Mrs. Pollifax (franchise)/Headscratchers


 * Mrs. Pollifax is a freelance spy. How does she get paid for her services?  Does she get paid?  The books never mention these arrangements; one would hope she does get paid (generously!), and that the CIA covered her medical costs in the wake of things like her torture in Hong Kong.
 * For all that she lives in a small apartment for the first six books, Mrs. Pollifax seems to be reasonably well off: her late husband was a lawyer, and her various international jaunts don't seem to raise eyebrows among her friends or children except for her choices of destinations. Perhaps she does it all pro bono.