Dorothy Gilman
1) Caravan
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Language
English
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Description
Lady Caressa Teal is captured by desert nomads who believe she is a sorceress.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1988
Language
English
Description
Although Mrs. Pollifax is determined to give up spying for good, she can't help but agree to carry a small object to an agent in Thailand, and get one in return. The moment she lands, however, Mrs. Pollifax is horrified to find her contact dead and her husband kidnapped. The next thing she knows, she's tramping through the ominous Thai countryside, led by a curious fellow who may be trying to help her find her husband. Or he may have other, more sinister...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Failed novelist Andrew Thale is sent by his father to check out an empty farmhouse, inherited from an aunt in Massachusetts. On arrival, Thale discovers the house has been occupied by squatters, characters straight out of a novel. Thale moves in with them, perhaps to gain inspiration for a bestseller.
8) Kaleidoscope
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Series
Publisher
Fawcett Columbine
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Former CIA agent Emily Pollifax travels to Africa to help crown a king. He is Sammat of Ubangiba, an American-educated African whose enthronement is threatened by a lion on the rampage, which in Ubangiba is considered a bad omen. But are the killings really the work of a lion? A sequel to Mrs. Pollifax Pursued.
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Series
Mrs. Pollifax volume 1
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p1989
Language
English
Description
A widowed matron decides to pursue her lifelong desire to be a spy, finds herself useful to the CIA, and successfully completes an assignment which takes her from New Jersey to Mexico City to Albania.
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Language
English
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When Emily Pollifax answered the phone that Sunday morning she quickly forgot about her Gaden Club tea in the afternoon. The last time she had heard the voice on the other end of the line it had sent her off on a journey that plunged her into a wild tangle of secret agents and high adventure. Now the man from the CIA was asking if she could leave immediately on a mission that would take her halfway across the world. What could Mrs. Pollifax say but...