Miss Marple #8
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Marina’s frozen expression suggested she had witnessed something horrific. While others searched for material evidence, Jane Marple conducted a very different investigation – into human nature.
Librarian's note: this entry is for the novel, "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side." Collections and other Miss Marple stories are located elsewhere on Goodreads. The series includes 12 novels and 20 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching Goodreads for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."
351 pages, Paperback
First published November 12,1962
This edition
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351 pages, Paperback
- Published
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January 1, 2002 by HarperCollins
- ISBN
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9780007120987
- ASIN
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0007120982
- Language
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English
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Chief Inspector Dermot Craddock
The police officer in charge of the case. He is the godson of Sir Henry Clithering....
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Dr. Haydock
The elderly village doctor. In "The Mirror Crackd ...." he attends on Miss Marple. In "Sleeping Murder" he suggests to Miss Marple that visiting Dillmouth would be a refresher. He works for the police in "Death by Drowning."more...
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Dolly Bantry
The wife of Arthur Bantry; they own Gossington Hall. She is a friend of Miss Marple. In "The Mirror Crackd ..." Arthur has died and she has sold Gossington Hall to Marina Gregg and Jason Rudd. She knows a lot about gardening and flowers.more...
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Miss Marple
Miss Jane Marple is a fictional character who is the focal point in 12 Agatha Christie crime novels and 20 short stories. She is an elderly spinster who lives in the village of St. Mary Mead and acts as an amateur detective. Alongside Hercule Poirot, she ...
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Marina Gregg
A faded movie star renowned for playing Mary Queen of Scots. She and her husband Jason have bought Gossington Hall. It once belonged to the Bantrys....
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Jason Rudd
The fifth husband of Marina Gregg. He is devoted to her but understands her frail psyche. He is a movie producer....
About the author
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)
