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Title:
Mrs Pollifax and the Second Thief
Series: Mrs
Pollifax #10
Author: Dorothy Gilman
Rating:
4 of 5 Stars
Genre: Thriller
Pages:
147
Words: 52K
Publish: 1993
Ahhhh,
another wonderful Mrs Pollifax adventure. There’s just enough
danger and thrills to keep it from being cozy. I don’t want cozy.
Plus, the assassin Aristotle (who Mrs Pollifax foiled in Mrs
Pollifax on Safari) makes a
startling return but as is the case every single time with Mrs
Pollifax, things are not as they seem, nor do things happen as anyone
could possibly predict.
I think that is one of the things I thoroughly enjoy about this series, the pure unexpectedness of how the story unfolds. I never find it unbelievable either. It is “realistic” from this readers’ unlearned viewpoint and since I am so humble, we all know I really mean that.
I like that Gilman makes these standalone stories BUT with call backs to previous books so it makes it a richer experience for those who have been faithfully reading along yet deliberately not alienating those who are just jumping in. Writing for both takes deliberate effort and I think Gilman does a great job at it.
★★★★☆
From the Publisher
The assignment is a snap: Mrs. Pollifax just has to shoot some pictures at a quiet funeral outside Washington and take them to Sicily, where her old friend Farrell — a former CIA agent turned art dealer — anxiously awaits them.
But like all Mrs. P's assignments, so ostensibly suitable for the CIA's favorite garden club member, this one quickly turns lethal. Her welcoming committee in Palermo includes a most unlikely CIA agent and several unseen enemies. Unfriendly eyes also observe Mrs. P's rendezvous with Farrell in a secluded mountain village and weapons are soon displayed. With mysterious forces hot after them, she and Farrell scurry for safety to a fortified country villa, where the bizarre chatelaine, once a star on Madison Avenue, is almost as unnerving as the dangers she's protecting them from.
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