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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

Caravan: A Novel
Thale's Folly
A New Kind of Country
Enchanted Caravan
Carnival Gypsy
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
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

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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Final Edition
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Our Lady of Pain: An Edwardian Murder Mystery
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Death of Yesterday
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Over the Edge
What Came Before He Shot Her
Death of a Dentist
Sunday Silence
Sanctuary: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
A Noël Killing
Cain His Brother: A William Monk Novel
The Reaper
Billy Straight: A Novel
Fool's Bluff
The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
An Old Betrayal
The Right Thing to Do
Night Work
Death of a Nurse
The Château Murder
Shooting at Loons
Dark Places
Red Bones
Cruel Intent
Death of a Village
F is for Fugitive
Bones Never Lie
Thief of Hearts
Callander Square
Plum Lovin'
Murder in My Backyard
Busy Body
Name Withheld
Witch Hunt
Mrs Pollifax and the Golden Triangle
Man Overboard
The Confession
Victims: An Alex Delaware Novel
Thin Air
Lightning Strike
Career of Evil
Tooth and Claw: A Longmire Story
Necessary as Blood
The Fifth Witness
Beau Death
Spoils of the Dead
Hour of the Hunter
A Stranger in Mayfair
The Game
The Noble Path
The First Eagle
Midnight at Marble Arch
Nemesis
The Impossible Dead
What's Past Is Prologue
Hornet's Nest
The Dark Wives
World Without End
Past Reason Hated: An Inspector Banks Novel
A Fountain Filled With Blood
Belgrave Square
Black Notice
An Irish Hostage
Edge of Eternity
The Heist
In This Bright Future: A DC Smith Investigation
The Wandering Soul Murders
Boundary Waters
The Forgotten Garden
A Cool Head
Northwest Angle
A Grave in the Woods
A Hanging at Dawn: A Bess Crawford Short Story
Whistleblower
Endangered
Lost Birds: A Leaphorn
Hot Six
Outsider
The Evidence Exposed
Back to the Garden
The First Cut: A Novel of Suspense
The Highway
Not Safe After Dark: And Other Stories
The Butcher's Theater
Port Mortuary
Many Rivers to Cross
Bad Love
The Cuckoo's Calling
Time to Depart
Acceptable Loss: A William Monk Novel
The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories
Oh Danny Boy
In the Presence of the Enemy
The Course of Honour
Paradise Lost
The Cold Dish: A Longmire Mystery
The Woman in Blue
One Perfect Couple
The Sleeping and the Dead
A Good Hanging
The Mercedes Coffin
Another Kind of Eden
Vanish with the Rose
A Capitol Death
In Dublin's Fair City
The Consequences of Fear
Death in the Devil's Acre
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
The Pillars of the Earth
Short Story: The MatchUp Collection
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“People need dreams, there’s as much nourishment in ’em as food.”

Dorothy Gilman, Caravan
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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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