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Miss Jane Marple er på rekreation i det caribiske betalt af hendes nevø Raymond West, der har tjent gode penge som forfatter. Hun bor på et hotel, der netop er overtaget af Tim Kendal og hans kone Molly. Her møder hun en major Palgrave, der fortæller mange historier, enkelte af dem sikkert
Miss Marple optræder som Nemesis, hvilket morer Rafiel, men han husker senere på det (se "Nemesis").
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sande. Han bliver afbrudt i at fortælle hende at en af de tilstedeværende er morder og om natten dør han meget ubelejligt inden han kan fortælle videre. I første omgang bedømmer den stedlige læge Dr. Graham at det er et slagtilfælde eller lignende, men senere går det op for Miss Marple og lægen at det var et giftmord. Det pilleglas, hvor giften var placeret, forsøger en af stuepigerne Victoria at bruge som afpresning mod morderen, men hun bliver selv myrdet. Blandt gæsterne er et ægtepar Gregory og Lucky Dyson, et andet ægtepar Hillingdon, en kannik Preston og hans søster Joan, en rigmand Rafiel og dennes hjælpere sekretæren Esther Walthers og massøren Jackson. Til slut bliver Lucky myrdet, fordi hun bliver forvekslet med Molly og Molly bliver reddet lige som Tim skal til at forgive hende.Miss Marple optræder som Nemesis, hvilket morer Rafiel, men han husker senere på det (se "Nemesis").
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[Kbh.] : Aschehoug, 2006.
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As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph, the Major's attention wandered. He never did finish the story... June Whitfield stars as the sharp-witted spinster sleuth in a BBC full-cast radio drama.
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LibraryThing member mrtall
A Caribbean Mystery takes Miss Marple out of her comfortable village and off to an exotic locale.
On a trip sponsored by her nephew Raymond West, our twinkly sleuth takes it easy at a Caribbean beach resort. All seems idyllic, as the resort’s owners, the pretty, vivacious Molly and her cheery
I enjoyed travelling with Miss Marple on an overseas adventure, and a beach resort is a good setting for a murder mystery. This story also introduces the redoubtable Mr Rafiel, who of course returns to challenge Miss Marple in Nemesis.
But although A Caribbean Mystery is a fun book, I don’t count it amongst the best of Christie’s Miss Marple novels. Too many of this fluffy but fierce spinster's charms are burned away by the remorseless sun. It’s better to visit her back where she belongs – in an English village.
Still recommended, though – you really can’t go wrong with any of the Marple novels.
On a trip sponsored by her nephew Raymond West, our twinkly sleuth takes it easy at a Caribbean beach resort. All seems idyllic, as the resort’s owners, the pretty, vivacious Molly and her cheery
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husband Tim, welcome a cast of seemingly harmless holiday-makers to paradise. But there’s no rest for our sharp-eyed septuagenarian, because a snake is loose . . . .I enjoyed travelling with Miss Marple on an overseas adventure, and a beach resort is a good setting for a murder mystery. This story also introduces the redoubtable Mr Rafiel, who of course returns to challenge Miss Marple in Nemesis.
But although A Caribbean Mystery is a fun book, I don’t count it amongst the best of Christie’s Miss Marple novels. Too many of this fluffy but fierce spinster's charms are burned away by the remorseless sun. It’s better to visit her back where she belongs – in an English village.
Still recommended, though – you really can’t go wrong with any of the Marple novels.
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LibraryThing member bcquinnsmom
"Like to see the picture of a murderer?"
Major Palgrave was the man with a million stories, and everyone vacationing at the lovely Golden Palm Hotel on the Caribbean island of St. Honoré tried to avoid him like the plague. Once he got started, he never stopped. His latest victim, so to speak, was
Miss Marple is the perfect detective. When people look at her they see "all knitting wool and tittle-tattle," and she becomes more or less invisible that way, easily dismissed by most of the players. But one man, wealthy businessman Jason Rafiel, sees right through her. And since Jane is not in St. Mary Mead at the moment, with no help from the likes of Sir Henry Clithering, it is Rafiel to whom she turns in hopes of preventing more death.
