“Mrs. Pollifax gives Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple a rival to reckon with.”—Toronto StarIf 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, Mrs. Pollifax was waiting for her night-blooming cereus to do its thing.She hardly got … cereus to do its thing.
She hardly got to see it, however, because Mr. Carstairs was already on his way to recruit that gallant lady for another daring mission.
Soon the most unlikely of all international spies was sporting a beautiful new hat—perfect for hiding eight forged passports.
“Mrs. Pollifax is an enchantress.”—The New York Times
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Always good – funny old lady supersleuth (never gets caught).
She was quite a character.
Mrs. Polifax’s adventures are always fun.
Love reading about this elderly wise women!
I absolutely love these books. They are fun
Mrs. Polifax is one of my favorite characters but this book was not one the best.
Mrs Pollifax boos are great reads – just pull up a comfy chair with a cup of tea and prepare to be entertained! Mrs Pollifax is a wonderful character. Read one and you will need to read them all!
All of Dorothy Gilman’s Mrs Pollifax books are good stories, and have the bonus of a realistic lead character as well as true to fact history and geography components.
I have enjoyed all of the Mrs. Pollifax books I have read. They are entertaining and interesting, though some of her escapades are a bit unbelieveable. But this is fiction so I find in entertaining to read.
You can’t go wrong with any of the Mrs polifax books. They are very enjoyable, easy to read and a lot of fun. I recommend them all
Mrs. pollifax was an intriguing and interesting character…not your typical under cover character. I liked her!
This story kept me wondering how they were going to solve their problem. Well done and captivating.
It was AWESOME!
Well written and great characters!
Always a fun escape with Mrs Pollifax
I absolutely love the series. It is amazing. I had read them originally from the library and have just bought as many as I can find on Kindle. Having a little old gray haired lady as the protagonist and spy was unique and so much fun. She learned to handle everything. She just didn’t want to be bored and useless. Enjoy!
I love the early book in this series the most, Mrs. Polifax is always an absolute delight.
Love her books
I have read the whole series. The characters are charming, the story plots interesting and the writing is witty. They are fun quick reads
This is one of my favorite Mrs. Pollifax books. She is always entertaining. I love reading the twists and turns.