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THE UNEXPECTED MRS. POLLIFAX
Published in 1966 and the first in the series. 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 for her country. So,
naturally, she became a CIA agent. She takes on a 'job' in Mexico City. The assignment
doesn't sound dangerous at first, but then, as often happens, something goes wrong. Now
our dear Mrs. Pollifax finds herself embroiled in quite a cold war - - and her country's
enemies find themselves entangled with one unbelievably feisty lady.
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THE AMAZING MRS. POLLIFAX
Published in 1970 and the second in the series. 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 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?
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THE ELUSIVE MRS. POLLIFAX
Published in 1971 and the third in the series. While waiting for a view of her
night-blooming cereus, the mild-seeming Mrs. Pollifax received urgent orders for a daring
mission to aid an escape. Soon, the unlikely-looking international spy was sporting a
beautiful new hat that hid eight forged passports....
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A PALM FOR MRS. POLLIFAX
Published in 1973 and the fourth in the series. "What we are looking for -- aside from the stolen
plutonium, Mrs. Pollifax -- is evil in its purest form."
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 -- to a famous health
resort where the world's intelligence agents had gathered. The mission: to track down a missing
package of plutonium, just enough to make a small atom bomb....it was a job that suited Mrs.
Pollifax's talents. She was good with people -- and good at sniffing out their secrets. But it was
not until she became enchanted with Robin, the young jewel thief, that her new adventure really
began....
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MRS. POLLIFAX ON SAFARI
Published in 1977 and the fifth book in the series. 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. "Just take a lot of pictures of everyone on that safari," the CIA
man told her. "One of them has to be our man." It sounded simple enough. But it wasn't.
Because shortly after Mrs. Pollifax started taking pictures, someone stole her film. And
right after that she was kidnapped by Rhodesian terrorists. And right after that -- well read
for yourself.
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MRS. POLLIFAX ON CHINA STATION
Published in 1983 and the sixth book. "The job we have in mind," Carstairs began smoothly,
"Could be extremely dangerous..." the cheerful Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of new Brunswick,
New Jersey, is once again plunged headfirst into a hair-raising CIA mission. Posing as a tourist
in China, Mrs. Pollifax meets sinister challenges of the orient to safeguard a treasure for the
CIA...and all but loses her life in the bargain.
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MRS. POLLIFAX AND THE HONG KONG BUDDHA
Published in 1985 and the seventh in the series. Faster than she can say her name, the
newly married Mrs. Pollifax is packed and ready to go on another adventure -- her most
dangerous assignment yet. Lured away from renovating her idyllic country home, she flies
off to Hong Kong, where a young agent, whom she'd helped smuggle out of Mainland
China, holds the answers to what is going on at the sinister Feng Imports -- a one-time
agency front. Only Mrs. Pollifax can stop what turns out to be a frightening and ominous
plot involving illicit drugs, smuggled diamonds, a famous cat burglar turned Interpol agent,
a mysterious psychic, and, of course, murder -- quite possibly her own.....
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MRS. POLLIFAX AND THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE
Published in 1988 and the eighth book of the series. On the very morning Mrs. Pollifax and her
husband Cyrus are leaving for Bangkok, the CIA arrives on her doorstep with an urgent request
for help. All she's got to do is carry a small object to someone named Ruamsak, and get
something from him in exchange. After her arrival, however, she discovers the body of a
murdered man and, moments later, watches in horror as Cyrus is kidnapped! Soon Mrs. Pollifax
is tramping through the ominous Thai countryside -- known for its smugglers and drug warlords
-- led by a curious called Bonchoo, who may be trying to help find her husband. Or may have
other, more sinister plans....
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MRS. POLLIFAX AND THE WHIRLING DERVISH
of seven undercover agents in Morocco -- and keep him from making an unpleasant ass of
himself. Immediately, things go horribly wrong. The first who -- or what -- he says he is.
With no one to bail her out, Mrs. Pollifax determines to outfox the enemy and check out
the remaining informants on her who -- or what -- he says he is. With no one to bail her
out, Mrs. Pollifax determines to outfox the enemy and check out the remaining informants
on her own. Only Mrs. Pollifax would expose herself to the dangers of being an American
and a woman alone in Morocco. And only she would forge ahead, knowing as she does that
one of the original informants has been replaced by a deadly impostor.....knowing as she
does that one of the original informants has been replaced by a deadly impostor.....
