front page for a quick scanning of the headlines. ENEMY AGENT DEFECTS IN ISTANBUL, THEN VANISHES, she read. Woman Had Sought Sanctuary in British Consulate, Mysteriously Disappears. "Well!" exclaimed Mrs. Pollifax delightedly, and promptly forgot both lunch and karate. Some months earlier a small episode of espionage had inserted itself like an exclamation point in Mrs. Pollifax's long, serene and unpunctuated life. Once it had ended--and she had enjoyed every moment of it--she had resumed her quiet existence with a sense of enrichment, of having added a dimension to her thoughts that could only be described as a chuckle. That chuckle was present now as she plunged into the news story, for not only was the defecting agent a woman but her past was so lengthy that Mrs. Pollifax guessed that fewer than six years separated them in age. How very astonishing, she thought, reacting with the fascination of an amateur confronted by her professional counterpart. The news account promised a biography of the woman--Mrs. Pollifax's glance longingly caressed it--but with an exercise of will she saved it for the last. The woman had leaped into the news by suddenly and mysteriously arriving at the British Consulate in Istanbul, breathless and ragged, to beg for help. After identifying herself as Magda Ferenci-Sabo she had been put to bed at once--at ten o'clock on a summer evening--with a sedative and a cup of tea. In the morning she had vanished, and this was all that the consul--tight-lipped and shaken--allowed himself to say, but rumors swept Istanbul that she ...

Product details

• Authors: Dorothy Gilman
• Publisher: Fawcett Book Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 12.05.1985
• EAN: 9780449209127
• ISBN: 978-0-449-20912-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 175 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Mrs. Pollifax Mysteries (Paper; Mrs. Pollifax; Mrs. Pollifax
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense