A Caribbean Mystery - wikipedia A Caribbean Mystery A Caribbean Mystery Dust - jacket illustration of the first UK edition Author Agatha Christie Country United Kingdom Language English Genre Crime novel Published 16 November 1964 ( Collins Crime Club ) Media type Print ( hardback & paperback ) Pages 256 pp ( first edition, hardcover ) ISBN 0 - 451 - 19992 - 8 Preceded by The Clocks ( novel ) Followed by Star Over Bethlehem and other stories A Caribbean Mystery is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 16 November 1964 and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at sixteen shillings ( 16 / - ) and the US edition at $4.50. It features the detective Miss Marple. Two of the major characters reappear in the novel Nemesis, published in 1971 and the last novel to be written featuring Miss Marple. Jason Rafiel reappears posthumously, and his assistant Esther Walters assists Miss Marple in the early chapters of the subsequent story. Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Characters 3 Literary significance and reception 4 Dedication 5 References in other works 6 Film, TV or theatrical adaptations 7 Publication history 8 References 9 External links Plot summary This story takes place at the Golden Palm resort on the Caribbean island of St Honoré. Miss Marple 's nephew has paid for her to holiday there after a bout of ill health - but she is bored. She is approached by Major Palgrave, a garrulous man avoided by the other guests due to his long - winded stories. She sits, half listening, until Major Palgrave tells a story about a man who got away with murder more than once. When Palgrave asks her if she wants to see a picture of a murderer, she listens intently - but after he fishes into his wallet for the photo, he suddenly changes the subject. Miss Marple looks up to see why and spots several people nearby. The next day, when the maid Victoria finds Major Palgrave dead in his room, Miss Marple is convinced he was murdered. She asks Dr Graham to find the photo he mentioned, pretending it is of her nephew. Meanwhile, she interviews the others : Tim and Molly Kendall, owners of the hotel ; the Prescotts, a clergyman and his sister ; Mr Jason Rafiel, a tycoon with a weak heart and confined to a wheelchair ; Jackson, his nurse / masseur / attendant / valet ; Esther Walters, his secretary ; the vivacious American Lucky Dyson and her husband, Greg ; and Edward and Evelyn Hillingdon. On the beach, Miss Marple sees Señora de Caspearo, a woman on holiday who says she remembers Major Palgrave because he had an evil eye. Miss Marple corrects her that he had a glass eye, but she still says that it was evil. Victoria informs the Kendalls that she did not remember seeing the high blood pressure medication, Serenite, in Major Palgrave 's room before, although it was found on his table after his death. That night, Victoria is found stabbed to death. Molly begins having nightmares. Miss Marple finds Jackson looking at Molly 's cosmetics, who says that if belladonna were added to it, it would cause nightmares. The following night, Tim finds Molly unconscious on the floor, apparently having taken an overdose of sleeping pills. The police are involved, and the cook, Enrico, tells them he saw Molly holding a steak knife before going outside. Miss Marple asks the others if Major Palgrave told people about the photo. Others claim Palgrave said it was not a photo of a wife killer but a husband killer. Major Palgrave is exhumed and the autopsy reveals that he was poisoned. At night, Tim wakes up to find his wife is missing. They find what seems to be her body in a creek, but it turns out to be Lucky ; the two women resemble one another. Miss Marple wakes Mr Rafiel and they go to Tim and Molly Kendall 's house. There they find Tim offering Molly some wine. Miss Marple tells Jackson to take the wine away. She shows it to Mr Rafiel, saying there is a deadly narcotic in it. She explains that Tim Kendall is the wife killer, recognised by Major Palgrave. Miss Marple had thought Palgrave saw the Hillingdons and the Dysons on his right as they were coming up the beach, but later realised that he had a glass eye so he could not have seen them. Tim and Molly were sitting on his left. Tim was planning to kill his wife, and so had to kill Major Palgrave when he recognised him. He also killed Victoria, who remembered the Serenite. Tim put belladonna in Molly 's cosmetics to drive her to suicide. Tim had asked his wife to meet him by the creek, but Molly had been distracted by a vision due to the belladonna and wandered off. Tim saw Lucky and mistook her for Molly. He was about to poison Molly when Miss Marple came in. Esther Walters suddenly insists that Tim is n't a killer. Tim shouts at her to keep quiet. He had been planning to marry Esther, after Molly 's death, because he had heard that she was going to inherit a large sum of money from Jason Rafiel. Characters Jane Marple : An elderly spinster detective with an eye for detail and unexpected clues, with a mind like a sink. Major Palgrave : An elderly, garrulous man with a glass eye who fatefully rambles about adventures ( some real and some imagined ). Tim Kendal : A young man married to Molly Kendal, who marries her using false references and starts the hotel ( where the story takes place ) with her. He is discovered to be having an affair with Esther. Molly Kendal : Tim Kendal 's pretty young wife who starts the hotel ( where the story takes place ) with him. She eventually believes she has fallen mentally ill and confides it to Evelyn, although her symptoms are actually the result of being poisoned. Jason Rafiel : A cantankerous old man with a large fortune and an unexpectedly kind spirit, who takes a shine to Miss Marple. Esther Walters : Jason Rafiel 's secretary, ( the widow of a drunkard ) with a child in England. She strangely seems to prefer keeping herself homely instead of getting herself up ' like a houri '. Victoria : A St Honoré native, she is the one to discover Major Palgrave 's death and the mysterious bottle of Serenite. She is in an illegitimate, consummate relationship. Greg Dyson : A nature lover. Now married to Lucky, he was married to a woman who was killed by Lucky with the help of Edward. Lucky Dyson : An attractive American woman married to Greg. She had plotted to kill his ex-wife, along with Edward, whom she tricked and seduced. Edward Hillingdon : The husband of Evelyn and an avid nature lover. He has children at a boarding school and drifts apart from his wife because he does not love her. Evelyn Hillingdon : A woman who does not love her husband Edward but puts up with him in public to put on an appearance both for their public image and for their children. Señora de Caspearo : A Hispanic woman on holiday who opposes ugliness and, therefore Major Palgrave and Jason Rafiel. Miss Prescott : An elderly woman who enjoys gossiping and has come on holiday with her brother, Canon Prescott. Canon Prescott : Miss Prescott 's brother, a member of the clergy, who opposes to his sister 's gossiping. Dr Graham : The St Honoré doctor, an elderly man who treats Miss Marple, who pretends to be ill. Jackson : Mr Rafiel 's valet / masseur / attendant who ( by admission to Miss Marple ) worked at a cosmetic company. He is thought of as generally thieving and undesirable. Literary significance and reception After lukewarm reviews of her two previous novels, Francis Iles ( Anthony Berkeley Cox ) felt that the writer was back on form in his review in The Guardian 's issue of 11 December 1964 : `` Mrs Agatha Christie has done it again. In A Caribbean Mystery she tells the reader explicitly what is going to happen ; and yet when it does, nine out of ten will be taken completely by surprise -- as I was. How does she do it ? For the rest, it is Miss Marple this time who is in charge of the story ; and all one can guess is that the setting is a Caribbean island. '' Maurice Richardson in The Observer of 15 November 1964 began, `` A most encouraging return to somewhere very near her best unputdownable form... Suspicion nicely distributed among guests, many of them raffish adulterers. Not very hard to guess, but quite suspenseful. Good varied characterisation including a particularly excellent octogenarian tycoon. '' Towards the end of the year, Richardson again commented on the book in a special Books of the Year : A Personal Choice column when he said, `` Agatha Christie makes one of those gratifying veteran 's comebacks. '' The Daily Mirror of 21 November 1964 wrote : `` Not quite at the top of her form. A Miss Marples ( sic ) story which addicts wo n't find as unsolvable as usual. '' Robert Barnard : `` In the tradition of all those package - tour mysteries written by indigent crime writers who have to capitalize on their meagre holidays. Nothing much of interest, but useful for illustrating the ' fluffification ' of Miss Marple. Reuses a ploy