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Nemesis

In utter disbelief Jane Marple reads the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr. Rafiel - a man she met once on holiday in the Carribean. Recognising her natural flair for justice, Mr. Rafiel has left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem is, he has failed to tell her who was involved or where or when the crime was committed...
Year: 1971
Detective: Miss Marple
Location: England

Cast of characters

Jane Marple. Also: Cherry Baker, Miss Barrow, Archdeacon Brabazon, Anthea and Clotilde Bradbury-Scott, Nora Broad, James Broadribb, Mr. Caspar, Miss Cooke, Miss Joanna Crawford, Lavinia Bradbury-Scott Glynne, Verity Hunt, Richard Jameson, Sir Andrew McNeil, Miss Merrypit, Emlyn Price, Jason and Michael Rafiel, Mrs. Sandbourne, Mr. Schuster, Elizabeth Temple, Mrs. Vinegar, Esther Walters, Professor Wanstead

Publishing history

Publishing: First published in 1971 by William Collins Sons & Co. in London, and by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. TV: Adapted in 1987 by the BBC with Joan Hickson as Marple, and also shown on PBS in the U.S.

Notes and reviews

Miss Marple met Mr Rafiel on holiday in The Carribean Mystery. 'Nemesis' is the last Marple mystery written, although 'Sleeping Murder' was the last published, in 1976.

Murder methods:

One Strangling.
One Poisoning.
One Fall / Pushed.

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