"What we are looking for--aside from the stolen Plutonium, Mrs. Pollifax--is evil in its purest form."

Mrs. Pollifax was leading a very full life: Garden Club, karate, yoga--and a little spying now and then.

This time the mysterious Mr. Carstairs sent her to Switzerland--to a famous health resort where the world's intelligence agents had gathered.

The mission: to track down a missing package of plutonium. Just enough to make a small atom bomb.

It was a job that suited Mrs. Pollifax's talents. She was good with people--and good at sniffing out their secrets.

But it was not until she became enchanted with Robin, the young jewel thief, that her new adventure really began. . . .