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  • A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax

    Dorothy Gilman

    eBook (Fawcett, May 28, 2014)
    “Mrs. Pollifax gives Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple a rival to reckon with.”—Toronto Star“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. . . .
  • The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax

    Dorothy Gilman

    eBook (Fawcett, May 28, 2014)
    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
  • The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax

    Dorothy Gilman

    Mass Market Paperback (Fawcett, May 12, 1985)
    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
  • A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax

    Dorothy Gilman

    Mass Market Paperback (Fawcett, July 12, 1985)
    “Mrs. Pollifax gives Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple a rival to reckon with.”—Toronto Star“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. . . .
  • The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax

    Dorothy Gilman

    Paperback (Fawcett Crest, March 15, 1992)
    "When Emily Pollifax answers the phone that Sunday morning, she quickly forgets all about her Garden Club tea that afternoon. For the voice on the other end belonged to a man she had never seen, a man from the CIA who asked her if she could leave immediately on a mission that would take her halfway across the world! What could Mrs. Pollifax say but yes?"
  • A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax

    Dorothy Gilman

    Hardcover (Doubleday, April 1, 1973)
    An innocent-looking grandmother who has a knowledge of karate agrees to help the CIA recover plutonium that has been stolen
  • Girl in Buckskin

    Dorothy Gilman

    Mass Market Paperback (Fawcett, Oct. 29, 1990)
    Orphaned Becky Pumroy was forced to live a life of drudgery and servitude when her parents were killed during an Indian attack. She had almost resigned herself to picking up after the spoiled Leggett girls when she received some startling news: wealthy Joshua Smeed wanted to marry her.But Mr. Smeed was much older -- and rumor had it he helped put his previous wives in their early graves. Rather than meet the same fate, Becky ran away with her brother Eseck, a young man who had lived with the Indians for five years.Becky knew that the American wilderness was dangerous -- with wild animals that roamed free, with harsh and unrelenting winters, with Indians who no doubt were ready to destroy her brother and herself.But what Becky found was something very different indeed -- a place and a people that wouldn't change her life forever....
  • A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax

    Dorothy Gilman

    Paperback (Fawcett Gold Medal Books, March 15, 1985)
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  • Bells of Freedom

    Dorothy Gilman

    Mass Market Paperback (Fawcett, Aug. 1, 1995)
    That the British had occupied Boston and closed her harbor meant little to Jed Crane, an English boy sold to a cruel Boston smithy. Jed was just happy that his mean taskmaster had been persuaded to sell him to the amiable printer Mr. Box.Now Jed would get a chance to learn to read and explore the bustling, restless city. But when his new master's mysterious dealings forced Jed to slip through the British lines, the indentured servant was captured by the rebels and brought face-to-face with American patriots engaged in a life-or-death struggle.Suddenly freedom was no longer a faraway issue. The meeting with the red-haired firebrand of a major would change Jed's life forever. From the first brave shot at Lexington to the fierce battles of Dorchester Heights and Breed's Hill, Jed fought for some hard answers in his own war between liberty and loyalty. What he found in the glorious spirit of the times was courage.
  • Amazing Mrs Pollifax

    Dorothy Gilman

    Paperback (Fawcett, March 15, 1985)
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  • The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax

    Dorothy Gilman

    Hardcover (Doubleday, June 1, 1970)
    A middle-aged New Jersey suburbanite is called into service by the C.I.A. and finds herself in Istanbul
  • The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax

    Dorothy Gilman

    Paperback (Corgi, Aug. 15, 1992)
    Book by Gilman, Dorothy