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Mrs Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish
  
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Mrs Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish [Large Print] (Hardcover)

de Dorothy Gilman (Author)
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This spirited mystery, the ninth featuring garden club matron and part-time secret agent Emily Pollifax shows the kindly grandmother at her steel-edged and resourceful best. Her superiors in the Atlas Group (an unofficial branch of the CIA) have dispatched Emily to Morocco to provide a cover for another of their agents, Max Janko. Emily will pose as Max's aunt to make the pair look like tourists, while in reality they will be trying to identify all seven agents in order to ferret out the mole who has recently infiltrated the Atlas network. Anticipating a relatively serene journey through picturesque Moroccan villages with an agreeable companion, Emily is dismayed to find Janko insufferably hostile. Worse, he intends to kill her. By the time the real Janko shows up, a murder has occurred, and Emily and her inexperienced companion are running for their lives from one dusty hamlet to the next, desperately trying to find the informer and save the rest of the network. Gilman's latest is well crafted, richly detailed and eminently suspenseful.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.


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Carstairs' right hunch for the wrong reason provides the occasion for Mrs. Pollifax's journey to Morocco as Ajax agent disguised as aunt and traveling companion to Max Janko. Keen observation and quick thinking enable her to capitalize on opportunity as she speeds across the barren landscape, one step ahead of her assailants. Breakneck adventure and suspense are enhanced by insight into eastern culture and characters. This fast-paced armchair excursion into the exotic world of North Africa is equally entertaining for first-time readers of Mrs. Pollifax and her long-time fans. This may be one of the few books reluctant readers will actually finish. --Barbara Hawkins, West Potomac High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 The holy man, Juil 3 2003
Par Mary E. Sibley (Carneys Point, NJ USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish (Mass Market Paperback)
Dorothy Gilman writes smoothly and plots excellently. I am certain that others have compared her to Agatha Christie. This story begins as Carstairs determines that a situation requires the presence of Mrs. Pollifax. He thinks that Emily Pollifax would be able to correct whatever lack of tact the CIA man, Max Janko, possessed. He feels that it would be dangerous for Mrs. Pollifax to know too much. The destination is Morocco. Some years ago Mrs. Pollifax volunteered to be spy. Before being called this time she ws beginning to fear that Carstairs felt she was too old to be of any further use. She agreed to go to Morocco the following day. She is successful in her mission to foil the attempts of someone making impersonations of persons promoting the interest of the Polisarios. In the course of her adventures she encounters a small boy, a holy man, the sufi or whirling dervish of the title, and a former superior of Carstairs. The holy man she encounters is someone who saved Carstairs from certain death when he was serving in the OSS during World War II.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 An enjoyable Mrs. Pollifax adventure, Avril 23 2003
Par Karen Potts (Lake Jackson, Texas) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish (Mass Market Paperback)
Mrs. Pollifax travels to Morocco in the ninth book of this delightful series. She is asked to pose as the aunt of a crusty agent who needs a little smoothing around the edges. They are to travel around Morocco and ascertain that the seven members of an information chain are all legitimate and match the pictures which have been entrusted to Mrs. Pollifax. She does not enjoy traveling with her companion and soon discovers that he is not who he says he is. Political intrigue and murder rear their ugly heads and Mrs. Pollifax is soon running for her life, while trying to ascertain who she can trust and who is out to eliminate her. This book introduces the reader to some delightful new characters while developing those we've already met, particularly an elusive gentleman who is in the upper echelons of the CIA's administration. This is a delightful read!
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Back to the old style!, Juil 13 2001
Par Bradley Cooper "brubis" (Santa Monica, CA United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish (Mass Market Paperback)
After the disappointment of "Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle," Dorothy Gilman went back to the formula that works for the series with "Whirling Dervish." The story of Mrs. Pollifax traveling through a foreign land with a crusty agent makes for intrigue and comedy. A very enjoyable, exciting, quick read. Reminiscent in some ways of both "The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax" and "A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax."
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Excellent adventure and mystery BUT......
I read the Reader's Digest condensed book version of this novel on my honeymoon thereupon went to buy it in paperback and lo and behold at least 2 pages the ENDING were MISSING... Read more
Publié le Sep 27 1999

5.0étoiles sur 5 AN ENCHANTING SERIES
All of the books in the Mrs. Pollifax series (as well as the whole of Mrs. Gilmans' works) are truly delightful. Read more
Publié le Juil 19 1999

5.0étoiles sur 5 Excellent
This is another excellent installment in the saga of Emily Pollifax, grandmother, gardener, spy. My only complaint is that it's too short. Read more
Publié le Déc 8 1998

5.0étoiles sur 5 Dorothy Gilman Does it Again!
Once again, Dorothy Gilman brings her reader along with Emily Pollifax on another of her adventures. This time Mrs. Read more
Publié le Jui 16 1996

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