A Caribbean Mystery is lighter in tone than some of her other Marple mysteries, slowly paced and there are spots where my interest definitely flagged. The mystery plotline was good, although a bit predictable. The ocean, the sand, the palms and the steel band music definitely brought the Caribbean to mind while reading, since I've been there a number of times. And although this isn't one of my favorites in the Marple series, I couldn't help but enjoy watching her brain at work.
My advice to potential Christie readers: put this one somewhere in the middle of your reading schedule and start with some of the other Marple stories.
Major Palgrave was the man with a million stories, and everyone vacationing at the lovely Golden Palm Hotel on the Caribbean island of St. Honoré tried to avoid him like the plague. Once he got started, he never stopped. His latest victim, so to speak, was
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Jane Marple, who had come to the Golden Palm to recuperate after a serious bout of pneumonia. Knitting bag in hand, Miss Marple was sitting, half listening and making polite replies once in a while, until Major Palgrave started speaking about her favorite topic: murder. He begins to tell her a rather unusual story about a man who got away with murder more than once, and when Palgrave asks her if she wanted to see a picture of a murderer, the knitting stops and she's all eyes and ears. But after he fishes through his wallet for the photo, he suddenly stops and changes the subject rather abruptly and rather loudly. Taken aback, Miss Marple looks up to see why and sees several people nearby. Although curious, she goes right back to her knitting. The next day, when one of the maids finds Major Palgrave dead in his room, apparently from natural causes, Miss Marple can't help but wonder if all is as it seems. When she creates a clever story to retrieve the photograph Palgrave was about to show her, it's gone, and now she's interested.Miss Marple is the perfect detective. When people look at her they see "all knitting wool and tittle-tattle," and she becomes more or less invisible that way, easily dismissed by most of the players. But one man, wealthy businessman Jason Rafiel, sees right through her. And since Jane is not in St. Mary Mead at the moment, with no help from the likes of Sir Henry Clithering, it is Rafiel to whom she turns in hopes of preventing more death.
A Caribbean Mystery is lighter in tone than some of her other Marple mysteries, slowly paced and there are spots where my interest definitely flagged. The mystery plotline was good, although a bit predictable. The ocean, the sand, the palms and the steel band music definitely brought the Caribbean to mind while reading, since I've been there a number of times. And although this isn't one of my favorites in the Marple series, I couldn't help but enjoy watching her brain at work.
My advice to potential Christie readers: put this one somewhere in the middle of your reading schedule and start with some of the other Marple stories.
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LibraryThing member MickyFine
Miss Marple's nephew has kindly sent her to the Caribbean for a comfortable stay at resort. While Miss Marple isn't quite sure how she feels about the unvarying weather (how is one to start a conversation without the English weather to rely upon as a topic?), when one of the the other guests is
Regardless of where she is, spending time with Miss Marple is a reliably enjoyable experience. Even as she gets older and the definition of what's socially acceptable changes, she remains so sharp and never truly adrift. There are a couple moments of racism towards the locals, which are uncomfortable for a modern reader, but otherwise the novel holds up really well. A solid outing for the series.
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found dead Miss Marple finds that her ability to understand personalities and motives works no matter where she is.Regardless of where she is, spending time with Miss Marple is a reliably enjoyable experience. Even as she gets older and the definition of what's socially acceptable changes, she remains so sharp and never truly adrift. There are a couple moments of racism towards the locals, which are uncomfortable for a modern reader, but otherwise the novel holds up really well. A solid outing for the series.
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LibraryThing member Figgles
Enjoyable later Miss Marple, with plenty of red herrings. Miss Marple, on holidays at a Caribbean resort, finds that though the background may be unlike an English village, human nature remains the same.
LibraryThing member JulesJones
Miss Marple's nephew has paid for her to have a holiday in the Caribbean as part of her convalescence after a bad bout of pneumonia. The setting is very different to St Mary Mead, but the behaviours on display amongst the ex-pats are only too familiar. As the novel opens, Miss Marple is listening
There are some nice characterisations in this book, not least being Miss Marple herself. There was some fairly acid internal monologue from Marple in the previous book (The Mirror Crack'd) about the young not having invented sex, and it continues here. On the second page:
"Sex" as a word had not been mentioned in Miss Marple's young days; but there had been plenty of it--not talked about so much--but enjoyed far more than nowadays, or so it seemed to her.
