Miss Marple (TV series) In addition to Miss Marple, there are two semi-regular characters in the series. The first is Inspector (later Superintendent) Slack, played by David Horovitch; the second is Constable (later Sergeant) Lake, played by Ian Brimble. Slack and Lake appear in five episodes: "The Body in the Library", "The Murder at the Vicarage", "4.50 From Paddington", "They Do It with Mirrors" and "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side". They are the official detectives and both (particularly Slack) originally dislike and are exasperated by Miss Marple, her interference and her methods, but they eventually come to respect (and indeed, in the
Miss America (book) previous record for the fastest selling book in one day, previously being "Sex" by Madonna in 1992. A week after its release, "Miss America" hit the top spot on the "New York Times" Best Seller list, knocking off "My American Journey" by Colin Powell. In total, the book was listed on the list for more than four months, a period of 16 weeks in total. The book sold more than nine copies for every one copy of the next best-selling book on the list. By the end of 1995, "Miss America" had sold 1,398,880 hardcover copies, making it the third