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Summary: Nothing finer
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: Intriguing mystery of the Miss Marple line
Review: Agatha Christie is a master of turning traditional mysteries up-side-down. The premise in the Miss Marple story is particularly unusual in that the detective is set upon the trail by a man who is now dead. Miss Marple has virtually no clues to begin, not even whose murder she is trying to solve. All the clues are presented for the reader to solve the mystery; no "you had to have been there" sequences to interfere with solving the murder. Christie's style is the simple straight-forward narrative of an elderly protagonist in England. The perfect novel to chose when bundling up beside the fire on a winter's evening.
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Summary: no action
Review: i see i'm the minority here, but i thought this book was extremely boring. i'm a huge agatha christie fan, and i've read most of her books. normally, at the end of each chapter, i can't wait to read what happens next. this particular book, however, wasn't exciting at all. it mostly involved long conversations or reflections, none of them particularly interesting.
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Summary: Three 1/2 stars?
Review: If there were 3 1/2 stars, that's how I would have rated this book.I did not find it as exemplary as some of Agatha Crhistie's work, however I did like it more than most of the other Miss Marple stories. I found the basic plot device of trying to right a wrong that occurred long ago to be interesting. This mystery was solved solely on judging character, rather than searching the ground for clues. Sometimes I find this to be unbelievable, but not for this book. It held my interest entirely. The only part I did not like was the denoument. It smacked of sensationalism a bit too much. If you like AC or Miss Marple, give this a try. I am discovering it is difficult to write a review if you can't discuss the ending! As with most ACs books, the characters aren't well developed, and the puzzle is the focus of the book. When it's a good puzzle like this one, it works.
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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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