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Of note: A Caribbean Mystery introduces the wealthy (and difficult) Mr Jason Rafiel, ill call upon Miss Marple for help in Nemesis (1971)—after his death

Observer: ‘Liveliness…infectious zest…as good as anything Mrs Christie has done’

The New York Ti events as only a master of the art can do’

11 At Bertram’s Hotel (1965)

When Jane Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she’s looking for at Bertram’s: a restored London hotel with traditional decor, ier behind the highly polished veneer Yet not even Miss Marple can foresee the violent chain of events set in uestday…

Of note: Bertram’s was inspired by Brown’s Hotel in London, where the author was a frequent visitor

Saturday Review of Literature: ‘One of the author’s very best productions, with splendid pace, bright lines’

The New York Ti to end, especially in its acute sensitivity to the contrasts between this era and that of Miss Marple’s youth’

The New Yorker: ‘Mrs Christie’s pearly talent for dealing with all the words and polish-style shimmers steadily in this tale of the noisy woe that shatters the extremely expensive peace of Bertram’s famously old-fashioned hotel’

12 Nemesis (1971)

Even the unflappable Miss Marple is astounded as she reads the letter addressed to her on instructions from the recently deceased tycoon Mr Jason Rafiel, whom she had nising in her a natural flair for justice and a genius for cri, Mr Rafiel has bequeathed to Miss Marple a £20,000 legacy—and a legacy of an entirely different sort For he has asked Miss Marple to investigate…his own murder The only problem is, Mr Rafiel has failed to name a suspect or suspects And, whoever they are, they will certainly be determined to thwart Miss Marple’s inquiries—no matter what it will take to stop her

Of note: Neatha Christie wrote—though not the last Marple published

Best Sellers: ‘The old char, too’

Times Literary Supple that a scent for evil is still, in the evening of her days, her peculiar gift’

13 Sleeping Murder (1976)

Soon after Gwenda Reed s start to happen Despite her best efforts toup its past Worse, she feels an irrational sense of terror every time she climbs the stairs…In fear, Gwenda turns to Jane Marple to exorcise her ghosts Between them, they are to solve a ‘perfect’ crime committed many years before…

Of note: Agatha Christie wrote Sleeping Murder during World War II and had it placed in a bank vault for over thirty years

Chicago Tribune: ‘Agatha Christie saved the best for last’

Sunday Express: ‘A puzzle that is tortuous, surprising, and…satisfying’