Mrs Pollifax and the Golden Triangle
By (Author) Dorothy Gilman
Duckworth Books
Farrago
7th January 2021
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Comic (humorous) crime and mystery
Humorous fiction
Espionage and spy thriller
Crime and mystery: cosy mystery
Crime and mystery fiction
Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Adventure / action fiction
Media tie-in humour
813.54
Paperback
240
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
Resolved to give up spying for good, Mrs Pollifax can't stop herself agreeing to carry a small object to an agent in Thailand, and get one in return.
The moment she lands, Mrs P. is horrified to find her contact dead and her husband kidnapped. The next thing she knows, she's tramping through the unfamiliar Thai countryside, led by a curious fellow who may be trying to help her find her husband.
Or he may have other, more sinister plans ...
Armed with only an open mind and a little karate, Mrs Pollifax is the most unlikely and lovable of international spies.
Praise forMrs Pollifax
'Mrs Pollifax is an enchantress'New York Times
'Mrs Pollifaxgives Agatha Christies Miss Marple a rival to reckon with'Toronto Star
'Filled with adventuresand misadventuresbut through it all Mrs Pollifax is triumphant'Booklist
'Absorbing and worthwhile ...You wont want to put the book down'Portland Telegram
'The pace never flags, bolstered by the shrewd Mrs P. and a host of well-defined characters who all work their surprising wiles'Publishers Weekly
'Should delight you whether youre looking for smiles or thrills'New York Times Book Review
'Alls right with the world as long as Mrs Pollifax is part of it'Mobile Register
Dorothy Gilman was born in New Jersey, USA in 1923. She enjoyed story-telling from a young age, and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
During the 1950s and early 60s she wrote children's books under her married name Dorothy Gilman Butters. But it was the later Mrs Pollifax series of novels which properly made her name. She travelled extensively and many of her travels fed into Mrs Pollifax's adventures.
Gilman was awarded the annual Grand Master Award by the Mystery Writers of America in 2010. She died in 2012.