Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer by Dorothy Gilman, 218 pages

 In response to a desperate SOS, Kadi Hopkirk flies to the African country of Ubangiba, where her childhood friend, Sammat, is soon to be crowned king. Mrs. Pollifax, reluctant to allow the girl to venture alone into what she fears may be grave danger, crashes the party.

On arrival, Kadi and Mrs. P. soon discover that Sammat has dangerous enemies. Rumors are springing up that he is a sorcerer who is responsible for a rash of shocking murders in which the victims appear to have been clawed to death by a lion. These crimes are especially terrifying because there are no lions in Ubangiba. So Mrs. Pollifax wades into the fray, hunting for the source of the bloody terrorism that threatens Sammat and Ubangiba—not to mention Kadi and Mrs. Pollifax...

Mrs. Pollifax on Safari by Dorothy Gilman, 223 pages

 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....

The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman, 208 pages

 If you make it across the border, get us help.

Some of us care.
Do you understand?
Right now we desperately need passports and identity papers.
The arrests grow insane.
At the very hour this message was en route to the CIA, Mrs. Pollifax was waiting for her night-blooming cereus too do its thing.
She hardly got to see it, however, because Mr. Carstairs was already on his way to recruit that gallant lady for another daring mission.
Soon, the most unlikely of all international spies was sporting a beautiful new hat. Perfect for hiding eight forged passports...