Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Mrs. Van Rydock moved a little back from the mirror and sighed.

They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie

The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories by Agatha Christie

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They Do It With Mirrors A 1952 Miss Marple novel which takes Miss Marple out of her comfort zone away from the village of Saint Mary-Mead and into a reformatory for boys. She’s turned onto this mystery by an old friend who has asked her to check in on the reformatory after her sister and brother in law has sort of given themselves over to the place. When Miss Marple shows up, she finds a young man (20s) there to meet her. He helps her […]

Another Great Marple!

They Do it With Mirrors by Agatha Christie

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I just loved this from beginning to end. As someone else said, I love it when Christie provides a diagram to show where a murder is. It’s like you have your own game of Clue to play. Miss Marple is still the sharpest knife in the drawer. I can’t say that I saw the ending at all. I was leaning towards one way and then found out I was wrong. The ending leaves things on a nice note for several of the characters. Miss Marple […]

Miss Marple is in this one from the beginning!

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I think I’ve come to the conclusion that I prefer Poirot books to Marple ones, but this one started off really well! One of the reasons I usually like Poirot better is that he’s usually more involved in the narrative. Miss Marple usually sidles in at the last moment and mostly does her work off page. But here, she was present from page one. Unfortunately, I just lost my motivation about halfway through as the mystery itself didn’t really hold my attention. Miss Marple’s childhood […]



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