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Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled [Audiobook] [Unabridged] (Audio Cassette)

by Dorothy Gilman (Author), Sharon Williams (Reader)
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Mrs. Emily Reed-Pollifax, grandmother, flower-arranger, and part-time CIA agent, is back in the Middle East. A young American has disappeared in Syria, and she has been sent to find her. After all, shortly before she vanished, Amanda Pym saved a whole airline full of people from hijackers. Accompanied by her favorite colleague, John Sebastian Farrell, Mrs. Pollifax visits an archaeological dig, explores the desert, and finds her woman. Gilman has been writing this series for more than 30 years, and Mrs. Pollifax is not quite the same, sweet old lady she once was. Who can resist a woman who alternates garden club meetings with karate lessons, makes lifelong friends wherever she goes, and invariably is able to transfer the contents of a large purse into the pockets or sleeves of any ethnic costume? Overall, this is a very relaxed, cohesive reading by Sharon Williams, only disrupted by the slightly jarring incidental music that begins and ends each side. The "cozy" spy thriller may be a nearly dead subgenre, but Mrs. Pollifax's circulation figures remain healthy. Recommended for all moderate to large popular fiction collections.DI. Pour-El, Des Moines Area Community Coll. Lib., Boone, IA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.


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In this latest book in Gilman's series, Mrs. Pollifax flies to Syria on another mission. She must find Amanda Pym, a young American who saved 200 people on a highjacked plane and then disappeared. Even though Mrs. Pollifax is a harmless appearing grandmother, Sharon Williams often makes her voice sound too young and sweet. As the story progresses however, Williams finds a more settled and mature voice for Mrs. Pollifax. Williams gives an appropriate ring of authority to Carstairs and changes easily into an Arabic accent when needed, and her clear diction and excellent pacing draw us deeper and deeper into the adventure. P.G. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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5.0 out of 5 stars MRS POLIFAX UNVEILED, Jul 24 2001
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This review is from: Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled (Hardcover)
EMILY POLIFAX IS A TRUE ROLE MODEL FOR ALL OVER THE HILL WIDOWS WHO ARE BORED WITH THE EVERYDAY MUNDANE DAILY LIVES I CAN LIVE MY DREAMS OF ADVENTURE THRU ALL OF HER ADVENTURES. FROM HER FIRST TRIP TO MEXICO TO THIS LATEST EXCAPADE. DOROTHY GILLMAN IS ONE WRITER THAT I WILL BUY HER BOOKS WITHOUT READING AN REVIEW. EMILY CAN ADJUST TO ANY SITUATION AND COME OUT AHEAD WITHOUT ANY JAMES BOND GIMMICKS. IN FACT SHE IS MORE BELIEVABLE THAN ANY OF OUR OTHER SPY'S. WHY DONT THEY MAKE MOVIES OF HER BOOKS?
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4.0 out of 5 stars Patty Hearst syndrome, Jul 2 2003
By Mary E. Sibley (Carneys Point, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled (Mass Market Paperback)
There is a question whether an American woman is alive or dead in Syria. The CIA summons Emily Pollifax and another free-lance hand, John Sebastian Farrell. They travel to Syria. It seems that rumors in the bazaar indicate that Amanda Pym, the person concerned, is still alive after having been kidnapped six weeks earlier. She had foiled some hijackers and entered a wrong car directly after the event when being interviewed by news organizations.

When Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell arrives in Damascus and checks into the hotel, Mrs. Pollifax finds a note. She had been advised by her superior, Carstairs, that help could be expected. The note directs themn to go to the Citadel. Things really heat up as Farrell gets taken into police custory and Mrs. Pollifax, having been struck in the head with something, makes her way to an archaeological dig, a caravansary, to find the next clue. Traveling the following day in a borrowed land rover in search of the shepherd who may have seen Amanda Pym, Mrs. Pollifax and her guide, Joe Fleming, enter an area of the desert where snipers are boing trained. They find a burned American passport that may have belonged to Amada Pym.

Farrell arrives at the camp reporting that he had been held by a nefarious group, not the police at all, who seemed to know everything about Amanda Pym. Determining to view the encampment at night, to try to see what the shepherd saw, they look through the binoculars and see Amanda Pym among the people in camouflage garb who were supposed to be snipers in training. Farrell comes to know more about Amanda Pym by piecing together pieces of her journal found in the vicinity of the burned passport. The means Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell, and Joe Fleming employ to separate Amanda Pym from the others I care not to disclose. I will say that the solution involves the aid of sheep and golden hamsters. The working out of the details both in Syria and elsewhere proves to be extremely exciting and delightful from the point of view of the reader.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Mrs. Pollifax in Seria, May 8 2003
By Karen Potts (Lake Jackson, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled (Audio Cassette)
Just when Mrs. Pollifax begins to get restless, Bishop comes to her home to offer her another adventure for the CIA. This time she and her old friend Farrell are asked to find a young girl named Amanda who rescued 200 people from being hijacked on a plane and then disappeared. There are the requisite number of chases, strange-looking people following them, adventures and misadventures for this book to join the others in the enjoyable Mrs. Pollifax series. The one thing that puzzles me is why Dorothy Gilman had her heroine marry Cyrus in one of the early books and then have him serve as background, always off on his own business when Emily does another assignment for the CIA. Perhaps she received negative feedback from readers when Cyrus accompanied her on one of her adventures, but it seems too bad to shove such a nice man into the background.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Mrs.Pollifax Unveiled
This book was very good except that it doesn't really have an inner meaning. Dorothy Gilman wrote this book with everything saying what it meant requiring no deeper thought. Read more
Published on Oct 12 2002 by Carissa

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid, Predictably, and Fun as Always!
Mrs. Pollifax first sucked me into her slightly off-kilter espionage adventures back in the early 80s. Read more
Published on Nov 16 2001 by Eric Wilson

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't give up at the beginning
It took me over a week to get through the first 50 pages of Dorothy Gilman's "Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled. Read more
Published on Jul 30 2001 by Bradley Cooper

4.0 out of 5 stars Mrs. Pollifax is at it again
Mrs. Pollifax has had barely enough time to recover from her last adventure (INNOCENT TOURIST) before Carstairs is calling again. Read more
Published on Jun 21 2001 by Mark Baker

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing rehash
After having read all the previous Mrs. Pollifax books I had been looking forward to reading this one, but found it rather disappointing. Read more
Published on May 30 2001 by kucki68

4.0 out of 5 stars Mrs. Pollifax: quirky and lovable as ever
Mrs. Pollifax is an unlikely candidate for a CIA spy.

Carstairs: "...Mrs. Pollifax, would you be free to leave on Sunday?

Emily Pollifax: "For Syria! Read more

Published on May 4 2001 by Rebekah Sue Harris

3.0 out of 5 stars A bit dull, but entertaining enough!
I couldn't wait for this book to come out, as I have loved reading Mrs. Pollifax books in the past, but this one seemed dull and uneventful compared to the others. Read more
Published on Aug 15 2000 by Julia Thompson

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great Mrs. Polifax
I always enjoy books in the Mrs. Polifax series and this is no exception. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this latest book from Dorothy Gilmam. Read more
Published on Jul 14 2000 by Meredith

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Mrs. P
This book was worth the wait - Mrs. P is back. I won't go into plot since everyone else including Amazon gives you that. Read more
Published on May 29 2000

1.0 out of 5 stars The Truly Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
As a long-time fan of Mrs. Pollifax, I ordered"Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled" as soon as I saw it was available,and anxiously waited for my wife to finish it so I would have... Read more
Published on April 26 2000 by David B. Ritch

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