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A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

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The Log from the Sea of Cortez

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A Mrs. Pollifax Mystery

The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax


by Dorothy Gilman

  • MYSTERY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 172 PAGES

The second mystery staring Mrs. Pollifax takes the grandmother-turned-CIA agent to Istanbul. (TKY228, $7.99)

Elusive Mrs. Pollifax


by Dorothy Gilman

  • MYSTERY
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

In the third novel in the series, feisty grandmother Mrs. Pollifax takes off to Bulgaria with 8 forged passports hidden in her hat when the CIA calls on her to aid an escape. (BGR14, $7.99)

Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha

Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha


by Dorothy Gilman

  • MYSTERY
  • 1988
  • PAPER

Grandma Pollifax, the CIA agent, is at it again, hot on the trail of jewel thieves, drug dealers and murderers in the city of Hong Kong. Part of the popular series, this mystery is great fun. (HKG17, $6.99)

Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer


by Dorothy Gilman

  • MYSTERY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 218 PAGES

In the 12th installment of the popular series, Mrs. Pollifax is in Africa, where she must stop terrorists from disrupting the coronation of the new king of Ubangiba. (AFR278, $6.99)

Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief

Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief


by Dorothy Gilman

  • MYSTERY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

This time unlikely CIA agent Mrs. Pollifax takes off to Sicily to rescue a former agent who was shot while stealing a document bearing Julius Caesar's signature. (ITA192, $7.99)

Mrs. Pollifax on Safari

Mrs. Pollifax on Safari


by Dorothy Gilman

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER

Mild-mannered, floral-hat-wearing CIA agent Mrs. Pollifax is on the trail of an assassin targeting the president of Zambia. (ZMB11, $7.99)

Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station


by Dorothy Gilman

  • MYSTERY
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

In the sixth in the series, cheerful Emily Pollifax, posing as a tourist in China, meets sinister challenges and all but loses her life safeguarding a treasure for the CIA. (CHN535, $7.99)

Mrs. Pollifax Pursued


by Dorothy Gilman

  • MYSTERY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

After unlikely CIA agent Mrs. Pollifax finds a girl hiding in her closet, she finds herself at a travelling carnival in rural Maine investigating a kidnapping, shady investments and attempted murder. (USE519, $6.99)

Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled

Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled


by Dorothy Gilman

  • MYSTERY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A young American woman disappears in Damascus, so the CIA puts feisty grandmother Mrs. Pollifax on the case in this entertaining mystery. (MDE152, $7.99)

Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist

Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist


by Dorothy Gilman

  • MYSTERY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Mrs. Pollifax must smuggle a manuscript out of Jordan, a document that encodes the shocking truth of Saddam Hussein's reign. (JRD32, $7.99)

A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax

A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax


by Dorothy Gilman

  • MYSTERY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A secret agent like no other, feisty grandmother Mrs. Pollifax goes to Switzerland to track down a missing package of plutonium -- just enough to make a small atomic bomb. Fourth in the series. (SWZ65, $7.99)

The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax

The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax


by Dorothy Gilman

  • MYSTERY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

The first in the series introduces Mrs. Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, a widow with grown children. Bored with garden club meetings, she decides to enter the CIA and takes on a job in Mexico City. (MEX237, $7.99)

 

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