The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax #1)

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Mrs Virgil Emily Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown 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 This time, the assignment sounds as tasty as a taco A quick trip to Mexico City is on her agenda Unfortunately, something goes wrong, and our dear Mrs Pollifax finds herself embroiled in quite a hot Cold War and her country s enemies find themselves entangled with one unbelievably feisty lady. Read The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax #1) by Dorothy Gilman – kino-fada.fr I thought I should change my tone here a bit I ve recently reviewed some audio books, mysteries that I listened to mainly because, well, I was looking fora book I figured any book was better than no book My wife loved whatever series it might happen to be and I listened to them because we had them out of the library anyway I wasn t all that taken with many of them They were sometimes well written, others not Either I liked or didn t like the main character that much On the whole I I thought I should change my tone here a bit I ve recently reviewed some audio books, mysteries that I listened to mainly because, well, I was looking fora book I figured any book was better than no book My wife loved whatever series it might happen to be and I listened to them because we had them out of the library anyway I wasn t all that taken with many of them They were sometimes well written, others not Either I liked or didn t like the main character that much On the whole I ve listened to a lot of... Review written May 17, 20164 Stars A solid good old fashioned spy mystery with an unforgettable grey haired lovely lady Impressed and surprised An oldie spy novel next to classical from 1970 Book 1 of a big bunch I downloaded the 8 16 hrs audiobook a 2010 edition narrated by Barbara Rosenblat and I LOVED itMrs Virgil Emily Pollifax of New Brunswick, New ...I love all the Dorothy Gilman books, the Mrs Pollifax mystery series as well as her other books outside the famous series I m reading my way through a couple of dozen of them now, back to back.What fun.I adore her deep insights about all kinds of people and the spiritual phenomena we encounter in ev...I LOVE LOVE LOVE these books I have the whole series and have gotten both my mother, my MIL and my Auntie in law totally hooked on these books WE LOVE THEM Where else can you find an older woman, bored with her life, who goes and applies to be in the CIA Its amazing YES, some of the stories are far fetched, but to me, that just adds to the intrigue of these books This is the first one and I recommend them to ANYONE I first read these books in Readers Digest Condensed when I was a teen an I LOVE LOVE LOVE these books I have the whole series and have gotten both my mother, my MIL and my Auntie in law totally hooked on these books WE LOVE THEM Where else can you find an older woman, bored with her life, who goes and applies to be in the CIA Its amazing YES, some of the stories are far fetched, but to me, that just adds to the intrigue of...Mrs Pollifax..a pleasant sixty something widow from NJ who decides to ask the CIA if she can help her country as an inconspicuous spy Written in 1966 with lots of Cold War complications, this was a fun little book I m sure I ll come back to this series when I need a change from darker novels.It s taken me forever to read one of these Mrs Pollifax books because I just didn t think a book could be entertaining enough for me with the heroin being an old lady But then my sister told me how much she loves these books and how wonderfully fun and charming they are she even lent me her entire collection to read thanks, Mandy and I have been so delighted with these fun books and this charming character, Mrs Pollifax I couldn t have beenwrong or narrow minded It s so fun gett It s taken me forever to read one of these Mrs Pollifax books because I just didn t think a book could be entertaining enough for me with the heroin being an old lady But then my sister told me how much she loves these books and how wonderfully fun and charming they are she even lent me her entire collection to read thanks, Mandy and I have been so delighted with these fun books and this charming character, Mrs Pollifax I couldn t have beenwrong or narrow minded It s so fun getting to...I love well developed and interesting characters and Mrs Pollifax excels on both counts.This was fun and extremely well written imagine Miss Marple joining the CIA and you ll get a sense of what this book is about It s classified as a mystery but it s really muchthan that.I don t exactly recall how I came across this series which first came out in the 80s on Goodreads but I m thrilled that I did As an added, bonus when I purchased the first book it came as part of a three book coll I love well developed and interesting characters and Mrs Pollifax excels on both counts.This...Wonderful Unexpected.At 63 years of age, Mrs Pollifax is a little over her life and thinks back to the days when she wanted to be a spy The rest is the story of the unexpected Mrs Pollifax Thoroughly enjoyable spy novel with a twist I will have to read the rest of these soon.Very enjoyable if rather on the far fetched side I ll definitely readabout Mrs PWhen I first saw one of the books in the Mrs Pollifax series, I assumed it was another cozy mystery I was expecting an American Miss Marple Now that I ve read it, I wouldn t necessarily call it a cozy mystery series, but it certainly is a fun spy novel I think of it as a Jessica Fletcher meets John le Carr kind of tale This first book in the series shows us how an unassuming Mrs Emily Pollifax leaves her elderly suburban life to depart on a spy adventure in Mexico She begins the story When I first saw one of the books in the Mrs Pollifax series, I assumed it was another cozy mystery I was expecting an American Miss Marple Now that I ve read it, I wouldn t necessarily call it a cozy mystery series, but it certainly is a fun spy novel I think of it as a Jessica Fletcher meets John le Carr kind of tale This first book in the series shows us how an unassuming Mrs Emily P...

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax #1)
  • English
  • 21 December 2018
  • Paperback
  • 204 pages
  • 0449208281
  • Dorothy Gilman
  • The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax #1)