Mon 28 May 2018
Archived Review: DOROTHY GILMAN – Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle.
Posted by Steve under Reviews[3] Comments
DOROTHY GILMAN – Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle. Mrs. Pollifax #8. Doubleday, hardcover, 1988. Fawcett Crest 21515, paperback, March 1989.
A confession. Dorothy Gilman has been writing these adventures of part-time CIA operative Mrs. Pollifax for some time now, and I’ve always considered them to be of the humorous “Miss Seeton” variety. Not so, and I apologize. I’m a convert, as of right now.
Here she’s asked to deliver a small package in Thailand, a minor job, but then she’s forced to spend the next five days in the jungle searching for her kidnapped husband. Exotic countryside and espionage on the personal level, mixed together in solid, convincing fashion.
Bibliographic Note: Dorothy Gilman wrote a total of 14 spy adventures of Mrs. Pollifax between 1966 and 2000. In 2010 she was was awarded the annual Grand Master Award by the Mystery Writers of America.
May 28th, 2018 at 3:54 pm
Unfortunately, even though I said I was a convert, this is still the only Mrs. Pollifax book I’ve ever read. I remember this as an unexpectedly good one, though.
May 30th, 2018 at 6:07 pm
Solid suspense, gentle wisdom, a mix of barbed, satire and observational humor, and one of the best writers in the genre. You have a lot of fun to look forward to.
May 30th, 2018 at 6:20 pm
I wish I could promise I’d read another. I’d like to, bbut at this far later date, there are too many other books and authors calling my name.