In this mystery novel, "NEMESIS," MISS MARPLE receives a dying request from an old friend to investigate a "mystery." Her friend failed to tell her what the mystery was, so her first step in fulfilling her friend's request was to discover exactly what the mystery is. MISS MARPLE is an elderly spinster, whose hobby is solving impossible mysteries. AGATHA CHRISTIE was a beloved author of over 90 novels, plays, and movies in her lifetime. She died in 1976