And there's more in that vein. This is not an unworldly spinster, whatever the world may think.
I spotted the murderer straight off, which diminished none of the pleasure of reading the book; not least because I realised who, but not why, which is neatly concealed in a shoal of red herrings. Not my favourite Marple, but still an entertaining way to pass a few hours.
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to the hotel bore, or at least making a polite show of same. She starts to pay more attention when the Major tells a story about a friend having accidentally taken a photo of someone who was almost certainly a serial murderer, but doesn't it take it seriously until the the Major starts to pull a copy of the photo out to show her -- and then sees someone and hastily puts it away. When the Major dies in his sleep that night, Miss Marple thinks there may be more to it than high blood pressure. Of course, nudging the local doctor to check whether the major really did have a prescription for blood pressure tablets is only the start. There are several potential suspects to be investigated as only Miss Marple can.There are some nice characterisations in this book, not least being Miss Marple herself. There was some fairly acid internal monologue from Marple in the previous book (The Mirror Crack'd) about the young not having invented sex, and it continues here. On the second page:
"Sex" as a word had not been mentioned in Miss Marple's young days; but there had been plenty of it--not talked about so much--but enjoyed far more than nowadays, or so it seemed to her.
And there's more in that vein. This is not an unworldly spinster, whatever the world may think.
I spotted the murderer straight off, which diminished none of the pleasure of reading the book; not least because I realised who, but not why, which is neatly concealed in a shoal of red herrings. Not my favourite Marple, but still an entertaining way to pass a few hours.
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LibraryThing member riverwillow
Miss Marple is staying at a Caribbean hotel when her suspicions are raised by the death of Major Palgrave who may or may not have a photography of a murderer who he recognises as being at the hotel. Miss Maple gets to the bottom of the mystery in her own initimitable way.
LibraryThing member jillianmarie
I usually love Agatha Christie, easy to read on the tube (or holiday) maybe because it's freezing here I just din't get this one, the usual twist wasn't so surprising more just a bit silly and confusing and it's dated badly.
LibraryThing member mauveberry
This is the first Miss Marple novel that I've read. I enjoyed the mystery and the little things that Miss Marple does and says throughout the story. Mr. Rafiel from Nemesis first makes an appearance in this book.
LibraryThing member MusicMom41
Lindapanzo mentioned that she was enjoying this Christie so I picked it up last night for some light reading after a very stressful day. This was one I had never read and the first Miss Marple I’ve read in quite a while. It was interesting to see her having to operate outside her normal milieu of
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St. Mary Mead. However her powers of observation, ability to draw people out and her intuition don’t fail her even in this exotic location among strangers. It was an enjoyable mystery with interesting characters and good plot and although early on my intuition in picking out the villain proved to be a good instinct, I wasn’t really certain until almost the end. Recommended, especially for fans Show Less
LibraryThing member thornton37814
Major Palgrave turns up dead while Miss Marple vacations in the Caribbean. She is the first to suspect foul play, but pretty soon the authorities are suspicious as well. Miss Marple unravels the mystery to find the person responsible. A classic.
LibraryThing member abbie_g
I did not care for this at all. I knew who did the killer was less than halfway through the book. I thought Christie was supposed to be better than that! I only finished the book because, due to this author's reputation, I thought I had to be wrong, but no. Such a huge disappointment.
LibraryThing member NellieMc
Classic Miss Marple --what's not to love?
LibraryThing member RubyScarlett
Interesting insofar as it paves the way for a future book, Nemesis, but really apart from that it's a poor novel. Marple really isn't at her sharpest and needs a lot of help to carry out the investigation, the setting is extravagant for her, the characters are very forgettable and the conclusion's
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LibraryThing member SueinCyprus
Miss Marple is on holiday abroad when a murder takes place. In her usual gentle style she discovers who was responsible, and how. A bit convoluted in places, but mostly enjoyable.
