Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervis..., Dorothy Gilman
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervis..., Dorothy Gilman
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Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish

Author: Dorothy Gilman

Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat

Unabridged: 7 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/20/2012


Synopsis

All Mrs. Pollifax has to do is help a bumbling CIA agent confirm the identities of seven undercover informants in Morocco. A simple assignment. But right away, things go wrong. The first informant is murdered just after Mrs. P. identifies him in Fez. Worse, she has the frightening sensation that her associate is not who or what he says he is.

About Dorothy Gilman

Dorothy Gilman is the author of the Mrs. Pollifax series of novels, as well as several others. She divides her time between Norwalk, Connecticut, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nancy on March 20, 2018

I have an audible version of this book, and I love to listen to books like this, as I'm going to sleep. When I first started reading the Mrs. Pollifax books, I was in my 20's, and the thought of an older woman joining the CIA, and getting into so much danger, was intriguing and funny. Now I'm in my......more

Goodreads review by hotsake on July 17, 2022

A lot of fun and faster paced than I was expecting. This was for the most part a straight up chase story.......more

Goodreads review by ValeReads on January 23, 2022

Many years ago, a friend was telling me about a documentary or something that she'd seen in which someone had interviewed a whirling dervish. The interviewer asked the other man about his theology, and the reply was, "We don't have a theology. We dance." My friend thought this was Very Deep. My sixt......more

Goodreads review by Chautona on February 12, 2022

This one is almost one of my favorites. I do love the premise, the way she went about it--everything. Her pluck, her grit. This gal... I want to be her when I grow up! Read it this time through Barbara Rosenblat's narration of it on audio.......more