If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time.

Pollifax (1966) (ISBN 978-0449208281)
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled consists of fast-paced escapades filled with danger and intrigue in Mexico Turkey Thailand China Morocco Africa Sicily and elsewhere The character was adapted in the 1971 film Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle (1988) (ISBN 978-0449215159)
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Pollifax series. She was best known for the Mrs. Dorothy Edith Gilman (June 25 1923 – February 2 2012) was an American espionage and mystery fiction writer.