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“Dead Man’s Mirror� by Agatha Christie. Read by Nigel Hawthorne. “Miss Marple Investigates� by Agatha Christie. Read by Joan Hickson. Both from Listen for Pleasure (two cassettes each, unabridged). The world’s most read mystery writer (a half-billion copies printed) threatens to become its most listened to. There are at least three other Christie offerings on this label. Hawthorne makes a rather stolid, heavily accented Hercule Poirot in a mystery filmed as “The Mirror Crack’d� in 1980. Hickson, television’s new Jane Marple, reads four short stories. Pleasant readings, though she makes a less fluttery and amusing Miss Marple than the late Margaret Rutherford, who is the character for many of us. Information: (800) 843-8404. Both rate