Dorothy Gilman
Dorothy Gilman
Dorothy Gilman was born on March 8, 1923, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was an American author renowned for her engaging storytelling and richly developed characters. Throughout her career, Gilman gained recognition for her contribution to the mystery and adventure genres, captivating readers with her intricate plots and compelling narratives.
Personal Name: Dorothy Gilman
Birth: 25 June 1923
Death: 2 February 2012
Dorothy Gilman Books
(40 Books)
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.
Mrs. Pollifax joins Farrell for an innocent little trip to retrieve a manuscript...
"They're going to kill me soon," begins the note Amelia discovers in an antique hurdy-gurdy. From that moment on, the shy young woman finds herself doing all kinds of things she never thought possible.
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.
After facing down hijackers on a flight to the Middle East and saving the lives of the passengers on board, a young American woman steps off the plane in Damascus in a blaze of celebrity and disappears. The CIA believes Amanda Pym was kidnapped, possibly murdered.Masquerading as Amanda Pym's worried aunt, Mrs. Pollifax begins her determined search, slipping through Damascus's crooked streets and crowded souks . . . and trekking deep into the desert. Yet she is shadowed by deadly enemies, whose sinister agenda threatens not only Mrs. P. but the fragile stability of the entire Middle East. Only a miracle--or a brilliant counterplot-- can forestall a disaster that will send shock waves around the world.
Emily Pollifax is bored with her usual volunteering and her garden club meetings. So she heads to the CIA and offer her services as a spy. She is accidentally given an assignment and largely because of her open and curious personality she exceeds all expectations. This time she has only moments to agree to another assignment taking her to an unusual adventure.
If you enjoy humor, travel and the unexpected, you will love Mrs. Pollifax!
This story concerns five lonely people who are thrown together by an odd set of circumstances, and live and work together through a wonderful summer in a shabby old caravan. Through the happenings of that summer, they find themselves. There are two romances -- one a mature love story which is ready to ripen into marriage as the story ends, and the other a teen age romance with fulfilment in the future.
An innocent-looking grandmother who has a knowledge of karate agrees to help the CIA recover plutonium that has been stolen.
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 plans ...
Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle / by Dorothy Gilman
[Not without my daughter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4064350W/Not_Without_My_Daughter) / by Betty Mahmoody with William Hoffer
The seizing of Yankee Green Mall / by Ridley Pearson
O come ye back to Ireland / by Niall Williams and Christine Breen.
This is a collection containing 3 Mrs Pollifax books, The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax, Mrs. Pollifax on Safari, and Mrs Pollifax and the Golden Triangle.
Elderly Mrs Pollifax volunteers to the CIA. And exceeds their expectations.
Light-hearted spy thrillers with many likeable characters.
At the request of his father, New York City novelist Andrew Thale tackles an odd assignment--to check out an old family property in Massachusetts, neglected since Aunt Harriet Thale's death years ago.
Consumed by grief after the deaths of his parents, sixteen-year-old Colin accepts the challenge of the maze of Rheembeck Castle and begins to unravel the mystery of the maze within himself.
Consumed by grief after the deaths of his parents, sixteen-year-old Colin accepts the challenge of the maze of Rheembeck Castle and begins to unravel the mystery of the maze within himself.
A short novel with a happy ending. I guess maybe YA, but kept this adult enthralled by a glimpse of another world in a street where the poorest live.
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