Mrs. Pollifax Pursued

Summary

Meet Mrs. Emily Pollifax, a sweet, gray-haired grandmother—and a daring CIA agent. Over the years, her far-flung adventures have won the lasting affection of mystery readers everywhere. In Mrs. Pollifax Pursued, Mrs. Pollifax is at her delightful best in a case that whisks her from her Connecticut neighborhood to an African royal palace.

A wealthy international financier has been kidnapped by two men in a dirty white van—the same van that is now parked on Mrs. Pollifax’s maple-lined street. A terrified young woman hiding in Mrs. Pollifax’s junk closet reveals that the men in the van have been chasing her for days, though she doesn’t know why. Mrs. Pollifax puts in a call for help to her CIA crony, Mr. Carstairs, who sends the woman and Mrs. Pollifax into safe hiding at a carnival secretly backed by the CIA. But before they know it they’re on the run again—this time to Ubangiba, where Mrs. Pollifax and Mr. Carstairs must finally end a dangerous international money-making scheme.