Miss Marple book 8 · 1962
The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side
A famous film star buys Miss Marple’s friend’s old house in St Mary Mead, and at a reception there a local woman dies after drinking a poisoned cocktail.
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Book facts
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Series
- Miss Marple, book 8 of 12
- Published
- 1962
- Setting
- Set in the fictional St Mary Mead, England
- Characters charted
- 3
- Chart confidence
- High
The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side on screen
- The Mirror Crack'd (1980, film, Cinema). Angela Lansbury plays Miss Marple when a film star’s arrival in an English village ends in a poisoning.
- Miss Marple (1984–1992, series, BBC One). Joan Hickson’s quiet, shrewd Miss Marple, often called the most faithful screen version of Christie’s village sleuth.
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004–2013, series, ITV). Geraldine McEwan and then Julia McKenzie play Miss Marple, in freer adaptations that sometimes place her in Christie mysteries she never originally solved.
Who is in The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side
3 recurring or key characters from Agatha Christie’s chart.
Lead 1
- Miss MarpleElderly spinster from St Mary Mead
Major 2
- Dolly BantryMiss Marple’s friend
- Dermot CraddockDetective inspector, Sir Henry’s godson
Also featuring these characters
Other Agatha Christie books that share the most characters with The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side.
- A Murder Is Announced1950 · Miss Marple · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Body in the Library1942 · Miss Marple · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon