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In "The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax," a widowed matron fulfills her lifelong dream of espionage, joining the CIA and succeeding in a foreign‑service assignment that takes her from New Jersey to Mexico City and onward to Albania.
First publish date: 1966
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Dorothy Gilman
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