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MRS. POLLIFAX AND THE SECOND THIEF
Published in 1993 and the tenth book of the series. The assignment is a snap: Mrs. Pollifax just
has to shoot some pictures at a quiet funeral outside Washington and take them to Sicily, where
her old friend Farrell -- a former CIA agent turned art dealer -- anxiously awaits them. But like
all Mrs. P's assignments, so ostensibly suitable for the CIA's favorite garden club member, this
one quickly turns lethal. Her welcoming committee in Palermo includes a most unlikely CIA
agent and several unseen enemies. Unfriendly eyes also observe Mrs. P's rendezvous with
Farrell in a secluded mountain village and weapons are soon displayed. With mysterious forces
hot after them, she and Farrell scurry for safety to a fortified country villa, where the bizarre
Chatelaine, once a star on Madison Avenue, is almost as unnerving as the dangers she's
protecting them from. So, though the sun shines brightly, the food is delicious, and romance is
in the air, Mrs. Pollifax is too busy handing out karate chops and playing catch-me-if-you-can
with an assassin to enjoy the amenities.....
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MRS. POLLIFAX PURSUED
Published in 1995. It is the eleventh book in the series. The last thing Mrs. Pollifax
expects to find in her closet is a young woman hiding. Kadi Hopkirk insists that she's being
pursued by two men in a van. Under the cover of darkness, Mrs. P. tries to drive Kadi
home to Manhattan only to have a dark green sedan give them a run for their money and,
Mrs. P. begins to suspect, their lives. Ever resourceful, Mrs. Pollifax puts in a call for help
to her CIA colleague, Carstairs, who installs them in a safe house -- at a carnival! Before
Mrs. Pollifax knows it, a dash to safety expands into an assignment that leads to
hair-trigger violence in exotic places.....
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MRS. POLLIFAX AND THE LION KILLER
Published in 1996. This book is the twelfth one in the series. In response to a desperate SOS,
Kadi Hopkirk flies to the African country of Ubangiba, where her childhood friend, Sammat, is
soon to be crowned king. Mrs. Pollifax, reluctant to allow the girl to venture alone into what she
fears may be grave danger, crashes the party. On arrival, Kadi and Mrs. P. soon discover that
Sammat has dangerous enemies. Rumors are springing up that he is a sorcerer who is
responsible for a rash of shocking murders in which the victims appear to have been clawed to
death by a lion. These crimes are especially terrifying because there are no lions in Ubangiba. So
Mrs. Pollifax wades into the fray, hunting for the source of the bloody terrorism that threatens
Sammat and Ubangida - - not to mention Kadi and Mrs. Pollifax.....
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MRS. POLLIFAX INNOCENT TOURIST
Published in 1997. This is the thirteenth book in the series. Working with her retired CIA
friend John Farrell, Mrs. Pollifax must smuggle a manuscript out of Jordan, a document
that encodes the shocking truth of Saddam Hussein's reign. Hardly are the two airborne
when the coils of Middle Eastern intrigue begin to unwind. Mrs. Pollifax's seatmate is not
the affable Arab businessman he pretends to be. It is not imagination that persuades Mrs.
P. that wherever they go, she and Farrell are followed. To elude their pursuers in such a
politically volatile country isn't easy. In fact, it can be downright deadly.....
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MRS. POLLIFAX UNVEILED
Published in 2000 and the latest book in the series. After facing down hijackers on a flight to the
middle east and saving the lives of the passengers on board, a young American woman steps off
the plane in Damascus in a blaze of celebrity and disappears..... The CIA believes Amanda Pym
was kidnapped, possibly murdered. Masquerading as Amanda Pym's worried aunt, Mrs.
Pollifax begins her determined search, slipping through Damascus's crooked streets and crowded
souks....and trekking deep into the desert. Yet she is shadowed by deadly enemies, whose
sinister agenda threatens not only Mrs. P. but the fragile stability of the entire Middle East.
Only a miracle - - or brilliant counterplot -- can forestall a disaster that will send shock waves
around the world.
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