Mrs. Pollifax Books in Order

Bored widow Emily Pollifax wants to serve her country, so she walks into the CIA and volunteers. A simple courier job in Mexico goes badly wrong, revealing how resourceful she really is.

A Sunday phone call sends Mrs. Pollifax to Turkey, where she must replace a dead courier. The trail leads from city streets to a gypsy caravan, with international intrigue tucked into every turn.

A plea for passports reaches the CIA just as Mrs. Pollifax is tending her night-blooming cereus. Soon she is off on a mission where a new hat hides forged papers and danger waits at the border.

Mrs. Pollifax is sent to a Swiss health resort where spies are gathering and a package of plutonium has vanished. Her talent for reading people becomes as useful as her karate and her nerve.

Mrs. Pollifax joins a safari to photograph the guests and identify an assassin targeting Zambia’s president. When her film vanishes and terrorists strike, the holiday cover story gives way to real danger.

Mrs. Pollifax poses as a tourist in China while guarding a CIA treasure and hunting for answers. The assignment carries her through political danger, misdirection, and the kind of trouble she handles best.

Recently married and heading for China, Mrs. Pollifax is drawn into trouble at Feng Imports. Drugs, diamonds, a cat burglar, a psychic, and murder turn a trusted contact’s warning into a deadly puzzle.

Mrs. Pollifax agrees to one last errand in Thailand, then finds her contact dead and her husband kidnapped. The trail leads into the Thai countryside, where help and betrayal look dangerously alike.

Sent to Morocco to assist a shaky CIA agent, Mrs. Pollifax soon finds her first informant murdered. With impostors and enemies closing in, she has to decide whom to trust before the mission collapses.

Mrs. Pollifax photographs a quiet funeral near Washington and carries the pictures to Sicily for old friend John Farrell. What should be a simple errand turns into assassins, false identities, and danger in a mountain village.

When Mrs. Pollifax finds Kadi Hopkirk hiding in her closet, the girl’s panic is no joke. A chase to Manhattan uncovers African politics, a hidden message, and a safe house that is anything but safe.

Kadi Hopkirk travels to Ubangiba for her friend Sammat’s coronation, and Mrs. Pollifax follows to keep watch. Rumors of lion killings and sorcery threaten the new king before he can take the throne.

Mrs. Pollifax and John Farrell must smuggle a dangerous manuscript out of Jordan. Once they are followed across the Middle East, a simple courier job becomes a test of nerve and trust.

After a young American heroine vanishes in Damascus, Mrs. Pollifax poses as the missing woman’s aunt. Her search through souks and desert roads pulls her into a plot with international stakes.