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Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief
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Emily Pollifax accompanies her young friend Kadi back to Africa, where a mutual friend is to be crowned king of his small country. But when several people are slashed by murderous lion claws and Kadi disappears, Mrs. Pollifax must begin a perilous investigation. Fortunately for all, staunch determination and polished karate skills are on her side.
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I must not be smarter than the average bear...
- By VickiFromArkansas on 01-07-16
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Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist
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Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist whisks the gray-haired agent into a perilous web of intrigue that spreads across the drifting sands of the volatile Middle East. An old CIA friend, Farrell, must collect an inflammatory manuscript smuggled out of Iraq into Jordan. Farrell has a simple request for Emily—provide cover during his trip to Jordan by posing as his fun-loving elderly cousin. But before the plane even lands, danger begins stalking the sprightly Mrs. Pollifax.
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Mrs. Pollifax is my heroine
- By Living Right on 06-27-15
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Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha
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Not as "light," but still Mrs. Pollifax
- By Lisa on 01-30-13
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Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled
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Seven weeks ago, a young American woman, Amanda Pym, faced down hijackers on board a flight to the Middle East and saved the lives of more than two hundred passengers. In a blaze of celebrity, she stepped off the plane in Damascus and was whisked away in a waiting car. Since then, NOTHING. The CIA believes she was kidnapped and murdered. Whose plans has the apparently ordinary young woman interfered with? The machinations of the mukhabarat, Syria's dreaded police?
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Not the performance we are used to hearing.
- By Lucy 1978 on 02-24-15
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Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
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Mrs. Pollifax to the Rescue!
- By Sassy1980 on 10-19-12
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Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish
- By: Dorothy Gilman
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- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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All Mrs. Pollifax has to do is help a bumbling CIA agent confirm the identities of seven undercover informants in Morocco. A simple assignment. But right away, things go wrong. The first informant is murdered just after Mrs. P. identifies him in Fez. Worse, she has the frightening sensation that her associate is not who or what he says he is.
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Mrs. Pollifax rules!
- By Coffee Lover on 12-05-12
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Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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Emily Pollifax accompanies her young friend Kadi back to Africa, where a mutual friend is to be crowned king of his small country. But when several people are slashed by murderous lion claws and Kadi disappears, Mrs. Pollifax must begin a perilous investigation. Fortunately for all, staunch determination and polished karate skills are on her side.
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I must not be smarter than the average bear...
- By VickiFromArkansas on 01-07-16
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Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist whisks the gray-haired agent into a perilous web of intrigue that spreads across the drifting sands of the volatile Middle East. An old CIA friend, Farrell, must collect an inflammatory manuscript smuggled out of Iraq into Jordan. Farrell has a simple request for Emily—provide cover during his trip to Jordan by posing as his fun-loving elderly cousin. But before the plane even lands, danger begins stalking the sprightly Mrs. Pollifax.
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Mrs. Pollifax is my heroine
- By Living Right on 06-27-15
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Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
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Emily’s tranquil domesticity with new husband Cyrus is interrupted when she is called to Hong Kong in pursuit of a vanished agent.
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Not as "light," but still Mrs. Pollifax
- By Lisa on 01-30-13
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Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Sharon Williams
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
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Seven weeks ago, a young American woman, Amanda Pym, faced down hijackers on board a flight to the Middle East and saved the lives of more than two hundred passengers. In a blaze of celebrity, she stepped off the plane in Damascus and was whisked away in a waiting car. Since then, NOTHING. The CIA believes she was kidnapped and murdered. Whose plans has the apparently ordinary young woman interfered with? The machinations of the mukhabarat, Syria's dreaded police?
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Not the performance we are used to hearing.
- By Lucy 1978 on 02-24-15
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Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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A safari expedition in Zambia is the disguise Emily employs in order to locate a professional assassin among her fellow explorers. Along the way, she meets an extraordinary man named Cyrus.
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At last!
- By Got My Book on 05-14-11
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Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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Posing as a tourist, Emily makes her way to China with the job of protecting a CIA treasure.
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Delightful!
