Nemesis

A Miss Marple Mystery

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Emilia Fox

Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

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. . . .

©1971 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2012 HarperCollinsPublishers

Well-read, relaxing Miss Marple Mystery

Emilia Fox did a brilliant job performing/reading this book. I love Agatha Christie novels, and Miss Marple ones are usually great for a "cozy mystery." The usual twists and surprises are there. Loved it!

Christie doesn't disappoint!

I really enjoyed this story and Emilia Fox is pretty darn good with the voices for the characters!
Good story line although quite sad. I even really liked the follow up at the end!

Miss Marple Solves a Cold Case - that isn't

Would you listen to Nemesis again? Why?

Yes. I only buy audio books that I plan to listen to multiple times. This one was pretty well plotted, without the "hidden factors" that Christie sometimes relies upon. I enjoyed the fact that it involved a "solved" crime that had, in fact,not been solved at all.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Miss Marple is always a favorite character of mine. I love her mix of doddering little old lady and high mental acuity.

Which scene was your favorite?

Miss Marple contemplating those white flowers in the garden, and her reaction to what they implied.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Not really.

Any additional comments?

The reader had some obvious difficulty with the male voices, so they were occasionally distracting. Nonetheless, the book is a worthwhile "read".

Miss Marple lovers

Great story and narration for lovers of Agatha Christie and Miss Marple..so very entertaining

A great little mistery

What made the experience of listening to Nemesis the most enjoyable?

Agatha Christie is one of my favorit authors

What other book might you compare Nemesis to and why?

Whodunit's

What aspect of Emilia Fox’s performance would you have changed?

A lot of her voicis was the same so that could have been better.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Her first conversation whith miss Temple

The last Miss Marple

The story is vintage Miss Marple, kind of like listening to Garrison Keillor on Prairie Home Companion, as it seems to wander around, but is always going somewhere; of course with Miss Marple it is going to find evil. One of the best Miss Marple stories for sure!! The reader does a good job and does a number of different voices and regional accents of the UK, most of which are good but some are not so great. Overall, the Audible book is certainly worth listening to, I recommend it.

Love it!

One of my favorite books. Great production and narrator. I’ve heard her work on other books and always enjoy her.

Emilia Fox is Miss Marple Personified

The story is more contrived and convoluted than usual — but kept my interest throughout. Reading the mystery written before it — A Caribbean Mystery — will help you enjoy and understand this once. Many allusions to that mystery and those involved are made in this one.

This late novel has an elegiac tone in places — quite different from the usual gossip in the village tone we know and love.

I have often read criticisms of Emilia Fox’s reading and I have found fault with her American accent. But she captures Miss Marple’s gentle voice and the hard Intelligence and perception below it just perfectly.

Good story, good narration.

Consistently good author, one of my favorites. I guessed wrong "whodunit" but thankfully Miss Marple did not. Nicely narrated too.

Wonderful Performance

Nemesis is one of my favorite Agatha Christie stories - great storyline, compelling and well-rounded characters. Emilia Fox is a good narrator and she does a good job of bringing the story to life. The one downside is her limited repertoire of voices - some of her character voices for males and females are indistinguishable from each other. This limitation in no way detracts from the story in my opinion.