“Absorbing and worthwhile . . . You won't want to put the book down.”—Portland Telegram

The cheerful Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, is once again plunged headfirst into a hair-raising CIA mission.

Posing as a tourist in China, Mrs. Pollifax meets the sinister challenges of the Orient to safeguard a treasure for the CIA . . . and all but loses her life in the bargain.

“Filled with adventures—and misadventures—but through it all Mrs. Pollifax is triumphant.”—Booklist