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Summary: Want to escape?
Review: A great read for Miss Marple fans and her best "on the road" mystery that takes the clever spinster out of her beloved St. Mary Mead. Marple's long explanation at the end contains some of Christie's most astute and chilling writing. With characters still echoing and re-visited from A Caribbean Mystery, this is a very involving and often creepy follow up that will stay with you
long after the last page. And without trying to spoil the ending, it's nice to see Marple rewarded handsomely for her efforts.
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Summary: Another great Agatha Christie novel!
Review: Agatha Christie has done it again. Another totally entertaing mystery. This is a mystery brain twister and a must read for Agatha Christie fans and mysteries fans alike. I have only read only read one other "Miss Marple" by Christie and "Nemsis" is definitly better than "The Body in the Library". One you start you won't be able to put it down. Miss Marple plays a much larger role in "Nemsis."
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Summary: What a charming old lady!
Review: In Nemesis, Miss Jane Marple is quietly sitting in her house in St Mary Mead, reading the obituaries in her favourite newspaper, when one of the names printed there strikes her as familiar. Mr. Rafiel, whom she'd met briefly during a sojourn in the West Indies a year earlier, and with whom she'd help solve a mystery, has died.About a week later, she recieves a letter from London, asking her to go to the late Mr. Rafiel's solicitors' office. There she learns that Mr. Rafiel is leaving her a rather large amount of money, at the condition that she manages to solve a certain mystery, for the sake of Justice he says. The problem is, he doesn't give her any clues as to where she should start, nor what she should be looking for. Is she to witness, or prevent a crime? Catch a murderer red-handed, or maybe right some wrong that was done in a time long past? Intrigued, Miss Marple decides to accept the proposition. Not long after, she recieves an invitation to go on coach tour of the Famous Houses and Gardens of Great Britain. Everything has been arranged and paid for by none other than Mr. Rafiel. Miss Marple starts her investigation. What I enjoy the most in Nemesis is the way Agatha Christie makes you look at the world through the eyes of an old lady, the way you can follow her thoughts and deductions. How Miss Marple takes advantage of seeming a harmless old lady to bully people into revealing things is very funny too. Of course it's cleverly written and very suspenseful, but you wouldn't except less from "The Acknowledged Queen of Detective Fiction", now would you?
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Summary: The final Miss Marple case
Review: It has been years since Miss Marple heard anything from the very rich Jason Rafiel, who had pooled his wits with hers in that murder business some years back (see A Caribbean Mystery). Now that he has died, Miss Marple receives an unexpected letter from Mr. Rafiel's solicitors, asking her to call at their offices. The late Mr. Rafiel wants Miss Marple to solve a crime, but he doesn't give any clues as to when it happened, where, or to whom. Miss Marple takes on the challenge, but faces death more closely than she ever expected.
Nemesis was published in 1971 and finalizes the list of more than twenty Miss Marple books. But the nosy sleuth receives a far more prosperous retirement than her colleague Hercule Poirot, who dies during his final appearance in Curtain.
Nemesis may be slow-paced and a bit tedious at times, but the old charm is still there and a good deal of magic in plotting too. Nevertheless the denouement seems a bit in a clutter and misses the opportunity to amaze the reader. The gimmick of a reoccurring character from a previous book, never really compensates this flaw. But for who indeed has enjoyed the other adventures of Miss Marple, it stays a delight to see that old lady at work.
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Summary: mystery
Review: Miss Jane Marple, an elderly lady with a knack for solving mysteries, took up a challenge given to her by the late Mr. Rafiel. Miss Marple was very surprised to learn that Mr. Rafiel had left a message with his lawyers insisting that she take up a case involving his son. He gave no information on what the case was, and only asked Miss Marple to say whether or not she would take up the challenge. He had arranged for her to go on a tour of the English countryside to meet suspects. While on the tour, she stopped for two nights in a little town and stayed with friends of Mr. Rafiel's. The three sisters that owned the mansion had very plain personalities and Miss Marple concluded that they had nothing to hide. She also met Miss Temple, who had interest in a girl named Verity Hunt, who had been brutally murdered by Mr. Rafiel's son. Did Mr. Rafiel's son kill Verity or not and who could have done it? Miss Temple was murdered on a hike with the tour and right before her death, she told Miss Marple helpful secrets. As the mystery began to unfold, Miss Marple learned of more unsolved murders. Mr. Rafiel only wanted justice to be done, and as Miss Marple tried to insure the justice, her life was being threatened as she uncovered a tragic love affair, a ten-year old murder, and an all-too-living killer! One of the most interesting characters was Anthea Bradbury-Scott, one of the three sisters Miss Marple stayed with. Miss Marple suspected sorrow in this house, and noticed it highly in Anthea. Anthea's most interesting aspect was that she was so fearful and it was a mystery as to why. I recommend this book because it is very well written and surprising. The characters are very descriptive and the clues all fit together. I was very surprised at who turned out to be the murderer and who were secret police officers. I think this book is perfect for anyone who loves a good mystery!
