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They Do It with Mirrors

Part of the Miss Marple series

  • 207 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1952
  • 114 editions
  • Free to read

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1 About this book

A sense of danger pervades the rambling Victorian mansion in which Jane Marple’s friend Carrie Louise lives—and not only because the building doubles as a rehabilitation centre for criminal youths. One inmate attempts, and fails, to shoot dead the administrator.

But simultaneously, in another part of the building, a mysterious visitor is less lucky. Miss Marple must employ all her cunning to solve the riddle of the stranger’s visit, and his murder—while protecting her friend from a similarly dreadful fate. The New York Times: ‘No one on either side of the Atlantic does it better.’

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  • Women detectives
  • Mystery
  • Mystery & detective, traditional
  • Mystery & detective, women sleuths
  • Growth
  • Jane Marple
  • England

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3 About Agatha Christie

1890–1976

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan, Lady Mallowan (née Miller, 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), usually known by her first married name, Agatha Christie, was an English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot (with the novel debut being The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920), Tommy and Tuppence (with the novel debut being The Secret…

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