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"Just recently married, Mrs. Pollifax is persuaded at a moment's notice to travel to Hong Kong on a new mission. There a young agent, Sheng Ti, holds the answers to goings on at the sinister Feng Imports--a one-time agency front. Mrs. Pollifax has earned Sheng's trust, and only she can possibly stop...

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Main Author: Gilman, Dorothy, 1923-2012 (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Richmond, UK : Farrago, 2020.
Series:Gilman, Dorothy, 1923-2012. Mrs. Pollifax series.
Subjects:
Pollifax, Emily > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Smuggling > Fiction.
Drug traffic > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Americans > China > Fiction.
Intelligence service > Fiction.
Women spies > Fiction.
Hong Kong (China) > Fiction.
Spy fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
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Summary:"Just recently married, Mrs. Pollifax is persuaded at a moment's notice to travel to Hong Kong on a new mission. There a young agent, Sheng Ti, holds the answers to goings on at the sinister Feng Imports--a one-time agency front. Mrs. Pollifax has earned Sheng's trust, and only she can possibly stop what turns out to be an ominous plot involving drugs, smuggled diamonds, a famous burglar turned Interpol agent, a mysterious psychic, and, of course, murder... possibly her own" -- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:202 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN:9781788422949
1788422945
Author Notes:Dorothy Gilman was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey on June 25, 1923. She studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Under her married name, Dorothy Gilman Butters, she began publishing children's books in the late 1940s including Enchanted Caravan and The Bells of Freedom. In 1966, she published The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, which became the first novel in the Mrs. Pollifax Mystery series. The series concluded in 2000 with Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled. The series was the basis of two movies: the 1971 feature film Mrs. Pollifax - Spy starring Rosalind Russell and the 1999 television movie The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax starring Angela Lansbury. Her other works include The Clairvoyant Countess, Incident at Badamya and Kaleidoscope. A Nun in the Closet won a Catholic Book Award. She died due to complications of Alzheimer's disease on February 2, 2012 at the age of 88.

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