The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple) - Audio CD

from Condorena

I haves watched at least two TV or movie versions of this book. The book continues to surpass the adaptations. It is a version of murders in a country house but even though it is a classic mystery the clues are not all clearly set before the reader at one time, rather like the unveiling of Salome...

from JulesJones

This one's interesting not just for the murder mystery itself, but because it was written in 1962 and Miss Marple is feeling the passage of time. Change has come to St Mary Mead, with the advent of the Development, a new housing estate. Change has come to the social structure, with the slow disap...

from MarcusBastos

Be Aware of the Details The village of St Mary Mead experienced a growth (a development): new inhabitants, new houses, new shops. A famous artist arrived and settled in. In the fete given in her new house a woman is murdered. Miss Jane Marple considered the matter. The work of the Scotland Yard a...

from crashmyparty

The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side is my first Miss Marple mystery, despite having read many Poirot, a Tommy and Tuppence, a Harley Quin and a few standalones. By this stage of the books, Miss Marple is getting on a bit in years and clearly not as able as she used to be, but still sharp in mind...

from tuckerresearch

Agatha Christie is rightly a legend, and Miss Marple is rightly a classic in the genre. Good characters, good leads that leave you guessing, well drawn characters. Good all around.