Book description
A movie star A deadly cocktail A murder
When glamorous Marina Gregg came to live in St Mary Mead, tongues were sure to wag.
But, with a local gossip's sudden death, has one tongue wagged a bit too much?
As the police chase false leads, and two more victims meet…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
What I loved about this book (which was also adapted into a film starring Elisabeth Taylor) was my first exposure to a female murderer. I liked the backstory of what motivated this woman to kill a seemingly innocent person at a party. Being a psychiatrist myself, my fascination with women who kill has inspired me to create a fictional serial killer in some of my own works.
Furthermore, the importance of a woman’s innate desire to become a mother when robbed of such happiness added to my interest in women’s psychopathology on how horrific memories of the past leave an…
From Monique's list on combining the paranormal and psychopathy.
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