The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side

The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side
Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie’s audacious murder mystery, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure. But for whom was the deadly poison really intended?Marina’s frozen expression suggested she had witnessed something horrific. But, while others searched for material evidence, Jane Marple conducted a very different investigation – into human nature.

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First published in Great Britain by Collins, The Crime Club 1962

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Source ISBN: 9780008196592

Ebook Edition © December 2016 ISBN: 9780007422456

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Dedication (#u5112c1bd-1ede-5ce1-8f9d-a9cc0bedcd85)

To

Margaret Rutherford

in admiration

Epigraph (#u5112c1bd-1ede-5ce1-8f9d-a9cc0bedcd85)

Out flew the web and floated wide;

The mirror crack’d from side to side;

‘The curse is come upon me,’ cried

The Lady of Shalott

Alfred Tennyson

Contents

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Title Page (#u42b5014a-8657-50e8-857d-21533a2a75ee)

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14