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Nemesis (Miss Marple, #11)

Agatha Christie

Start date: December 1, 2017

Finish date: December 31, 2017

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Feb 03, 2018 Jan C rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018, mystery, rtd-2017-missmarple-challenge

One of my favorites of Miss Marple's stories. Not sure why. Maybe it is the promise of riches (to her) at the end or danger she puts herself in. Or just the fact that she is traveling around rather staying in one (relatively) safe place.

Jason Rafiel, whom she met when her nephew sent her to the West Indies, gave her the sobriquet of Nemesis and is dying, leaves her some funds if she will resolve a situati0n. He doesn't really tell her what the situation is, and his lawyers don't really know much ...more

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Feb 08, 2017 Nanosynergy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: british, 2017read, fiction-1970s, mysteries-thrillers-espionage, reviewed, fiction, series

Wealthy and eccentric businessman Jason Rafiel, whom Miss Marple met while vacationing in the West Indies in A Caribbean Mystery, dies and leaves a mystery for her to solve for him (and even some money should she be successful). He pays for her to go on a garden tour which is really just the first step in a pre-planned breadcrumb-like set of clues to guide her to the players involved. A quirky mystery for the "old pussy" (as she is referred to regularly in this series). She is certainly not a wa ...more

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Mar 07, 2016 Tamara rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I love Agatha Christie mysteries. They were the first adult books I read in English and I read them all throughout my early teens. I loved the stories and the characters and the often exotic locales. I didn't think much about the class issues, the colonialism, sexism, or the casual racism. I know those things were part of her culture and the time she wrote in and usually when I reread her books I have to contextualize it in my mind and try not to let it bother me too much.

Nemesis, however, was ...more

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Jan 12, 2010 Bronwyn rated it really liked it

Shelves: title-j-r, european, 2010-reads, novels, author-a-i, 2018-reads, by-women, mystery-detective-suspense

I remembered parts of this one, but the mystery is well done so I didn't mind. Very interesting set up and cast in this one. ...more

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Mar 04, 2009 Laura Anne rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, british-isles

2024 Series Re-read: We do spend almost the entire book with Miss Marple, but there is too much going around in circles before we get to the plot. Nevertheless, the conclusion of the mystery and Miss Marple's final sendoff are satisfactory. ...more

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