Tannat

Series: Mrs. Pollifax #1

Mrs. Pollifax is a widow in her sixties with grown children who has been feeling down in the doldrums and rather without purpose lately. So she decides to try to live out a childhood dream of becoming a spy by showing up at CIA headquarters and asking to be one. Through a somewhat ridiculous series of events she gets her wish and is tasked with some courier work while posing as an American tourist in Mexico.

This book was preposterous but fun and Barbara Rosenblat’s narration was great, especially Mrs. Pollifax’s voice. A few too many people die for me to call this a cozy spy thriller but if the idea of a grandmotherly spy tickles your fancy, you may want to check it out.

I read this for the booklikes-opoly square Adventureland 26 “Read a book tagged genre: adventure or thriller”. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax was tagged thriller on GR so I decided to count it despite having already started it. I had calculated that based on 204 pages for a print edition, discounting the first 30% that I had read yielded 144 pages or $4 to add to my bank. This brings my total balance to $168.