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Nemesis (Miss Marple Mysteries) (original 1971; edition 2000)

by Agatha Christie (Author)

Series: Miss Marple (11)

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In Agatha Christie's baffling detective story, Nemesis, a letter from a dead man instructs Miss Marple how to conduct an investigation into a puzzlingly unspecific crime.

In utter disbelief, Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr. Rafielâ??an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. He had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who was involved or where and when the crime had been committed. It was most intriguing.

Soon she is faced with a new crimeâ??the ultimate crimeâ??murder. It seems someone is adamant that past evils remained buried. .

6 alternates | English | Primary description for language | Description provided by Bowker | score: 53
June Whitfield stars as the sharp-witted spinster sleuth in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization. Miss Marple is totally shocked to receive a letter from the recently deceased Mr. Rafiel, an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. The letter leaves instructions for Miss Marple, whom Mr. Rafiel had recognized as a natural detective, to investigate a crime after his death. There are absolutely no details about the crime, however, nothing about who is involved, or where or when it had been committed. Miss Marple, of course, is thoroughly intrigued.
1 alternate | English | score: 33
Each companion on a bus tour of English homes and gardens provides Miss Marple with a valuable clue to a bizarre crime.
1 alternate | English | score: 22
In utter disbelief, Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr. Rafiel-an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. He had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who was involved or where and when the crime had been committed. It was most intriguing. Soon she is faced with a new crime-the ultimate crime-murder. It seems someone is adamant that past evils remained buried. . . .
7 alternates | English | score: 22
Fiction. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML:

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 â?? 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 â?? no matter what it will take to stop h

