Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station

Pages: 184
Published: 1983
Language: English

Mrs. Pollifax, the CIA's most unlikely agent, heads to China under the guise of a simple tourist. Her real mission involves a daring rescue of a political prisoner from a high-security labor camp. Along the way, she must navigate a landscape of shifting loyalties and international tension while maintaining her grandmotherly cover.

Prose complexity: 4/10

Adventurous Cozy Lighthearted

Secret Identity Reluctant Hero Fish Out of Water

Espionage Mystery Spy Political Thriller

Dorothy Gilman

Dorothy Edith Gilman was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the daughter of a minister. In 1940, she attended Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1945, she married Edgar A. Butters, Jr., with whom she had two children. In 1963, she attended the University of Pennsylvania. She divorced in 1965. She wrote mystery and spy novels, and is best known for her Mrs. Pollifax series. In 2010 she was awarded the annual Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.