LibraryThing member ritaer
Miss Marple performs as in so many Christie's, drawing others into conversation as they assume she is merely a dithering old lady. Three people die before she suddenly realizes the significance of a conversation with the first victim. The detection and denoument is typical of the Golden Age
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mystery, although the setting is a Caribbean resort when Miss Marple is recovering from a bout of pneumonia, rather than the typical English village or country house. As usual in the genre there are false leads, red-herrings and even mistaken victims. The novel is read well, although there is a slight tendency for foreign accents to have overlapping characteristics. Nevertheless it is easy to tell one character from another and the reading does not distract from the narrative. Show Less
LibraryThing member denmoir
Not the best of her books. The killer is obvious and the red herrings not even a weak pink
LibraryThing member Eyejaybee
I saw from my inscription on the flyleaf of this book that I bought it back home in Loughborough in the spring of 1975, during my first year at grammar school, and I presume that I read it shortly afterwards. I certainly remember that I enjoyed it then, and I was surprised to find how much i
I am sure that the first time around I was oblivious to the social comment and Miss Marple's wry observations of life (though I do recall thinking that her descriptions of St Mary Mead sounded very similar to the village in which I grew up.
As always with Agatha Christie the plot is deftly constructed and the characters generally believable. This is far from her finest moment, but even here she keeps the reader hanging on and I have to confess to having been completely fooled as to the identity of the murderer.
Definitely an enjoyable venture into nostalgia.
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enjoyed re-reading it now. I am sure that the first time around I was oblivious to the social comment and Miss Marple's wry observations of life (though I do recall thinking that her descriptions of St Mary Mead sounded very similar to the village in which I grew up.
As always with Agatha Christie the plot is deftly constructed and the characters generally believable. This is far from her finest moment, but even here she keeps the reader hanging on and I have to confess to having been completely fooled as to the identity of the murderer.
Definitely an enjoyable venture into nostalgia.
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LibraryThing member Condorena
Agatha Christie might spend more time on plot and characterization that location sometimes, but I felt like I was sitting on the sands of a tropical beach resort.
LibraryThing member JeffreyMarks
A delightful mystery featuring Miss Marple. I'm usually not fond of travel mysteries, but this one is the exception to the rule, giving us a spinster far from home, but in a familiar setting. The plot is fairly straight-forward and mixes multiple murders with a sunny clime.
LibraryThing member Jiraiya
I believe this is the Marple book with the most victims in all, yet the story is subpar. I couldn't get into the tale and the ramblings of the characters here felt uninteresting, if not forced. The tropical setting seems a bit shabby compared to quaint cottages and imposing mansions that usually
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figure in Agatha Christie stories. I had no chance of guessing right this time. I should've known that the glass eye of the Major was important, damn it! Show Less
LibraryThing member smik
This novel set in the late 1950s?? reflects how much things have changed in Britain since the Second World War. Not only are people travelling again, with even Miss Marple taking an overseas holiday, but young Brits are investing overseas (the Kendals have bought a boutique hotel) and business men
There is also some reflection on Britain's past as a leader of an Empire, as Major Palgrave refers to his experiences in both Africa and India.
By today's standards this is also a short novel. One of the themes is the community rumopur mill. For example who was it that first said that Major Palgrave had blood pressure problems? Nobody can remember but everybody automatically thought of it when he was found dead. Another issue Miss Marple thinks about is how much we accept what people say either about themselves or those whom they are associated with. In a village like St. Mary Mead you actually know a person's history, but when you are on holiday you accept what fellow holiday makers says about themselves at face value because you have no means of checking it. So how much of what you learn is the truth?
Just as in the Hercule Poirot novels Agatha Christie began to introduce characters that he could confide in or test his ideas on, so she does the same thing in the Miss Marple novels. In St. Mary Mead Jane Marple uses someone she knows well, her friend Dolly, or the doctor, but in this novel she must assess which of her fellow holidaymakers is best. The doctor is inclined to treat her with some suspicion, the Canon's sister doesn't really have the depth of understanding, and so she uses an elderly man, Jason Rafiel, who is an invalid. Their's is an interesting relationship, after he comes to recognise Miss Marple's deductive powers.
