They Do It With Mirrors

They Do It With Mirrors (1952) Agatha Christie (Miss Marple)

Something about this book has never quite worked for me.

I never quite feel I have a handle on anything, and some of the characters melt into each other.

The mystery itself is interesting, but getting to the solution just felt a little off.

The heart of the story is money.

A man who with shrewd business acumen and perfect honesty had built up a fortune so colossal that really philanthropy had been the only solution to the disposal of it.

“No, I think I last saw Carrie Louise in 1928.

“They all fuss about me so,” she said. “They rub it in that I’m an old woman.”

“And you don’t feel like one.”

“No, I don’t, Jane. In spite of all my aches and pains— and I’ve got plenty. Inside I go on feeling just a chit like Gina. Perhaps everyone does. The glass shows them how old they are and they just don’t believe it. It seems only a few months ago that we were at Florence.”

Rating: 7/10

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