This is the second in the series about Mrs. Pollifax. It has been about a year since Mrs. Pollifax entered the world of US intelligence. She has settled back into a routine of volunteering at the hospital and pouring tea at the women's auxiliary. Then she gets a call from Mr. Carstairs. He wonders if she can leave in a half an hour to do a courier job in the middle east. Mrs. Pollifax drops everything and packs her bag. This time she needs to rendezvous with a defecting Russian spy and get her out of Turkey. The trouble is, that there are lots of different agencies from around the world looking for this ex-spy and the last agent the CIA sent ended up dead. Can Mrs. Pollifax's super "sweet old lady" power save her again?After reading a couple of kid's books, I felt I needed a treat. This one was very much like the other two Mrs. Pollifax books I read, and I enjoyed it just as much. I am starting to see some patterns. There seems to always be a charming young man who comes to respect and care about her, a dashing older man who jumps in to save the day, and a foreigner who turns out to be a secret ally. Even though they are formulaic, Gillman's characterization are so delightful that I will probably keep reading them as treat books for a while. (309 p. 1970)
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