4 alternates | English | score: 21
A message from a dead acquaintance prompts a bus tour to an unknown crime... In utter disbelief Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr Rafiel - an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. Recognising in Miss Marple a natural flair for justice, Mr Rafiel had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who was involved or where and when the crime had been committed. It was most intriguing.
4 alternates | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 21
When Jane Marple receives an unusual letter from Jason Rafiel, a week after his death, she is led into a web of suspense.
2 alternates | English | score: 10
Miss Jane Marple investigates the murder of a young girl.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 5
Miss Jane is in line for a generous inheritance from her late friend Jason if she grants his final wish and solves a crime. She doesn't know what happened, or when, or where. The only clue the sleuth has to work with is one code word: "nemesis."
English | score: 4
Drama. Fiction. Mystery. Miss Marple, living a quiet life in St Mary Mead, is saddened to hear of the death of Jason Rafiel. Not that they were friends - the old financier was much too irascible and self-centred for friendship - but they had once been allies in solving a series of murders that took place on the tiny Caribbean island of St Honoré. She is therefore greatly surprised by a summons to the dead man's solicitor, where she receives a bizarre challenge in the form of a posthumous letter. According to Mr Rafiel, a crime has been committed, and her task is to investigate and solve it. If she succeeds, she stands to inherit twenty thousand pounds. But what is the crime, and who was involved? Left literally without a clue, can even the ever-observant Miss Marple succeed in solving the most impossible case of her life? June Whitfield stars as Miss Marple, with David Swift and Jill Balcon, in this full-cast dramatisation of one of Agatha Christie's most baffling mysterie
1 alternate | English | score: 4
Volume 72 in the Agatha Christie Collection (1971) Limited edition of 1000 copies worldwide In utter disbelief Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr Rafiel -- an aquaintance she had met only briefly in her travels. Recognising in Miss Marple a natural flair for justice, Mr Rafiel had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who was involved or where or when the crime had been committed. Intrigued, Miss Marple complies with her old aquaintance's insistent last wish and soon she is faced with a new crime -- the ultimate crime -- murder. It seems someone is just as adamant that past evils remain buried...
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 4
The sharp-witted spinster sleuth Miss Marple, living a quiet life in St. Mary Mead, is saddened to hear of the death of Jason Rafiel. She is greatly surprised by a summons to the dead man's solicitor, where she receives a bizarre challenge in the form of a posthumous letter. According to Mr. Rafiel, a crime has been committed. But what crime, and who was involved? Left literally without a clue, can even the ever-observant Miss Marple succeed in solving the most impossible case of her life?
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 3
Miss Marple receives a postcard from the recently deceased Mr. Jason Rafiel, a millionaire whom she had met during a Caribbean holiday and who had been her greatest ally in solving a murder. He has left instructions for investigating an unspecified crime after his death. If she succeeds in solving it, she will inherit ?20,000. Mr. Rafiel hasn't provided her with any details, but he has left her instructions to go on a vacation he has planned for her with a tour group traveling by bus through England and visiting historic homes and gardens. Now, Miss Marple is faced with the ultimate crime ... murder. Someone is quite determined that the past should remain buried. Miss Marple must solve a crime that not only has no body, no weapon, and no suspects, but no evidence that a crime has even been committed. All she has to go on is one single word: nemesis.
2 alternates | English | score: 3
A facsimile first edition hardback of the Miss Marple books, published to mark the 75th anniversary of her first appearance and to celebrate her new-found success on television. When The Murder at the Vicarage was published in October 1930, little did the literary world realise that Agatha Christie, already famous for her early Poirot titles, was introducing a character who would become the best-loved female sleuth of all time. The 14 Marple books would appear at intervals over the next 49 years, with Miss Marple's Final Cases published in 1979, three years after Agatha's death. To mark the 75th anniversary of Miss Marple's first appearance, and to celebrate her renewed fortunes as a primetime television star, this collection of facsimile first editions will be the perfect way to enjoy these books in their original form - 12 novels and two short story collections. Reproducing the original typesetting and formats from the first editions from the Christie family's own archive copies, these books sport the original covers which have been painstakingly restored from the best available copies, reflecting five decades of iconic cover design.
English | score: 2
June Whitfield stars as the sharp-witted spinster sleuth in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation now available on audio.Miss Marple is totally shocked to receive a letter from the recently deceased Mr. Rafiel, an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. The letter leaves instructions for Miss Marple, whom Mr. Rafiel had recognised as a natural detective, to investigate a crime after his death...
English | score: 2
Miss Marple must solve a case that begins with a letter from the deceased.
English | score: 2
David Gardner seemingly has it all: a beautiful wife, two young sons, a prospering career and a comfortable home in the south London suburbs. On Christmas Eve, after finishing work, he happens on an incident that will have far-reaching consequences and sets off a dramatic chain of events beyond anything he can imagine. With his life in utter turmoil and increasingly spinning out of control, he flees into a world starkly removed from the one he has known, where fate intervenes, forcing him to confront the value of his own life and offering him a unique opportunity for vengeance and retribution. But it means David will have to sacrifice the only people he loves and enter a dark world of danger, suspicion and intrigue.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 2
The spinster sleuth Miss Marple, living a quiet life in St Mary Mead, is saddened to hear of the death of Jason Rafiel. She is greatly surprised by a summons to the dead man's solicitor, where she recieves a bizarre challenge in the form of a letter.
English | score: 2
Miss Marple receives a letter from the recently deceased Mr. Jason Rafiel, a millionaire whom she met during a Caribbean holiday and who had been her greatest ally in solving a murder. He has left instructions for investigating an unspecified crime after his death. If she succeeds insolving it, she will inherit £20,000.
1 alternate | English | score: 2
Nemesis - one who inflicts retribution or justice - seems an odd name for an elderly, rather frail woman. But not if that old lady is the formidable Miss Jane Marple. Soon after the death of financier Rafiel, the man who'd called her by that name, Miss Marple is summoned by his solicitors. A letter from the grave sends her on a baffling quest - to investigate an unidentified crim
1 alternate | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 2
Miss Marple stands to inherit a generous sum if she can solve a crime for which the only clue is the code word "Nemesis."
English | score: 1
Originally published: London: Collins, 1971.;The letter that Miss Marple was reading from a deceased acquaintance implied that she should investigate a crime after his death. The problem was that the writer hadn't said who was involved, or where and when the crime had been committed.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 1
After the death of Rafiel, the man who called her Nemesis, Miss Jane Marple receives a letter sending her to investigate an unidentified crime.
English | score: 1
So pleasant in fact, she was the Anthony Award Winner for Best Series of the Century. Here she solves a crime that not only has no body, no weapon, and no suspects, but no evidence that a crime has even been committed. All Miss Marple has to go on is one single word: nemesis.
English | score: 1
In Nemesis, a letter from a dead man instructs Miss Marple how to conduct an investigation into a puzzlingly unspecific crime.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 1
Kriminalroman. - Miss Marple leser dødsannonsene i en avis og kommer over et kjent navn; hun traff den avdøde Rafiel på en reise til Vestindia. Noen dager senere får hun beskjed om at han har testamentert henne en formue. Til gjengjeld må hun etterforske et gammelt mordmysterium
English | score: 1
A letter from beyond the grave. One last request. An unsolvable crime. When Miss Marple receives a letter from the recently deceased millionaire Jason Rafiel, she's not sure what to make of it. Knowing her deductive skills, he challenges her to solve a crime. If she does so, she will inherit 20,000. The only problem is that he has failed to mention who was involved, or where, and when the crime was committed. Jane Marple is intrigued. Never underestimate Miss Marple.
English | score: 1
Miss Jane Marple recieves an unusual letter and the man who wrote the letter is dead.
English | score: 1
Summoned by the solicitors of financier Jason Rafiel after the old man's death, Miss Marple is asked to investigate a bizarre and unidentified crime of which Rafiel has warned them from the grave and to seek justice for a long-lost victim of a brutal crime.
English | score: 1
A letter from a dead man sends Miss Marple on a quest to clear his son of a murder charge.
English | score: 1
Der verstorbene Mr. Rafael bittet Miss Marple brieflich um Hilfe: Sie soll in einem weit zurückliegenden Mordfall ermitteln und so der Gerechtigkeit doch noch zum Sieg verhelfen.
2 alternates | German | Primary description for language | score: 4
Kriminalroman hvor Miss Marple indblandes i en kriminalsag på en rundtur til nogle af Englands berømte herregårde og haver.
4 alternates | Danish | Primary description for language | score: 9
Krimi. Hvis miss Marple kan opklare en forbrydelse begået i fortiden, vil hun arve 20000 pund - og den opgave påtager hun sig gerne. Opklaringsarbejdet fører hende rundt til en del af de berømte engelske herregårde og haver.
Danish | score: 2
Miss Marple est-elle l'incarnation de N m sis, la d esse grecque de la vengeance et de la justice ?Cet trange, ce passionnant roman d'Agatha Christie n'est pas tout fait comme les autres. Son h ro ne a vieilli, mais sa longue exp rience de la vie lui permet, en partant de z ro, de r soudre un probl me qui para t insoluble.
French | Primary description for language | score: 1
En la 1a obra Rafiel deja unacarta a la Srta. Marple para que investigue su crimen, en la 2a la Srta. Marple ayuda a Gwenda a "exorcizar" su casa.
Spanish | Primary description for language | score: 1
-- Nemesis.
Portuguese | Primary description for language | score: 2
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