Agatha Christie

According to the very strange will of a friend, Miss Marple will receive a substantial inheritance, when she first solves a crime, the mysterious disappearance of a young girl. Reissue.

Nemesis

Even the unflappable Miss Marple is astounded as she reads the letter addressed to her on instructions from the recently deceased tycoon Mr. Jason Rafiel, whom she had met on holiday in the West Indies (A Caribbean Mystery). Recognizing in her a natural flair for justice and a genius for crime-solving, Mr. Rafiel has bequeathed to Miss Marple a £20,000 legacy -- and a legacy of an entirely different sort. For he has asked Miss Marple to investigate...his own murder. The only problem is, Mr. Rafiel has failed to name a suspect or suspects. And, whoever they are, they will certainly be determined to thwart Miss Marple's inquiries -- no matter what it will take to stop her.

A Miss Marple Mystery

Katherine Marie Elizabeth

I do not like evil beings who do evil things."

Aamna

There is something like too much of one thing

Lara Engle

Two mystery books in a row that were light on the mystery. This one took over half the book to get mysterious, and by then it was pretty much over. As I was finally reaching the end, I had to suffer through two overly wordy and nearly identical explanations of how the twee Miss Marple figured out the not-mysterious mystery. Disappointing.

Liz B

A great Marple. Read Caribbean Mystery first.

Kirsten Simkiss

Nemesis is a different kind of Ms. Marple story than the others. For one thing, it has a constantly changing setting for at least half the book. Normally, the book stays in one static place generally speaking - usually the place in which the murder has occurred. This book also takes a while to really get moving, owing to the fact that the person who asks Ms. Marple to attend this mystery decides to keep things specifically vague for their own personal reasoning (which made no sense to me from a character stand point, more from a story intrigue standpoint).

Ultimately, not my favorite Ms. Marple, but still a solid murder mystery. I can definitely recommend this to others, though this would not be the first on my list for me to make recommendations about.

Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories gathers together in one magnificent volume all of Agatha Christie’s short stories featuring her beloved intrepid investigator, Miss Marple. It’s an unparalleled compendium of murder, mayhem, mystery, and detection that represents some of the finest short form fiction in the crime fiction field, and is an essential omnibus for Christie fans. Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as “the typical old maid of fiction,” Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St. Mary Mead. Yet, by observing village life she has gained an unparalleled insight into human nature—and used it to devastating effect. As her friend Sir Henry Clithering, the ex-Commissioner of Scotland Yard, has been heard to say: “She’s just the finest detective God ever made”—and many Agatha Christie fans would agree.

A Miss Marple Collection

Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories

Yulande Lindsay

Nemesis [Paperback] AGATHA CHRISTIE

Mayra Melo

This collection gathers together every short story featuring one of Agatha Christie’s most famous creations: Miss Marple. Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as “the typical old maid of fiction,” Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St. Mary Mead. Yet, by observing village life she has gained an unparalleled insight into human nature—and used it to devastating effect. As her friend Sir Henry Clithering, the ex- Commissioner of Scotland Yard, has been heard to say: “She’s just the finest detective God ever made”—and many Agatha Christie fans would agree.

Jade Flynn

Read for my Herbology O.W.L 2020 #magicalreadathon2020. Prompt - Mimbulus mimbletonia: title starts with an M. Career - Auror.

Emily C Peterson

the Complete Short Stories

Miss Marple

Daryl Houston

I read this to the family starting back in the summer and have doled the stories out piecemeal ever since. It's so strange to me that my kids were so into the stories. My wife lost interest pretty quickly, but the kids really wanted more Miss Marple. I'd read a story and then ask if they got it, and often enough they wouldn't have understood. So, having read some formal old fashioned prose to them and had them not understand what it even meant, I was never really clear on what they found so appealing about the stories. We've read most of the Sherlock Holmes stories and a couple of novels over the last few years (and a few Poirot stories too), and I've always been puzzled by their continued enthusiastic interest.

For my own part, I enjoy these sorts of stories well enough but don't love them. For light-weight stuff like this, I suppose I'd rather see it dramatized on TV really, since aside from the odd chuckle or bit of cleverness, there's not a whole lot to them beyond basically simple portraiture and plot contrivance.

Nemesis

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