They Do It With Mirrors

They Do It With Mirrors (1952) Agatha Christie (Miss Marple, #6)

Characters: Lewis Serrocold, Carrie Louise Serrocold, Edgar Lawson, Christian Gulbrandsen, Inspector Curry, Juliet Bellever, Mildred Strete, Gina Hudd, Walter Hudd, Miss Marple, Ruth Van Rydock, Alexis Restarick, Stephen Restarick, Dr. Maverick, Ernie Gregg, Mr. Baumgarten, Sir John Stillwell, Arthur Jenkins, Pippa Gulbrandsen San Severiano, Eric Gulbrandsen, Guido San Severiano, Johnnie Restarick

Everyone’s life has a tempo. Ruth’s was presto whereas Miss Marple’s was content to be adagio.

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.

“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.”

Publisher: William Morrow

Rating: 7.5/10

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