Sleeping Murder vs The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Women detectives in fiction, Inspectrices de police, Marple, Jane Marple, Women detectives, England

Cover of Sleeping Murder

Sleeping Murder Agatha Christie · 1940 ★★★★☆ 4.0 256 pages · ≈ 4 h 44 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Agatha Christie · 1960 ★★★★☆ 4.0 272 pages · ≈ 5 h 02 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.0 vs 4.0 — either is a safe pick by score.
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side is the easier read (Moderate), Sleeping Murder more demanding (Challenging).

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