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Miss Marple #1, 10-12
Miss Marple Omnibus Volume 3: Murder at the Vicarage / Nemesis / Sleeping Murder / At Bertram's Hotel
The third of three omnibus collections of Miss Jane Marple novels containing the third 4/12ths of the novels in the series.
1. Murder at the Vicarage - the local vicarage seems to be a very busy place what with people always coming and going. And then one of them is found dead.
2. Nemesis - Miss M had met Mr. Rafiel previously in the Caribbean; he called her 'Nemesis.' Can she solve a puzzling crime for him back in England?
3. A Sleeping Murder - Miss M warns a newly married couple returning from New Zealand that the disappearance of a woman years ago may be a forgotten murder.
4. At Bertram's Hotel - a church official mixes up his flight date while staying at a respected hotel in London and sets off a chain of events only Miss M can handle.
Librarian's note: this entry is for the collection, "Miss Marple Omnibus Volume 3." Entries for each of the 12 novels and 20 stories in the Miss Marple series can be found elsewhere on Goodreads.
1. Murder at the Vicarage - the local vicarage seems to be a very busy place what with people always coming and going. And then one of them is found dead.
2. Nemesis - Miss M had met Mr. Rafiel previously in the Caribbean; he called her 'Nemesis.' Can she solve a puzzling crime for him back in England?
3. A Sleeping Murder - Miss M warns a newly married couple returning from New Zealand that the disappearance of a woman years ago may be a forgotten murder.
4. At Bertram's Hotel - a church official mixes up his flight date while staying at a respected hotel in London and sets off a chain of events only Miss M can handle.
Librarian's note: this entry is for the collection, "Miss Marple Omnibus Volume 3." Entries for each of the 12 novels and 20 stories in the Miss Marple series can be found elsewhere on Goodreads.
688 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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About the author
Agatha Christie
5,815 books75.3k followersAgatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)
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June 6, 2009
#4 The Murder at the Vicarage
Finished: 5th of June 2009
Birds in love. And the love made them willing to commit murder ahh love you can be such a terrifying feeling!
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#3 At Bertram's Hotel
Finished: 3rd of June 2009
Yes yes although you have the Angelic feature, it doesn't mean you're no Lucifer's daughter!
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#2 Sleeping Murder
Finished: 30th of April 2009
Another terrifying kind of love
You should not dig up the past, especially when a murder was involved
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#1 Nemesis
Finished: 9th of April 2009
Love is such a terrifying word
One can kill three times for the sake of love
Finished: 5th of June 2009
Birds in love. And the love made them willing to commit murder ahh love you can be such a terrifying feeling!
***
#3 At Bertram's Hotel
Finished: 3rd of June 2009
Yes yes although you have the Angelic feature, it doesn't mean you're no Lucifer's daughter!
***
#2 Sleeping Murder
Finished: 30th of April 2009
Another terrifying kind of love
You should not dig up the past, especially when a murder was involved
***
#1 Nemesis
Finished: 9th of April 2009
Love is such a terrifying word
One can kill three times for the sake of love
May 31, 2015
Well, on the whole I liked the mysteries but I find the 1930's attitude to rape, women and working class people offensive and I just can't understand why a woman would repeat that nonsense.
Anyway, the stories are good, you can't always tell who did it and they did hold my attention despite reading four mysteries on the trot. I'm not desperate to read another Miss Marple mystery but would quite like to try a Poirot.
Anyway, the stories are good, you can't always tell who did it and they did hold my attention despite reading four mysteries on the trot. I'm not desperate to read another Miss Marple mystery but would quite like to try a Poirot.
February 22, 2014
Now this collection I could read again and again. At Bertram's Hotel already has a mention on my goodreads collection, as an all time favourite, but Nemesis could also have a place there. And Miss Marple's sense of justice is wonderful
"let justice roll down like waters,
And righteousness like an everlasting stream."
"let justice roll down like waters,
And righteousness like an everlasting stream."
June 1, 2014
Wonderful! I so enjoyed one Miss Marple book after another. Such fun.
July 2, 2023
I’ve read all these Miss Marple stories before and I enjoy them all. I read the first whole book while waiting at a government office. I love Miss Marple.
April 5, 2021
4 Stars. The last of the three omnibus volumes, each with four of the twelve unabridged Miss Marple novels. The highlight is "Nemesis." A year earlier she had been in the Caribbean at a lovely resort in a disguised Barbados and, while solving several crimes, had met Jason Rafiel. A businessman in poor health, he watched her in action and called her, Nemesis. Back in St. Mary Mead she reads that he has passed away and shortly gets a letter from Rafiel's solicitor challenging her to resolve a previous wrong. But with few other facts. She eventually works it out - thank you very much! The other highlight has to be "Murder at the Vicarage." The vicar narrates the story and the reader is never certain if he is not only a church officer but a murderer too. In "A Sleeping Murder" you and I are reminded of the old adage about letting sleeping dogs lie. A young woman is looking for a family home for her new husband and herself when one of the houses seems familiar. With strange vibes. She consults Miss Marple. Lastly, "At Bertram's Hotel." Not one of my favourites. Enough said. This omnibus series is recommended. (April 2021)
September 21, 2023
What a delight, four Miss Marple books in one ! Nemesis...one of my favourites where Miss Marple is sent on a coach trip to sort out a sleeping murder. Oh wait, that's the title of book 2 where a young married woman finds her perfect house only to remember a murder that happened there when she was a little girl.
Book 3 is At Bertram's Hotel, where everything seems to be too good to be true, and it is obvious that something is happening behind the scenes. Book 4 happens in St. Mary Mead, Miss Marple's home town, and in fact occurs just across the road. Murder in the Vicarage is narrated by the vicar.
In each of these, the little old lady, wrapped in her pink fluffy scarf constantly knitting, silently observing, secretly hiding a razor sharp mind, solves the murders by reference to characters and their characteristics and ways of acting,from the past.
Book 3 is At Bertram's Hotel, where everything seems to be too good to be true, and it is obvious that something is happening behind the scenes. Book 4 happens in St. Mary Mead, Miss Marple's home town, and in fact occurs just across the road. Murder in the Vicarage is narrated by the vicar.
In each of these, the little old lady, wrapped in her pink fluffy scarf constantly knitting, silently observing, secretly hiding a razor sharp mind, solves the murders by reference to characters and their characteristics and ways of acting,from the past.
June 3, 2022
I enjoy reading Agatha Christie's works from time-to-time. Miss Marple's stories are somehow simpler and basic and has a charm of its own. This particular volume came with 4 stories - all of them enjoyable in a way but I found Sleeping Murder and Nemesis more to my liking. If you are looking for an easy read, this lot will not be disappointing. Happy reading.
August 11, 2022
Of the four novels collected here, I found AT BETRAM'S HOTEL the least interesting. The others (NEMESIS, SLEEPING MURDER and THE MURDER AT THE VICARAGE) were all much better.
April 7, 2023
Miss Marple is definitely one of my favourite detectives. This omnibus of three of Christie's best mysteries was a pleasure to read although I had read them all many years ago.
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October 29, 2023When I really want to relax, these are my go to books.
November 8, 2023
Amazing!!!!
July 16, 2018
Miss Marple spends two weeks at Bertram’s hotel, a grand hotel that she fondly remembers staying in as a child. But nothing is as charming as it seems—too many mistaken identities and then a murder....
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