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Originally Posted by HarryT

"The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side" by Agatha Christie. This was her 64th book, and was originally published in 1962. This is a "Miss Marple" story, and is a loose sequel to the earlier Miss Marple novel, "The Body in the Library". Gossington Hall, formerly the home of the local "squire", in whose library the aforementioned body was found, is now occupied by an American film star, Marina Gregg and her husband. During an fete to raise money for charity, a local woman dies after drinking a poisoned cocktail, apparently intended for Marina Gregg. Miss Marple investigates.

I liked this one a lot; one of my favorite Miss Marple stories

Originally Posted by ATDrake

Finished Ruth Downie's Semper Fidelis, 5th in her Gaius Ruso, Intrepid Globe-Trotting Legionary Doctor series of historical murder mysteries set in Roman Britain during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian, possibly best known for the Wall (non-Pink Floyd version).

The 1st in the series, Medicus, was a freebie several years ago, and I liked it enough that I promptly bought the 2nd when it went on deep-discount promotional sale, and then eventually got the 3rd & 4th out of the library. (I might have bought them too, but apparently Bloomsbury has changed the versions they sell, so while Kobo still has my original copies, it's no longer easy to tell if I'd bought the lot or not just by looking at the newer product pages.)

Thanks for this reminder! Like you, I read Medicus as a freebie, liked it and bought Terra Incognita right away on the cheap; I started it (IIRC I completed the first chapter) but got distracted by other shiny books, and I never got back to it I really should, plus I can get the rest from the library, I think.

Originally Posted by Luffy

I've finally got Persuasion off my back. This calls for a celebration. I'm off to buy my favorite brand of ice cream. Then I'll begin my new book, Fool Moon by Jim Butcher. Can't wait.

Congrats! I know the sense of accomplishment of finishing a less-than-enjoyable book (though I must say, Persuasion was not such a book for me )

Originally Posted by ATDrake

Finished another Agatha Christie, this time one of her suspense thrillers, Endless Night, which the "Clues to Christie" promo freebie listed among the author's own Top 10 picks of her favourites among her works.

Originally Posted by ATDrake

Finished another Agatha Christie, this time The Secret of Chimneys, an early mystery/thriller from the mid-1920s.

Have you watched the TV adaptations of these two stories (where they egregiously inserted Miss Marple )? I now regret watching them because I want to read the stories; I'm wondering how faithful the adaptation is.