{"product_id":"mrs-pollifax-unveiled-isbn-9780449006702","title":"Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Mrs. Pollifax gives Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple a rival to reckon with.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Toronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter facing down hijackers on a flight to the Middle East and saving the lives of  the passengers on board, a young American woman steps off the plane in Damascus in  a blaze of celebrity \u003ci\u003eand disappears\u003c\/i\u003e. The CIA believes Amanda Pym was kidnapped, possibly  murdered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Masquerading as Amanda Pym’s worried aunt, Mrs. Pollifax begins her determined  search, slipping through Damascus’s crooked streets and crowded souks . . . and trekking  deep into the desert. Yet she is shadowed by deadly enemies, whose sinister agenda  threatens not only Mrs. P. but the fragile stability of the entire Middle East. Only  a miracle–or a brilliant counterplot—can forestall a disaster that will send shock  waves around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Ms. Gilman has a nice, relaxed style and an easygoing way of telling a story.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorothy Gilman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of fourteen Mrs. Pollifax novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax\u003c\/i\u003e (the series debut), \u003ci\u003eThe Amazing Mrs. Pollifax\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMrs. Pollifax Pursued\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of many novels, among them \u003ci\u003eThale’s Folly\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Westport, Connecticut.Mrs. Pollifax was feeling bored\u003cbr\u003eand rather left out of life. Cyrus had re-cently\u003cbr\u003eaccepted an invitation to teach\u003cbr\u003elaw three days a week at the university; he was\u003cbr\u003ehugely enjoying it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Damned good to feel so useful again,\" he'd\u003cbr\u003eadmitted, and she was glad for him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe, however, was not feeling particularly\u003cbr\u003euseful. She reminded herself that she was still\u003cbr\u003egrowing prizewinning geraniums, was in excel-lent\u003cbr\u003ehealth, hoped soon to earn her black belt in\u003cbr\u003ekarate, and remained a faithful member of the\u003cbr\u003eSave Our Environment club. But . . . How spoiled\u003cbr\u003eI am, she thought. For a woman of what was delicately\u003cbr\u003ereferred to as \"of a certain age\" she ought\u003cbr\u003eto feel fortunate indeed, and yet . . . She realized\u003cbr\u003ethat she was absentmindedly scratching her left\u003cbr\u003earm from which, not long ago, a bullet had been\u003cbr\u003eremoved in a Bedouin tent by a man named\u003cbr\u003eBushaq, and she concluded that what she was experiencing\u003cbr\u003ewas letdown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe price one pays, she thought sadly, for venturing\u003cbr\u003eout into dangerous worlds for Carstairs\u003cbr\u003eand the CIA, only to return to errands at the grocery\u003cbr\u003estore and bank, cooking and cleaning, mulch-ing\u003cbr\u003eher garden for the winter, and pampering her\u003cbr\u003egeraniums.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross the breakfast table from her, almost\u003cbr\u003ehidden behind his newspaper, Cyrus glanced up\u003cbr\u003eand saw the gesture toward her arm. \"Still\u003cbr\u003ehurting?\" he asked. \"Do wish you'd let Dr. Orton\u003cbr\u003ehave a look at that.\" He hesitated, and then,\u003cbr\u003e\"Damn good to have you safe at home again,\u003cbr\u003eEm,\" and as he said this the telephone rang. He\u003cbr\u003eput down his cup of coffee, reached across his\u003cbr\u003ebriefcase and newspaper, and when he answered\u003cbr\u003eit she saw his face change. Handing the phone to\u003cbr\u003eher he said, \"It's Bishop.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh,\" she said, startled, and concealing her\u003cbr\u003ereaction she kept her voice casual. \"Bishop, how\u003cbr\u003egood to hear from you, are you well?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBishop, however, was not interested in polite\u003cbr\u003econversation. He said bluntly, \"Have any important\u003cbr\u003eplans for this day?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No,\" she said, honestly enough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A car will pick you up in forty minutes at\u003cbr\u003eyour house,\" he said. \"Carstairs wants to talk\u003cbr\u003ewith you. Oh, and you might bring your pass-port\u003cbr\u003ewith you, just in case.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd he hung up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Emily,\" said her husband warningly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He just wants to talk with me,\" she told him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hard to believe,\" growled Cyrus. \"You\u003cbr\u003ehaven't even been home long enough for that\u003cbr\u003earm to heal.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's healed,\" she told him. \"It just itches.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe gave her a rueful smile. \"I know, I know--I\u003cbr\u003epromised never to interfere, but still I don't like\u003cbr\u003ethe sound of that call.\" With a glance at the clock\u003cbr\u003eon the wall he added, \"And now I've got to go or\u003cbr\u003eI'll miss my first class, but Em--nothing dangerous,\u003cbr\u003epromise?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe knew, of course, that anything Carstairs\u003cbr\u003emight have in mind could be dangerous; after all,\u003cbr\u003eshe and Cyrus had met in Zambia under very\u003cbr\u003edangerous circumstances and they had survived\u003cbr\u003eby luck and ingenuity. Cyrus had gone with her\u003cbr\u003eto Thailand, too, where he'd been snatched away\u003cbr\u003efrom her by bandits, but she did not think it wise\u003cbr\u003eto remind him of this, nor to mention that Bishop\u003cbr\u003ehad asked her to bring her passport. Instead she\u003cbr\u003esaid tactfully, with a bright smile, \"Barbecued\u003cbr\u003echicken for dinner tonight,\" and when he had\u003cbr\u003egone she hurried upstairs to dress for her trip to\u003cbr\u003eCIA headquarters.","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303174328549,"sku":"NP9780449006702","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780449006702.jpg?v=1767733073","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/mrs-pollifax-unveiled-isbn-9780449006702","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}