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Summary: Miss Marple receives a letter from a dead man
Review: Miss Marple has a real puzzle on her hands when she receives a letter from an old acquaintance who is recently deceased and who wants her to see that justice is done. He doesn't say what he is referring to, but promises to give her more information later if she agrees. She tells his solicitors that she will do her best to comply with her late friend's request, and is subsequently asked to go on an extended house and garden tour.
She knows that each person she comes across may be a potential criminal, so she carefully scrutinizes each one. Eventually she finds herself in the home of three sisters who have been asked to give the elderly Miss Marple a respite from the tour. One of the tour members meets with a fatal accident just as she is about to give Miss Marple some information, so this spurs her on to investigate even more vigorously. She carefully studies each person who has been a part of the tour, and eventually comes up with the solution, as her friend knew she would. This book takes place in Miss Marple's later years, but the reader is reassured that, though her body is failing, her mind is as sharp as ever. This is another treasure for Christie fans.
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Summary: Miss Marple receives a letter from a dead man
Review: Miss Marple has a real puzzle on her hands when she receives a letter from an old acquaintance who is recently deceased and who wants her to see that justice is done. He doesn't say what he is referring to, but promises to give her more information later if she agrees. She tells his solicitors that she will do her best to comply with her late friend's request, and is subsequently asked to go on an extended house and garden tour.
She knows that each person she comes across may be a potential criminal, so she carefully scrutinizes each one. Eventually she finds herself in the home of three sisters who have been asked to give the elderly Miss Marple a respite from the tour. One of the tour members meets with a fatal accident just as she is about to give Miss Marple some information, so this spurs her on to investigate even more vigorously. She carefully studies each person who has been a part of the tour, and eventually comes up with the solution, as her friend knew she would. This book takes place in Miss Marple's later years, but the reader is reassured that, though her body is failing, her mind is as sharp as ever. This is another treasure for Christie fans.
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Summary: One of the best of the best
Review: Miss Marple is charged by her old aquaintance, Mr. Raffiel to solve a mystery involving his long lost son. Mr. Raffiel left instructions in his will, and reservations for a house and garden tour. It isn't much to go on, but Miss Marple doesn't need much.
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Summary: Miss Marple Solves Mystery at Request of Deceased Friend
Review: Readers met Jason Rafiel in "A Caribbean Mystery" and may recall his high opinion of Miss Marple's knowlegdge of evil and her sense of justice. When Mr. Rafiel grows too ill to set a terible injustice right, he leaves that duty to Miss Marple in his will along with a bequest of twenty thousand pounds. Miss Marple agrees to do what she can but is puzzled since she is given no information. Knowing Mr. Rafiel as she does, however, she knows he will guide her if only from the grave. And guide he does. A few days after agreeing to do his biding, she receives a letter from the Famous Homes and Gardens of Great Britain confirming her reservation on one of their tours as a gift from Mr. Rafiel. Realizing this is the lead she was waiting for, she sets out on the tour relying only on her own keen observations and the belief that Mr. Rafiel will give her more assistance along the way. That he does, as she is led through a maze of adventure and danger to solve mysteries both old and new. Most interesting among the characters in this book are three elderly sisters who own a beautiful 18th century house. Because they had received a letter from their friend Jason Rafiel informing them that his friend Jane Marple would be on the tour, they invite her to be their guest while she is in Jocelyn St. Mary. Just as in "A Caribbean Mystery" Mr. Rafiel proves to be a worthy ally and Jane Marple more than lives up to his opinion of her and proves herself worthy of the pet name "Nemesis" he had bestowed on her.
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Summary: My first Miss Marple
Review: Readers of Nemisis are in for a real treat. I am a 23 year old college student, who really has nothing in common with Jane Marple other than the fact that we both enjoy mysteries. My teacher recommended this book to me and am I so glad he did. This book is not just about a mystery; it is about not allowing yourself to grow old. The body will age, nothing can stop that, but the mind can stay as vital and active as we want it to be. Miss. Marple who is an elderly woman comes in and unlocks a mystery that has gone undetected for years and the kicker is that she does it simply by being herself and and being observant. She by-passes the extravigant techniques of Holmes and solves the crime by coaxing the characters into a false sense of security. This is an amazing book, don't read it just for the mystery, read it to experience all that life offers and that life by no means ends when you turn a certain age.
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