{"product_id":"mrs-pollifax-pursued-9780449149560","title":"Mrs. Pollifax Pursued","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Mrs. Gilman has a nice, relaxed style and an easygoing way of telling a story. . . . Should delight you whether you're looking for smiles or thrills.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe last thing Mrs. Pollifax expects to find in her junk closet is a young woman hiding. Kadi Hopkirk insists that she's being followed by two men in a dirty white van. Under the cover of darkness, Mrs. P. tries to drive Kadi back home to Manhattan, only to have a dark green sedan give them a run for their money and, Mrs. P. begins to suspect, their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinally Kadi shares the startling truth: her friend, Sammy, is the son of the assassinated president of an African country and, unbeknownst to the young man's bodyguard, he passed her something under the table during a recent meeting. Ever resourceful, Mrs. P. puts in a call for help to her CIA colleague, Carstairs, who installs them in a safe house--at a carnival! Before Mrs. P. knows it, a dash to safety expands into an assignment that leads to hair-trigger violence in exotic places. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lively . . . funny . . . All's right with the world as long as Mrs. Pollifax is part of it.\"--\u003ci\u003eMobile Register\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fawcett Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780449149560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.10w x 0.66d","brand":"Dorothy Gilman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43049441263797,"sku":"9780449149560","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_48ed8e8f-ecfb-4e8f-a66f-802ced94f829.jpg?v=1689689656","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mrs-pollifax-pursued-9780449149560","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}