Mrs. Pollifax on Safari [Paperback]

“Mrs. Pollifax is the American cousin to Agatha Christie's Miss Marple.”—Toronto Star

Now the incredible Mrs. Pollifax has been sent on a safari to smoke out a very clever international assassin whose next target is the president of Zambia. 

“Just take a lot of pictures of everyone on that safari,” the CIA man told her. “One of them has to be our man.”

It sounded simple enough. But it wasn't. Because shortly after Mrs. Pollifax started taking pictures, someone stole her film. And right after that she was kidnapped by Rhodesian terrorists. And right after that—well, read for yourself. . . 

“Mrs. Pollifax is an enchantress.”—The New York TimesDorothy Gilman (1923–2012) was the author of 14 Mrs. Pollifax novels, including The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, the series debut; Mrs. Pollifax Pursued; Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer; Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist; and Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled. She was also the author of many other novels, among them Thale’s Folly.CHAPTER
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It was barely eight o’clock in the morning when the telephone call came in from Algiers, but Carstairs was already at his desk high up in the CIA building in Langley, Virginia. With his left hand he switched on a tape recorder, with his right he buzzed for his assistant while he listened with narrowed eyes. At one point he interrupted, saying, “Mind repeating that?” and scribbled several words on paper. When Bishop hurried into the office the call had just been completed.
“Sorry,” Bishop said breathlessly, “I was in the men’s room, sir. I’ve missed something?”
“You have every right to be in the men’s room,” Carstairs told him reproachfully, “but you’ve missed an important lSˇ