- By Nancy J on 07-13-13
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A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
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Emily “vacations” at an opulent Swiss resort in the hope of locating nine pounds of hijacked plutonium intended for an atom bomb.
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Cozy mystery, but weak
- By Sassy1980 on 10-15-12
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The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax
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Another Delightful Adventure
- By Nancy J on 03-17-13
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Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
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The one and only Mrs. Emily Pollifax is a part-time CIA operative and full-time garden-clubbing grandmother from New Jersey. In this adventure, she is off to the Sicilian countryside on a daring mission to rescue John Sebastian Farrell, a former CIA comrade, who was shot while trying to track down a document that allegedly bears the signature of Julius Caesar.
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The Story is Great, the Narration is lacking
- By Lindsey on 11-29-10
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The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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Emily Pollifax is one of a precious few gray-haired female sleuths who solve their cases through unflagging determination, moral courage and wisdom that comes with age. In "The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax", Emily answers the call of that “nice Mr. Carstairs” to go to Istanbul as a courier and search for a missing agent.
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Wonderful story, perfect narration!
- By Coffee Lover on 09-08-11
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Mrs. Pollifax Pursued
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: multivoice
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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Kadi Hopkirk has been hiding in Mrs. Pollifax's junk closet for two days. Kadi spills out an improbable story - that since a chance meeting with a childhood friend she has been followed by persons unknown in a sinister van. A little experiment on Mrs. P's part proves at least this part of the story correct. What began as a dash for safety and a call for help expands into an assignment that leads to hair-trigger violence in exotic places.
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NOTE THE DIFFERENT NARRATOR!
- By Mallory on 06-12-12
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A Nun in the Closet
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Roslyn Alexander
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
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From the author of the classic mysteries starring the irrepressible CIA spy, Mrs. Pollifax, comes a delightfully different mystery with a most unholy twist. Filled with all the hilarious surprises and good old-fashioned suspense that her fans have come to love, A Nun in the Closet is the story of two high-spirited nuns who accidentally stumble into a dangerous plot involving ghosts, gangsters, and Protestants.
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Nun'sense Fun
- By Pegret on 05-07-12
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The Clairvoyant Countess
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Ruth Ann Phimister
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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From the best-selling author of the famous Mrs. Pollifax series comes another delightfully eccentric and sage female sleuth - the exotic Madame Karitska. Although she is a genuine countess, Marina Elena Provovnitchek Gaylord Von Domm Karitska is foremost a psychic. When one of her clients turns up dead, Madame Karitska makes the acquaintance of Detective-Lieutenant Pruden, and an uncanny partnership is born. Madame Karitska forms images with the psychic vibrations she picks up from personal objects.
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Very very Cozy
- By MerylB on 05-29-15
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The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was tired of attending her Garden Club meetings. She wanted to do something good for her country. This first in the series sends Emily on her first case after she successfully persuades a skeptical CIA recruitment officer that she is the best person for the job.
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What a Fun Adventure!
- By Wolfpacker on 03-18-14
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Murder Cuts the Mustard
- A Beryl and Edwina Mystery, Book 3
- By: Jessica Ellicott
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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The latest occurrence to disturb the peace in the quaint English village of Walmsley Parva hits rather too close to home - in fact, the prime suspect has taken up residence in Edwina's potting shed. Her elderly gardener Simpkins has been secretly sleeping there after a row with his disreputable brother-in-law and housemate, Hector Lomax. When Hector is found murdered, Constable Gibbs comes looking for Simpkins, last seen arguing with Hector the night before. Based on the sad state of her garden, Edwina has grave doubts that shiftless Simpkins could muster the effort to murder anyone.
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Content is great.....and the flaw is Fixed!!
- By Deborah on 10-31-19
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Thale's Folly
- By: Dorothy Gilman
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
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Andrew Thale is not exactly thrilled when his overbearing father sends him on an errand to assess the property inherited from an eccentric aunt. Andrew is intrigued though, when he finds the house fully occupied. Its odd and interesting residents have a calming effect on him, especially the beautiful young woman named Tarragon. But his arrival seems to have set a series of mysterious events into motion. Narrator John McDonough’s engaging performance lets you share in the excitement and camaraderie.
