Nemesis
A Miss Marple Mystery
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Narrated by:
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Emilia Fox
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Written by:
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Agatha Christie
About this listen
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. 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. . . .
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Written by: Agatha Christie
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The Secret of Chimneys
- Written by: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Jonathan Waters
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
When James McGrath needed someone to take a memoir to a publisher and to return letters to the woman who wrote them, he chooses his friend Anthony Cade, who agrees to take on the two jobs. But on Anthony's first night in London, the letters are stolen from his hotel room. He soon finds himself embroiled in a web of intrigue, conspiracy, and secrets that leads all the way to the top levels of government.
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The Mysterious Mr. Quin
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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- Kimberly
- 2023-10-18
An Unwelcome change
Unfortunately the narrator has changed since I first bought this title, It was Joan Hickson (personally selected for the role of Miss Marple by Agatha Christie) who also acted the role on screen in 1987. Emilia Fox is a capable actress but an appalling substitute.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Jesse Hunter
- 2020-08-22
A Different Kind of Marple....Not In The Best Way
cw: mention of sexual assault. Minor spoilers
I've been working my way through the Marples for the first time and as you approach Nemesis, you get the sense of age and finality. This is throughout the book. The story itself (the murder and reason for it) I actually quite liked, and thought it was on par for Agatha.
What I Didn't Like:
There was a lot more pontificating in this novel, and not for the good. It makes the book longer, there is a lot of needless repetition of both case facts and my own personal peeve - social issues. There are multiple monologues where characters talk about sexual assault, how it's either the girl or her mother's fault, how they asked for it ("girls are so much more ready to be raped these days") and then proceeds to brush it off as "well, that doesn't matter. Anyways, the case..."
There is no point to these multiple monologues except in a minor way trying to make the character of the unscrupulous son seem less sketchy. Which could be done, by the author, by not having his background include sexually assaulting a woman. You wouldn't have to try to explain that "well he was accused of sexual assault, but he didn't beat her or murder her, so he can't be that bad" if you didn't make him do that thing as part of the story.
I understand that these are Views held by many when this book was written (and honestly, still today) so I could've gotten over one monologue about it. But there are like 3 or 4, which is so excessive, and comes off as the author being angry at women/change/people being held accountable for sexual assault. It's also quite clumsily inserted, and feels out of place in the story.
Besides that, the book was good, but it left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. Marple has always pursued justice (literally the theme of the entire book) but having these Views made me sad that she might not pursue justice for sexual assault. I'm glad there is one more book after this one (Sleeping Murder) which is much more classic Marple.
Will I reread Nemesis?
Probably, but not with as much excitement as the other Marples and maybe only once more (which is saying something).
Do I recommend it?
Overall, yes. It's a very different Marple novel. It's worth reading to get the continuity and worth it for the story. I watched the BBC episode first and was so confused about who Mr. Rafiel was and the connection to Marple. Turns out they aired A Caribbean Mystery after Nemesis. Reading the stories does clarify many things.
Narration:
I quite like Emilia Fox, I think she does a great job. She matches many times to the actors who played them in the BBC shows (eg. Bunch). I liked her narration here too.
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