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The intrepid Mrs Pollifax is drawn into another nerve-racking mission. In response to a desperate SOS, young Kadi Hopkirk flies to the African country of Ubangiba, where her childhood friend, Sammat, is soon to be crowned king. Mrs Pollifax joins her, reluctant to allow the girl to venture alone int...

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Main Author: Gilman, Dorothy, 1923-2012 (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Richmond, United Kingdom : Farrago, 2020.
Series:Gilman, Dorothy, 1923-2012. Mrs. Pollifax series ; 12.
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Pollifax, Emily > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Intelligence service > Fiction.
Women intelligence officers > Fiction.
Women spies > Fiction.
Africa > Fiction.
Spy fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
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Summary:The intrepid Mrs Pollifax is drawn into another nerve-racking mission. In response to a desperate SOS, young Kadi Hopkirk flies to the African country of Ubangiba, where her childhood friend, Sammat, is soon to be crowned king. Mrs Pollifax joins her, reluctant to allow the girl to venture alone into what she fears may be grave risk. On arrival they soon discover that Sammat has dangerous enemies. Rumors are springing up that he is a sorcerer who is responsible for a rash of shocking murders. So Mrs P. steps in, hunting for the source of the bloody terrorism that threatens them all... Armed with only an open mind and a little karate, Mrs Pollifax is the most unlikely and lovable of international spies.
Item Description:First published by Doubleday in 1996.
Physical Description:186 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN:9781788422994
1788422996
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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