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Excellent Story and Narration!
- By Bex on 03-25-14
Publisher's Summary
A former CIA operative turned art dealer waits in Italy, wounded and in hiding, for the cavalry. According to his SOS, only Mrs. Pollifax will do....
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- Lady M
- 05-15-15
Not As Good As The Others I Read
I found Book 10: "Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief" even too far fetched for a Mrs. Pollifax mystery to be truly entertaining.
Mrs. Emily Pollifax is sent to Italy in response to former CIA Farrell's SOS. There she finds John Sebastian Farrell wounded and needing to be kept out of sight. Her assigned Italian companion turns out to be a young woman of many talents as Emily soon learns while outrunning and out-maneuvering the string of cars following them.
There's a plethora of characters. Sometimes it's hard to keep their different roles in mind while mentally picturing what is happening and why. She and Farrell run into a former nemesis, a hired assassin Mrs. Pollifax had met in Africa on safari. Emily and Farrell were responsible for his imprisonment in France; where he should still be. "So, how could he be in Italy?"
Barbara Rosenblat gave a sterling performance, as usual. In my opinion she carried the story.
I love Mrs. Pollifax, but for those contemplating one of her stories, I would forgo this one.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful
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- Sy Ann Guth
- 01-25-15
Great series
Would you consider the audio edition of Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief to be better than the print version?
Absolutely loved this whole series. Narration was great except for the last book in the series. Loved the locations and the detailed description about the people, customs, and traditions. Mrs. Pollifax character was a delight and loved her. Listened to the series twice through I enjoyed it so much. The narrator was so good, I can't imagine that reading the books would have been nearly as enjoyable.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
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- Sassy1980
- 10-20-12
Mrs. P in Sicily
An old friend needs help desperately - so Mrs. P heads to Sicily. Then finds that there are quite a few people following her, and interested in her doings. An old adversary shows up, and then things really get interesting! Once again, laugh-out-loud moments are interspersed with touching moments, and nothing is ever just the way it seems. Mrs. Pollifax even gets to ride a bicycle! Excellent narration makes this adventure even better.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
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- Debbie H, Arizona
- 11-13-19
A delight
Best narrator ever. Great story and characters. Barbara Rosenblatt could read the phone book and make it sound interesting.
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- Robbyn L. Snider
- 08-13-19
I love this series
Though good this one felt short and almost rushed this time. still a lovely story and enjoyable to have characters stories and characters even further deepened.
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- Christina
- 04-16-19
Good but not the best in the series
I love the Mrs Polifax books, and Barbara Rosenblat does great job reading them, but new readers will find this particular book disappointing. For fans, it’s still a chance to visit with favorite recurring characters, but it lacks the liveliness of most of the series. New readers should begin at the beginning to fully appreciate Mrs. P.
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- MPM
- 02-05-19
They keep getting better.
I love the Narrator. She does a great job of giving different personalities to the characters. I thought I would get bored with so many Mrs. Pollifax books but they have different story lines and continue to be good.
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- Terry Y
- 01-07-19
Not Her Best.
Normally, I love this series for the interesting, yet clean, escapades in foreign lands and culture. However, this time I am disappointed. The story line is, frankly, boring. The characters, plot and "landscaping" aren't built up enough to appreciate their value.
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- Carol A. Kelly
- 12-27-18
A shining star in the Mrs. Pollifax series!!
Never a dull word, always a new and fresh view...I so enjoy Mrs. Pollifax! her unquenchable thirst for travel and adventure, for meeting new people and seeing the world...this adventure in Sicily did not disappoint, and left me yearning for more
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- lcr
- 04-15-18
One of my favorite Pollifax books
Barbara rosenblatt easy on the ears mrs. P never disappoints I love the books that have Farrell in them and this one is especially Charming
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- Tanya
- 10-07-17
Great characters as always.
Gotta love the interesting characters you meet on an adventure with Mrs Pollifax! Suspense, danger and mystery keep you listening.