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Nemesis (Miss Marple, #11)

Agatha Christie

Start date: December 1, 2017

Finish date: December 31, 2017

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Dec 06, 2017 Leslie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries, audiobooks

I didn't remember this book very well at all, but of course I have seen the Joan Hickson adaptation. Even so, I found that I was not completely sure about who did it (view spoiler)

Emilia Fox did a fine job narrating. ...more

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May 21, 2024 Jazzy Lemon rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, english-authors

Miss Marple is an Old Pussy with a taste for evil!

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Dec 30, 2017 Sandy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: xmiss-marple-challenge-2017

Mr. Rafiel (from A Caribbean Mystery) has passed away but in a letter to Jane he asks her to solve a mystery for him but gives her no clues as to what it is. Jane accepts and the adventure begins.

Nemesis - "the inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall"
I love this term as referred to Miss Marple.

This story has Miss Marple front and center in the whole story and even though I figured out who did it I thoroughly enjoyed how it came about. I have now read all the Miss Marple Mysteries ...more

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Nov 30, 2017 Jill rated it really liked it

Shelves: agatha-christie

One of the few books that refers to a previous book in the series. I enjoyed it a lot, however I did think there was a lot of repetition throughout. It was as if the author thought we may have been forgetting a lot of it. As this was one of Christie's late books, I did wonder if she was having trouble remembering what she had written. Still as it was this author, I will forgive her anything.
I think now I have read the Miss Marples series , I will be missing this character ...more

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Dec 31, 2018 Pranit rated it it was amazing

Shelves: miss-marple

This story can be seen as a continuation to A Caribbean Mystery. However, you need not read to the previous novel to understand this one. It is very curious case which Miss Marple deals with. I liked the way the whole crime was set up & the challenges Aunt Jane faces before figuring out the culprit. This is one of those novels which I can see emerging as a movie in the near future.

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