The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs Pollifax #3)

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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. Download The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs Pollifax #3) – kino-fada.fr I was in the middle of this book when I read of Dorothy Gilman s recent death Losing one of my favorite authors makes me sad, knowing that there will be nobooks with that voice, wisdom, and wit Dorothy Gilman is best known for her Mrs Pollifax series, but it was actually her other novels that I preferred My late mother in law was a devoted Mrs Pollifax fan, and perhaps I stupidly relegated the series to old ladies who liked Murder She Wrote, for I resisted reading all but the first on I was in the middle of this book when I read of Dorothy Gilman s recent death Losing one of my favorite authors makes me sad, knowing that there will be nobooks with that voice, wisdom, and wit Dorothy Gilman is best known for her Mrs Pollifax series, but it was actually her other novels that I preferred My late mother in law was a devoted Mrs Pollifax fan, and perhaps I stupidly relegated the series to old ladies who liked Murder She Wrote, for I resisted reading all but the first one I should have known better, because I ve re read many of her other books Now I am making up for it by going back and reading the Mr...In book three of the series, the CIA s least likely courier is sent on a mission to Bulgaria She s to deliver some forgeed passports to a group of underground operatives The CIA has given her a wonderful custom made hat, in which she can hide the documents All she has to do to shake her Balkantourist keeper and order a particular garment at a local tailor shop But her CIA supervisor, Carstairs, should know better Emily Pollifax has a talent for...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 Then as I read the story, I realized that it was a fun spy novel I think of it as a Jessica Fletcher meets John le Carr kind of tale I really enjoyed the first two books in the series and I was eager to readabout this entertaining character This book takes us to Communist Bulgaria and Mrs Pollifax does not fail to deliver an exciting adventure 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 Then as I read the story, I realized that it was a fun spy novel I think of it as a Jessica Fletcher meets John le Carr kind of tale I really enjoyed the first two books in the series and I was eager to readabout this entertaining character This book takes us to Communist Bulgaria and Mrs Pollifax does not fail to deliver an exciting adventure This story seems a bits...3.5 stars rounded up Mrs Pollifax is the perfect example of how to age well.Kept my interest, but I m not excited enough to continue the series This would be good for mystery lovers and teens.This is book 3 in the series A lady in her 60s periodically acts as a courier for the CIA In this book she is sent to Bulgaria to deliver fake passports to the underground While there she discovers a young American put in jail to be killed She wants to help By the end of the book, some major things have happened for the good that shock and awe her boss back at the CIA I real Kept my interest, but I m not excited enough to continue the series This would be good for mystery lovers and teens.This is book 3 in the series A lady in her 60s periodically acts as a courier for the CIA In this book she is sent to Bulgaria to deliver fake passports to the underground While there she discovers a young American put in jail to be killed She wants to help By the end of the book, some major things have happened for the good that shock and awe her boss back at the CIA I really liked the ending....Mrs Pollifax starts out a little slow in this spy thriller set in Bulgaria At one point, I was asking, Mrs Pollifax, what were you thinking But then she gets up to speed, and you just can t help but love her, with her fl...A reread, I remembered most of this one The story is not quite as logical and the side characters not quite so congenial as in the previous two Mrs Pollifax books I actually was not sure that I even liked Mrs Pollifax as well But it is still exciting and a quick captivating read.Mrs Pollifax is off to Bulgaria this time, with eight passports concealed in her hat to help some political prisoners escape the country What starts as another very straightforward mission ends up very complicated Mrs P saves the day, as always, and it sof the same good stuff high adventure, suspense, great characters, and intriguing scenery.I love the way this story starts, with a group of Mrs Pollifax s friends gathered in her apartment in New Brunswick, New Jersey, at midnight, to Mrs Pollifax is off to Bulgaria this time, with eight passports concealed in her hat to help some political prisoners escape the country What starts as another very straightforward mission ends up very complicated Mrs P saves the day, as always, and it sof the same good stuff...Actually the third in the series and I finished it sometime ago, read it before re reading 2, The Amazing Mrs Pollifax Catching up now.Scene Bulgaria An unforgettable character, Tsanko They sat quietly together, the sounds of the night encircling them the shrilling of cicadas, the call of a whippoorwill, a murmur of rustling leaves from the forest It was extraordinary how fond she had become of this man, thought Mrs Pollifax, and she reflected upon how few persons there were with whom Actually the third in the series and I fi...I don t know if I should explain with each one of these how I came to be listening to them For a long time I tracked down audio books for my late wife I would often listen to them also as I had a profession that involved spending a lot of time behind the wheeloften I preferred an audio book to recorded music or the radiosometimes my attitude...

The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs Pollifax #3)
  • English
  • 17 August 2017
  • Paperback
  • 208 pages
  • 0449215237
  • Dorothy Gilman
  • The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs Pollifax #3)