Wednesday Word: nemesis

Wednesday's word is...

...nemesis.


1. the Greek goddess of retributive justice
2. one that inflicts retribution or vengeance
3. a formidable and usually victorious rival or opponent
4. an act or effect of retribution
5. bane

from A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie

Miss Marple, standing there in the moonlight, her head encased in a fluffy scarf of pale pink wool, looking as unlike a figure of Nemesis as it was possible to imagine.

All of Agatha: A Caribbean Mystery

One of my favorite books of all books. A Caribbean Mystery has Miss Marple on holiday in the island of St. Honore, solving a series of murders. It has some of my favorite minor characters: Major Palgrave and Mister Rafael.

You can listen to a version read by Joan Hickson on Youtube here.

I did a drabble for the small_fandom Drabblethon where one person's hell is another person's heaven.

Title: Post-canon
Fandom: Agatha Christe - Miss Marple [A Caribbean Mystery] and And then there were none
Content Notes: Phillip Lombard meets another colonial, post-canon

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Some quotes:

1. Like to see the picture of a murderer?

2. But then you see, the next day, he died.

3. Who did you think I was calling--a cat?

4. You're about a hundred and I'm a broken-up old crock.

5. D'you want to get me hanged? Shut up, I tell you. Shut that big ugly mouth of yours.

And I did a collage. This is actually my second attempt. The first one wasn't good enough.



Next up: March is going to be fun. More Miss Marple at Bertram's Hotel. She gets to go to all these places and is never satsified (until she's solving a murder).

Puzzle: Miss Marple

And to make it a full Miss Marple day, here's a Miss Marple jigsaw puzzle with all the main characters and clues from her stories and novels.