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The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #9)

Agatha Christie

Start date: July 1, 2017

Finish date: July 31, 2017

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Sep 06, 2017 Jan C rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: england, mystery, 2017

Been a while since I have read this. There were a number of parts I didn't remember. And the movies are so different from the story.

It is stressed here how frail Miss Marple has become and that she needs someone to live with her. And someone else to come in and clean. Miss Knight (the live-in) is being provided by nephew Raymond and she is a real pest. Miss Marple creates errands for her to run, even knowing that things aren't ready yet. And the cleaner, Cherry, is nice and provides a valuable c ...more

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Sep 16, 2016 Susan in NC rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

Well, I don’t think I actually read this one before - I remembered whodunnit from seeing the Elizabeth Taylor dramatization, but I had forgotten the details of the ending- as Miss Marple herself says, “simple, really”, but brilliant- and satisfying!

I’m loving rereading Agatha Christie as an older adult; I first read her books as a high school/college kid on summer breaks and saw them as light escapism - but now I see how interesting her characters are, how intricate her mysteries- I love it! And ...more

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Jan 28, 2017 Nanosynergy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, 2017read, british, mysteries-thrillers-espionage, reviewed, fiction-1960s, series

Gossington Hall in St. Mary Mead, formerly the property of the Colonel and Dolly Bantry and the scene of the murder in The Body in the Library, is now the property of glamorous but aging film star Marina Gregg. During a fête for St. John Ambulance hosted by Ms. Gregg, one of the committee members, Heather Badcock, drinks Ms. Gregg's daiquiri and dies. Clearly the deadly drink was meant for Ms. Gregg, but no one can figure out who would want to kill her. Ms. Marple works with the police to unrave ...more

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Apr 12, 2018 Bronwyn rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: author-a-i, 2018-reads, by-women, do-not-own, series, audiobook, european, title-j-r, mystery-detective-suspense

Another that was vaguely familiar, so I was able to figure it out. But really well done, interesting characters, good mystery, just enough confusion.

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Mar 04, 2009 Laura Anne rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: british-isles, mystery

2024 Series Re-read: This is a memorable mystery with an air of nostalgia. The village has modernized but the types of people never change. Miss M. is feeling her age, but her sharp mind continues to fight for justice.

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