Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The unsightly antique mirror is evil and often deadly, and within its reflection, marlys millhiser brings to life an electrifying timetravel story. The mirror by marlys millhiser is an interesting novel. In this twisting timetravel thriller, a woman faints on the eve of her weddingand awakens at the turn of the century in her. Moreover, when the book comes to and end, things seem just a bit too tidy and many questions remain.
The mirror ebook by marlys millhiser 9781504010184. This book has been around since the 1970s, and with good reason. Marlys millhiser reveals herself as a great suspense writer in her novel michaels wife. Marlys millhiser s most popular book is the mirror. In this twisting timetravel thriller, a woman faints on the eve of her weddingand awakens at the turn of the century in her grandmothers body. The mirror is a 1978 horror novel by marlys millhiser about unwilling timetravel involving an evil antique mirror with unclear glass. She served as a regional vice president of the mystery writers of america and was best known for her novel the mirror and for the charlie greene mysteries. Shay garrett is twenty years old in 1978 and it is the night before her wedding to marek weir.
Her mother is giving her an ugly old mirror as a wedding gift. All criticism aside, if you like time travel books give this one a try. Marlys joy millhiser may 27, 1938 april 20, 2017 was an american author of mysteries the charlie greene series and horror novels, including her most famous one the mirror, published in 1978. Marlys millhiser books list of books by author marlys. Read the mirror by marlys millhiser for online ebook. Kaminsky isbn 9783821807980 9783821807980 hardcover, eichborn, 2000. Ebook marlys millhiser as pdf download portable document. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion and a free quiz on the mirror by marlys millhiser. Clean and tight with the slightest of spine slants. Marlys millhiser has 18 books on goodreads with 17998 ratings. Our alltime bestselling book isnt even a vintage mystery but it is perhaps one of the most beloved novels of all time. See all books authored by marlys millhiser, including the mirror, and the threshold, and more on. A guide to cozy mystery and other favorite books, movies, and tv.
The journey begins in 1978, but quickly reverts to 1900 after shay garrett innocently examines the freaky heirloom she receives as a bridal gift and unknowingly causes the entire gingerbread house to tremble, shay to faint, and. The first edition of the novel was published in 1978, and was written by marlys millhiser. On the eve of her wedding in 1978, shay garrett peers into the antique mirror in her familys longtime home, the famous victorian gingerbread house on pearl street. This was millhisers most popular novel, of her fourteen novels published. Pdf the mirror book by marlys millhiser free download. Murder and enemas at a san diego spa that seems to specialize in treating addicts by killing them or driving them crazy. She was also the author of the threshold, michaels wife, nella waits, and willing hostage millhiser originally worked as a high school teacher, and was regional vice president of the mystery. Although it can read as slightly dated, it pulls the reader in on a fascinating travel down memory lane, topped off with a bunch of what ifs. Marlys millhiser was an american author of fifteen mysteries and horror novels. The mirror in this twisting timetravel thriller, a woman faints on the eve of her weddingand awakens at the turn of the century in her grandmothers body. The mirror is the story of shay garrett and brandy mccabe maddon, granddaughter and grandmother, who switch times and bodies when they are twenty years old through the wedding mirror. The frame is composed of hands with finger nails shaped like talons.
A gothic novel set in a remote estate in the arizona desert. She served as a regional vice president of the mystery writers of america and was bes. The threshold by marlys millhiser and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Marlys millhiser, a former regional vice president of the mystery writers of america, is the author of five previous charlie greene mysteries and several bestselling novels, including the mirror. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Buy a cheap copy of the mirror book by marlys millhiser. She has served as a regional vice president of the mystery writers of america and is best known for her novel the mirror and for the charlie greene mysteries. Colorado where shay garrett gazes into an old mirror and suddenly finds herself transported almost 100 years into the past. Free download or read online the mirror pdf epub book. The mirror is a fulllength looking glass in a grotesque bronze frame of talonlike fingers, brought from china to sanfrancisco in the late 1800s, and its evil. The night before she is supposed to get married, shay garrett has no idea that a glimpse into her grandmothers antique chinese mirror will completely transform her seemingly ordinary life. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the mirror.
Beverly hills literary agent charlie greene has no use for the ministrations of the sea spa at marina del sol, but her friend maggie stutzman has agreed to spend five days there to get the toxins out of her system, so charlie agrees to join her if she can duck out when the. Millhiser, a murky but agreeable chronicler of mildly spooky doings the mirror, nightmare country, sets her latest timetravel puzzle in a bygone colorado miningtown and in todays touristy telluridewhere people and events of 1901 and the 1980s show up in each others time. The historical arnettfullen house in boulder, colorado was referenced as a model of a gingerbread house in the book plot synopsis. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Born in charles city, iowa, millhiser originally worked as a high school teacher. The mirror read book online access a world of books. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Her plot is rather unusual and captures the readers attention from page one. The mirror, by marlys millhiser has been one of the books i never want to find myself without. The main characters of this science fiction, time travel story are shay garrett, brandy mccabe. I must admit that i cant see it as such, though do concede that some of the events therein are certainly not desirable. A 20yearold boulder girl stares into her grandmothers chinese mirror on her wedding day in 1978, faints and comes to in her grandmothers bodyin 1900about to be married to a miner. The mirror and the veil download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. Marlys millhiser is an american author of fifteen mysteries and horror novels.
Marlys millhiser is an american author who writes mysteries and horror novels. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the mirror. When shay gazes into the mirrors depths on the eve of her wedding, she is transported back in time, awakening in the same house, but in another body, that of her grandmother, brandy. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Marlys millhiser, author of the mirror, on librarything. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 303 pages and is available in paperback format.
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