The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman. The first in a charming historical fiction mystery series. Mrs. Pollifax is an elderly New Jersey widow who is bored to death with her Garden Club. Her children are grown and moved away and now she has nothing to live for, no excitement in her life. So she travels to Washington, D.C. and visits the CIA to volunteer as a spy - like we all do. Due to a case of mistaken identity, she ends up with a mission in Mexico. When everything goes wrong and she is captured and taken to a remote castle in Albania, she finds all the adventure she could ever have hoped for. A delightful series, even if you need to suspend your disbelief a little.
Ratings: 9th grade - 8 out of 10 - P (profanity) - V (violence).
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