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like Mr Rafiel can conduct their businesses by telegram. [The author has been to the West Indies].There is also some reflection on Britain's past as a leader of an Empire, as Major Palgrave refers to his experiences in both Africa and India.
By today's standards this is also a short novel. One of the themes is the community rumopur mill. For example who was it that first said that Major Palgrave had blood pressure problems? Nobody can remember but everybody automatically thought of it when he was found dead. Another issue Miss Marple thinks about is how much we accept what people say either about themselves or those whom they are associated with. In a village like St. Mary Mead you actually know a person's history, but when you are on holiday you accept what fellow holiday makers says about themselves at face value because you have no means of checking it. So how much of what you learn is the truth?
Just as in the Hercule Poirot novels Agatha Christie began to introduce characters that he could confide in or test his ideas on, so she does the same thing in the Miss Marple novels. In St. Mary Mead Jane Marple uses someone she knows well, her friend Dolly, or the doctor, but in this novel she must assess which of her fellow holidaymakers is best. The doctor is inclined to treat her with some suspicion, the Canon's sister doesn't really have the depth of understanding, and so she uses an elderly man, Jason Rafiel, who is an invalid. Their's is an interesting relationship, after he comes to recognise Miss Marple's deductive powers.
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LibraryThing member jnicholson
Miss Marple takes a holiday in the Caribbean, only to come up against a serial murderer who is about to kill again. Not the most memorable of plots, but an unusual method of murder.
LibraryThing member AltheaAnn
Vacation reading!
Indeed, I read the whole thing on a plane en route from the Caribbean.
Here, Christie's well-beloved elderly sleuth, Miss Marple, is visiting a resort on Trinidad. When one of her fellow vacationers passes away, everyone, including the doctor, assumes that it was the man's high
Miss Marple, however, is suspicious. Something about this affair doesn't sit quite well with her, and she starts poking her nose into things. At first, clues seem to point to an obvious culprit - but the more Marple (and the reader) learns, the more questionable nearly every single character starts to appear...
It's a quick read, and as expected for Christie, well-crafted.
I think the book could've been improved, however, by the inclusion of some more well-rounded Trinidadian characters (or even more depth to any of the 'foreign' visitors to the resort).
I was also bothered bythe loose end left dangling regarding the OTHER murderer that's revealed. It makes a good red herring, yes... but Marple and everyone else just seems to say, 'well, never mind about THAT crime, it was in the past...'
Indeed, I read the whole thing on a plane en route from the Caribbean.
Here, Christie's well-beloved elderly sleuth, Miss Marple, is visiting a resort on Trinidad. When one of her fellow vacationers passes away, everyone, including the doctor, assumes that it was the man's high
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blood pressure and unhealthy lifestyle finally catching up with him. Miss Marple, however, is suspicious. Something about this affair doesn't sit quite well with her, and she starts poking her nose into things. At first, clues seem to point to an obvious culprit - but the more Marple (and the reader) learns, the more questionable nearly every single character starts to appear...
It's a quick read, and as expected for Christie, well-crafted.
I think the book could've been improved, however, by the inclusion of some more well-rounded Trinidadian characters (or even more depth to any of the 'foreign' visitors to the resort).
I was also bothered by
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LibraryThing member gail616
Always love Miss Marple books
LibraryThing member tkcs
This was a good beach read.
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Original language
English
Original publication date
1964-11-16
Physical description
206 p.; 20 cm
ISBN
8711228954 / 9788711228951
Local notes
Omslag: Lars Thorsen
Omslaget viser en hånd, der holder en ampul med en væske indeni
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra engelsk "The Caribbean mystery" af Poul Ib Liebe
Omslaget viser en hånd, der holder en ampul med en væske indeni
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra engelsk "The Caribbean mystery" af Poul Ib Liebe
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Det caribiske mysterium by Agatha Christie (Paperback)
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206
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