Mrs. Pollifax Series, by Dorothy Gilman, Book 2
June 25, 2008
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
[audiobook version, read by Barbara Rosenblat]
Rating: * * * * *
When Emily Pollifax answers the phone that Sunday morning, she quickly forgets all about her
Garden Club tea that afternoon. For the voice on the other end belonged to a man she had never seen, a man from the CIA who asked her if she could leave immediately on a mission that would take her halfway across the world! What could Mrs. Pollifax say but yes?
- Random House
A year after Mrs. Pollifax’s first courier mission to Mexico (and, unexpectedly, Albania), she is called up to travel to Turkey. In this novel, Gilman continues her delightful tale-spinning of the adventures of Mrs. Pollifax, including the elements that made the first book such an engaging read.
The humor and barely noticeable moral explorations are again implemented here, complementing the action and suspense surrounding Mrs. Pollifax’s supposedly innocuous assignment. Her amusing tangents to her mission (involving the admirable Colin Ramsey) produce a constant source of surprise and attentiveness in readers – or, in this case, listeners.
As always, Rosenblat’s narration is amazing, creating a rich source of audio imagery to support Mrs. Pollifax’s writing, and setting a wonderful pace for the novel to unravel beautifully.
Highly recommended.
& ElizabethC
