An extremely clever whodunnit starring Miss Marple. It’s surprising how thrilling a mystery novel can be featuring a frail old lady who barely leaves her room.

Another Christie book read and one I really enjoyed. And, yet another murder in the quiet community of St. Mary's Mead - why would anyone want to live there? A great story revolving around the movie star, Marina Gregg and a life long fan, Heather Babcock, ends in tragedy when Heather winds up dead at a party. Who better to solve this crime, when the police despite their diligent work are unable to find the murderer. Then Miss Marple comes to the rescue by visiting those that attended the party a...

Pues me ha gustado y eso que ha arrancado algo lento, pero el final me ha encantado a pesar de que a mi primer sospechoso lo dieran boleto (últimamente me matan a mis sospechosos jajaja)rápidamente.Bueno esta es la sinopsis: La típica tranquilidad de St. Mary Mead se ve turbada por un acontecimiento cinematográfico: Marina Gregg y su marido, el productor Jason Rude, han comprado la casa de los Bantry. Los nuevos inquilinos deciden dar una fiesta a beneficio del hospital local a la que asisten to...

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Genre: Mystery + ClassicsWhen glamorous movie star Marina Gregg moves into the town to shoot for a movie and settle there eventually, one of her fans dies at the party she threw. At first, it is thought that she might have had a heart attack, but the medical report then suggests it is an overdose of a drug. Murder is suspected to be the case and it does not stop there as there will be more victims until the clever old lady Miss Marple solves the case for Inspector Craddock.What a ch...

I'm re-reading Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series, and it always brings me joy. In The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, an American actress purchases a charming old estate in/near St. Mary Mead, England... and in her grand opening party, a guest is poisoned. We soon learn the glass had been meant for the actress herself... why could someone in another country want her dead? Miss Marple helps the local Scotland Yard investigators figure it out. And as usual, she's one step ahead of everyone el...

The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side is one of the most cleverly written murder mysteries in the Marple series. In fact, it falls with the lot I consider to be Agatha Christie's best. The story captured me from the beginning, even before the murder-mystery plot was introduced. The early chapters on Miss Marple and her efforts at adapting to the social changes coming about were very interesting. I was drawn to it to the point of forgetting that I was there to read a murder mystery. :)The plot is ...

February 2024 Lunchtime Listen of full audiobook A wonderful and considering it was 8 and 1/2 hrs, a very quick lunchtime listen, brilliantly read by Emilia Fox, one of the Fox dynasty.I think this is considerably better than the dramatisation and so fully deserving of the 5 stars I gave the book back in 2017.Miss Marple is convalescing at her home after an illness and with no live-in maid anymore, she has a live in carer called Miss Knight, paid for by the nephew Raymond. Whilst well meaning, ...

There is nothing like staying up late on a summer evening reading a mystery to discover whodunit. Mysteries have long been one of my favorite genres to read. While I have a few contemporary series I do enjoy, there is no one who measures up to the queen of mystery writing, Agatha Christie. I am generally a fan of her Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, but I have recently discovered her other famous sleuth, Miss Jane Marple. In A Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, Miss Marple is once again front an...

This Miss Marple novel is set in St Mary Mead, but it is a village that has seen changes. Miss Marple’s old friend, Dolly Bantry, has sold Gossington Hall and moved into the East Lodge, while ‘the Development’ – a new housing estate, encroaches on the very outskirts of the village. There is even a supermarket, which is viewed with suspicion by elderly ladies, who enjoy shopping as a form of social interaction and are not necessarily in a rush to hurl items into a basket. Miss Marple is more elde...

A really good Christie mystery for Marple fans.
The victim, Heather Babcock, is one of those idiots who gets on everyone's nerves. You know, a pushy do-gooder who forces their help on everyone?
It's not sad when she bites it.



Some of the plot threads are pretty far-fetched, and the coincidences are over the top at times.
But! Still a really good read, in my opinion.

Publisher: HarperAudio
Edition: Unabridged
Joan Hickson - Narrator