The document encodes the shocking truth of Saddam Hussein’s reign. Yet hardly are the two of them airborne when the coils of Middle Eastern intrigue begin to unwind. Mrs Pollifax’s seat neighbour is not the affable Arab businessman he pretends to be.
For Mrs P. and Farrell to elude their pursuers in such a politically volatile country is no easy matter. In fact, it can be downright deadly.
Armed with only an open mind and a little karate, Mrs Pollifax is the most unlikely and lovable of international spies.
Dorothy Gilman [1923-2012] was born in New Jersey, USA. She enjoyed story-telling from a young age, and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. During the 1950s and early 60s she wrote children’s books under her married name Dorothy Gilman Butters. But it was the later Mrs Pollifax series of novels which properly made her name. She travelled extensively and many of her travels fed into Mrs Pollifax’s adventures. Gilman was awarded the annual Grand Master Award by the Mystery Writers of America in 2010.