Nemesis
by Agatha Christie is available to buy here.
Synopsis
Miss Marple receives an instruction from a recently deceased friend as part of their will commissioning her to investigate a crime. Without specific details to go on, Miss Marple must follow the clues whilst on a tour of famous English homes and gardens. Soon she discovers there is a murder to investigate and events become much more present when one of the other members of the tour is killed...
Marple
The 11th Novel by Agatha Christie to feature Miss Jane Marple. This is the penultimate novel and is a follow on story to 'A Caribbean Mystery' in that it features some of the same characters.
when to read
This is a great one to read in the English summer when the cottage gardens are out in full bloom.
murder mystery
Set on a tour of England with a group of potential suspects Miss Marple also meets three interesting and potentially sinister sisters...
England
A tour of England's famous homes and gardens - it doesn't get more British!
Publishing info
This novel was published in 1971 with the previous Marple novel 'At Bertram's Hotel' published in 1965.
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On Screen
Watching Agatha Christie
Nemesis by Agatha Christie was filmed as the 8th episode in the Joan Hickson Marple series in 1987. Another adaptation was also filmed as part of the ITV feature-length ‘Marple’ episodes and is Season 3 Episode 4 with Geraldine McEwan in her last appearance as Miss Marple. There is also a June Whitfield audiobook as part of the BBC Radio 4 dramatised series.
Death Character List
| Anthea Bradbury-Scott | Last of the three sisters, also unmarried |
| Archdeacon Brabazon | The clergyman who was due to marry Verity and Michael and a friend of Miss Temple |
| Arthur Jackson | Mr Rafiel’s valet |
| Clotilde Bradbury-Scott | Spinster sister of Lavinia and Anthea |
| Colonel Bradbury-Scott | Deceased father of the three Bradbury-Scott sisters |
| Elizabeth Templeton | Retired headteacher of the school which Verity attended. On the tour bus with Miss Marple |
| Emlyn Price | Young man on the coach tour |
| Esther Anderson (nee Walters) | Previous secretary to Mr Rafiel whom Miss Marple met while in the Caribbean |
| Inspector Douglas | Investigating officer |
| Jason Rafiel | Wealthy invalid who met Miss Marple previously at St Honore in ‘A Caribbean Mystery’ |
| Joan Prescott | Canon Prescott’s sister whom Miss Marple met in the Caribbean |
| Joanna Crawford | Member of the coach tour traveling with her Aunt |
| Lavinia Glynne (nee Bradbury-Scott) | Widowed sister of Clotilde and Anthea Bradbury-Scott |
| Master Bradbury-Scott | Deceased son of Colonel Bradbury-Scott |
| Michael Rafiel | Son of Jason Rafiel and held on a murder charge |
| Miss Barrow | Traveling with Miss Cooke on the tour |
| Miss Cooke | Traveling with Miss Barrow on the tour |
| Miss Knight | Miss Marple’s previous help |
| Mr Glynn | Deceased husband of Lavinia |
| Nora Broad | A young local girl who went missing |
| Professor Wanstead | Psychiatrist on the bus tour with Miss Marple |
| Verity Hunt | Ward of Clotilde Cradbury – Scott |
SPOILERS BELOW!
Verity Hunt, Nora Broad, Miss Temple
Clotilde Bradbury-Scott
Clotile loved Verity too much and when she found out she was leaving to be with Michael she killed Verity rather than lose her. She then killed Nora to be misidentified as Verity. Miss Temple was Verity’s teacher and knew of her engagement to Michael and was killed before she could reveal more to Miss Marple.
Miss Temple is crushed by rocks, Verity was poisoned and Nora Broad was strangled and then disfigured.
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