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Recommended by Claire Edwards

Dorothy Gilman’s Mrs Pollifax series is an excellent mystery series with a dollop of humor and scary

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Recommended by Audrey Stewart

Mrs. Polifax is so much fun. We listened to her books as a whole family on road trips and even the t

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Recommended by Alice Collins

The Mrs Pollifax series by Dorothy Gilman are beyond terrific. The books are about a middle aged, mi

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Recommended by Sadie Morris

My all-time favorite is Dorothy Gilman’s Mrs. Pollifax. I cried when Dorothy died.

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Books By Dorothy Gilman

A New Kind of Country
Enchanted Caravan
Carnival Gypsy
Caravan: A Novel
Thale's Folly
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha
Mrs Pollifax and the Golden Triangle
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish
Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief
Mrs. Pollifax Pursued
Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer
Mrs. Pollifax
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled
The Clairvoyant Countess
Kaleidoscope: A Countess Karitska Novel
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Uncertain Voyage: A Novel
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
A Nun in the Closet
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax
The Tightrope Walker: A Novel
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax
Incident at Badamaya: A Novel
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station

Tips and Resources From Your Dorothy Gilman Book Club Friends:

Filled with humour and charm, mystery and adventure, Dorothy Gilman’s Mrs. Pollifax series has delighted millions of readers since her debut appearance in 1966’s The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax. The unconventional spy embarks on an exciting career as a CIA agent after accidentally becoming recruited. Despite her inexperience and age, Emily Pollifax is courageous and resourceful in the heat of danger as she falls into misadventures in exotic locales around the world. And it helps that she knows karate. What characteristics of the Mrs. Pollifax books do you like the most? Are you a member of your local garden club like her? Have you read all of Mrs. Pollifax’s adventures? How about Gilman’s other mystery suspense books? Let’s debrief together.

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Recommended Books From Dorothy Gilman Fans

Shadows in Bronze
Pronghorns of the Third Reich
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Want You Dead
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The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories
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Love and Other Crimes
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Over the Edge
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Take Out
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Unnatural Death
Tombland
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Girl Missing
Day of the Dead
The Man with a Load of Mischief
Lost Prophecies
Downfall
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How the Light Gets In
Not Dark Yet
Deja Dead
The Quality of Mercy
Lamentation
Stagestruck
Dissolution
Shots Fired
In Like Flynn
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Mercy Falls
Miss Pym Disposes
Die for Love
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Empress of the Seven Hills
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Smoke and Mirrors
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One Fatal Flaw
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Dead Watch
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False Prophet: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
When the Bough Breaks
The One Thing More
Thief of Hearts
Dead at First Sight
The Mysterious North
Mortal Prey
Grievous Sin
Dixie City Jam
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High Country Fall
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Willful Behavior
Exit Wounds
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Hide and Seek
House of Stone
Undone: Will Trent
The Blessing Way
Revelation
206 Bones
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A Capitol Death
The Comfort of Ghosts
Hidden Prey
The Rising Tide
Blow Fly
Murder 101
The Murder of Mary Russell
Morality for Beautiful Girls
The Grove of the Caesars
Designated Daughters
The Perils of Morning Coffee
One Virgin Too Many
Legend in Green Velvet
Sizzling Sixteen
The Language of Bees
With This Ring: A Deborah Knott Short Story
Smoke and Murders
Past Reason Hated: An Inspector Banks Novel
About Face
A Christmas Revelation: A Novel
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Keystone
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A Deeper Sleep
The Jealous Kind
Denial
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The Spy Coast
Dreaming of the Bones
Trouble
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Eye for an Eye
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
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Death of an Outsider
Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose
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Last to Die
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Corridors of the Night: A William Monk Novel
Murder for Love
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Death of Yesterday
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Next to Last Stand: A Longmire Mystery
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Winter of the World
Poseidon's Gold
Against the Grain
Revenge in a Cold River: A William Monk Novel
Believing the Lie
The Skeleton in the Closet
Children of the Revolution
Cimarron Rose
Precious and Grace
The Last Passenger
The Critic
The Graveyard of the Hesperides
The Master Falconer
Wobble to Death
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Buckingham Palace Gardens
Fire and Ice
Dead Wrong
Proof of Life
Dark Sacred Night
Gone Missing
Hasty Death
Wings of Fire
Freeze Frame
This Is Why We Lied: A Will Trent Thriller
Greygallows
Help the Poor Struggler
Blue Lightning
Tooth and Claw: A Longmire Story
Deadline
Brunswick Gardens
The Hippopotamus Pool
Treason at Lisson Grove
Murder in My Backyard
The Mistletoe Mystery: A Maid Novella
Compulsion: An Alex Delaware Novel
Honor & . . .(MatchUp Collection)
Other Worlds
To Play the Fool
Half Moon Bay: A Novel
Going Rogue
To Track a Traitor
The Bone Hacker
Malice at the Palace
Sworn to Silence
In a Dry Season
The Blackhouse
Agatha Raisin: The Complete BBC Radio Drama Collection
The Lewis Man
Twisted Prey
Blood on the Water: A William Monk Novel
Moving Target
Presumed Guilty
Diagnosis Dead
Cadillac Jukebox
The Beast: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
The Butcher's Theater
Last Car to Elysian Fields
Highgate Rise
Death in the Devil's Acre
Lightning Strike
The Rembrandt Affair
Slow Dollar
Shroud for a Nightingale
The Man with No Face
The Baby Snatcher
Shock Wave
Dead Beat
Full Bloom
Death on the Edge: A V.I. Warshawski Short Story
The Face in the Mirror
Death of a Perfect Wife
In League with Sherlock Holmes
Keeper of the Bride
Something to Hide
The Woman in Cabin 10
Visions of Sugar Plums
Bones Are Forever
The Safe Man: A Ghost Story
Beyond Reach: A Novel
Witch Hunt
Stand Down
The Templars' Last Secret
Riviera Gold
Dishing the Dirt
Watching Eagles Soar
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I'm Not Done with You Yet
No Cure for Love: A Novel
Long Upon the Land
Dead to Rights
Web of Evil
Double Homicide
N is for Noose
In a Dark House
The Talented Mr. Varg
A Dangerous Fortune
Lethal White
The Crossing
All the Devils Are Here
A Question of Belief
Sanctuary: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
A Matter of Justice
Blindsighted
Harbour Street
Brush Back
Heirs and Graces
Body Double
I is for Innocent
To Die but Once
Full Tilt: A Novel
Time of Fog and Fire
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The Winners' Circle
A Christmas Homecoming
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner
Fade to Red
Trace Elements

“People need dreams, there’s as much nourishment in ’em as food.”

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“Mrs. Pollifax is so much fun! I mean who can’t like a widowed grandmother with a penchant for gardening who turns into a CIA agent? The books are filled with plenty of humour, adventure and unexpected twists and turns. I loved learning that Dorothy Gilman visited all the countries that Mrs. Pollifax goes to. No wonder she could describe them so wonderfully.”

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