from Appointment with Death. '' `` There is no more cunning player of the murder game than Agatha Christie. '' -- Sunday Times `` Throws off the false clues and misleading events as only a master of the art can do. '' New York Times Dedication The novel is dedicated to John Cruikshank Rose, `` with happy memories of my visit to the West Indies ''. Christie and her husband Max Mallowan became friends with John Rose in 1928 at the archaeological site at Ur. He was the architectural draftsman and when Max was in charge of the dig at Arpachiyah, Syria in 1932, he hired Rose to be his draftsman. Rose was Scottish, and as Christie described him, `` a beautiful draughtsman, with a quiet way of talking, and a gentle humour that I found irresistible. '' References in other works The millionaire Jason Rafiel appears again, posthumously, in the novel Nemesis where he sends Miss Marple on a case specifically because of her success in solving the events related in A Caribbean Mystery. Film, TV or theatrical adaptations A 1983 US TV movie adaptation starred Helen Hayes as Miss Marple and Barnard Hughes as Mr Rafiel. The New York Times says that Miss Marple has `` a carload of suspects '' to figure out why her friend was killed, in this film that first aired 22 October 1983. The screenplay was credited to Sue Grafton, later a mystery writer, and Steve Humphrey. A BBC TV adaptation starring Joan Hickson was shown in 1989 as part of the series Agatha Christie 's Miss Marple, with Donald Pleasence co-starring as Mr Rafiel. Few changes were made from the novel : the Prescotts and Señora de Caspearo were omitted, Miss Marple holidayed on Barbados rather than the fictional island of `` St Honoré '' ( interestingly the name Honoré reappears as the fictional main town in the BBC series Death in Paradise that began airing in 2011 ), and the blood pressure medication was renamed Tetrauwolfide. The production was made and aired after the production of Nemesis, leading to some viewer confusion. In the earlier production, the part of Jason Rafiel was portrayed by Frank Gatliff, rather than Donald Pleasence. In 2013, the book was adapted for the sixth series of ITV 's Agatha Christie 's Marple, starring Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple and co-starring Antony Sher as Jason Rafiel, Oliver Ford Davies as Major Palgrave, and Robert Webb and Charity Wakefield as the Kendalls. The characters are much the same as in the novel, and the location is the same. At the end, Tim tries to shoot Molly rather than poison her, but the bullets of the gun have been removed. Like some of the other episodes in the previous series includes a character named for a real person. In this instance it is spy novelist Ian Fleming who makes the acquaintance of Miss Marple and is struggling with writer 's block, trying to come up with the name of his hero for his spy story. Just then James Bond ( Charlie Higson ) appears on the platform to deliver a speech, and introduces himself as `` My name is Bond, James Bond '', which ultimately interests Fleming causing him to write. Just as with the Joan Hickson versions, Nemesis was filmed prior to A Caribbean Mystery. There are some continuity issues : in the 2009 version of Nemesis, Jason Rafiel is a German writer, but in A Caribbean Mystery, he is an English chemical manufacturer. Miss Marple does not refer to herself as Nemesis at any time in this story, despite herself and Mr Rafiel associating the name with her in Nemesis. Just like in the Joan Hickson versions, Mr Rafiel is portrayed by different actors : Antony Sher portrays him here, but in Nemesis, he makes voice appearances by Herbert Lom ( who previously appeared in the 2004 version of The Murder at the Vicarage as Monsieur Dufosse ). The 1989 version is the only adaptation as of 2017 to actually be shot in the Caribbean ( on location on the island of Barbados ) ; the 1983 TV movie was shot in California, while the 2013 version was filmed in Cape Town. Publication history 1964, Collins Crime Club ( London ), 16 November 1964, Hardcover, 256 pp 1965, Dodd Mead and Company ( New York ), Hardcover, 245 pp 1966, Fontana Books ( Imprint of HarperCollins ), Paperback, 157 pp 1966, Pocket Books ( New York ), Paperback, 176 pp 1976, Ulverscroft Large - print Edition, Hardcover, 316 pp 1979, Greenway edition of collected works ( William Collins ), Hardcover, 256 pp ; ISBN 0 - 00 - 231072 - 4 1979, Greenway edition of collected works ( Dodd Mead ), Hardcover, 256 pp 2006, Marple Facsimile edition ( Facsimile of 1964 UK first edition ), 6 March 2006, Hardcover ; ISBN 0 - 00 - 720857 - X 2008, Indian Version ( ASIAN ) ; ISBN 978 - 0 - 00 - 729961 - 4 Odyssey RS. 150 The novel was serialised in the Star Weekly Novel, a Toronto newspaper supplement, in two abridged instalments from 16 to 23 January 1965, with each issue containing an uncredited cover illustration. References ^ Jump up to : Chris Peers, Ralph Spurrier and Jamie Sturgeon. Collins Crime Club -- A checklist of First Editions. Dragonby Press ( Second Edition ) March 1999 ( p. 15 ) Jump up ^ John Cooper and B.A. Pyke. Detective Fiction -- the collector 's guide : Second Edition ( pp. 82, 87 ) Scholar Press. 1994. ISBN 0 - 85967 - 991 - 8 ^ Jump up to : American Tribute to Agatha Christie Jump up ^ Iles, Francis ( 11 December 1964 ). `` Review ''. The Guardian. p. 9. Jump up ^ The Observer, 15 November 1964 ( p. 26 ) Jump up ^ Richardson, Maurice ( 20 December 1964 ). `` Review ''. The Observer. p. 7. Jump up ^ `` Review ''. Daily Mirror. 21 November 1964. p. 22. Jump up ^ Barnard, Robert ( 1990 ). A Talent to Deceive -- an appreciation of Agatha Christie ( Revised ed. ). Fontana Books. p. 190. ISBN 0 - 00 - 637474 - 3. ^ Jump up to : `` Agatha Christie - A Caribbean mystery ''. Archived from the original on 8 June 2000. Retrieved 16 October 2015. Jump up ^ Erickson, Hal. `` A Caribbean Mystery ( 1983 ) ''. New York Times. Retrieved 16 October 2015. Jump up ^ A Caribbean Mysterry on IMDb External links A Caribbean Mystery at the official Agatha Christie website A Caribbean Mystery ( 1983 ) on IMDb A Caribbean Mystery ( 1989 ) on IMDb A Caribbean Mystery ( ( 21 Sep. 2014 ) on IMDb Agatha Christie 's Miss Marple Characters and places Miss Marple Raymond West Sir Henry Clithering St. Mary Mead Books Novels The Murder at the Vicarage ( 1930 ) The Body in the Library ( 1942 ) The Moving Finger ( 1942 ) A Murder Is Announced ( 1950 ) They Do It with Mirrors ( 1952 ) A Pocket Full of Rye ( 1953 ) 4.50 from Paddington ( 1957 ) The Mirror Crack 'd from Side to Side ( 1962 ) A Caribbean Mystery ( 1964 ) At Bertram 's Hotel ( 1965 ) Nemesis ( 1971 ) Sleeping Murder ( 1976 ) Short story collections The Thirteen Problems ( 1932 ) The Regatta Mystery ( 1939 ) Three Blind Mice and Other Stories ( 1950 ) The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding ( 1960 ) Double Sin and Other Stories ( 1961 ) Miss Marple 's Final Cases and Two Other Stories ( 1979 ) Film adaptations Murder, She Said ( 1961 ) Murder at the Gallop ( 1963 ) Murder Most Foul ( 1964 ) Murder Ahoy ! ( 1964 ) The Alphabet Murders ( 1965 ) ( cameo ) The Mirror Crack 'd ( 1980 ) Shubho Mahurat ( 2003 ) Television adaptations A Murder Is Announced ( 1956 ) A Caribbean Mystery ( 1983 ) Murder with Mirrors ( 1985 ) Miss Marple ( 1984 -- 92 ) ( 12 TV films ) The Body in the Library Agatha Christie 's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple ( 2004 -- 05 ) Agatha Christie 's Marple ( 2004 -- 13 ) Agathe kann 's nicht lassen ( 2005 -- 07 ) See also Tropes in Agatha Christie 's novels Hercule Poirot Agatha Christie 's fictional universe Murder at the Vicarage ( play ) Category Works by Agatha Christie Universe Characters Hercule Poirot Miss Marple Tommy and Tuppence Ariadne Oliver Arthur Hastings Superintendent Battle Chief Inspector Japp Parker Pyne Mr. Harley Quin Colonel Race Lady Eileen `` Bundle '' Brent Sir Henry Clithering Raymond West Miss Felicity Lemon Countess Vera Rossakoff Locations St. Mary Mead Novels The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Secret Adversary The Murder on the Links The Man in the Brown Suit The Secret of Chimneys The Murder of Roger Ackroyd The Big Four The Mystery of the Blue Train The Seven Dials Mystery The Murder at the Vicarage The Sittaford Mystery Peril at End House Lord Edgware Dies Murder on the Orient Express Why Did n't They Ask Evans ? 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The Body in the Library Five Little Pigs The Moving Finger Towards Zero Death Comes as the End Sparkling Cyanide The Hollow Taken at the Flood Crooked House A Murder Is Announced They Came to Baghdad Mrs McGinty 's Dead They Do It with Mirrors After the Funeral A Pocket Full of Rye Destination Unknown Hickory Dickory Dock Dead Man 's Folly 4.50 from Paddington Ordeal by Innocence Cat Among the Pigeons The Pale Horse The Mirror Crack 'd from Side to Side The Clocks A Caribbean Mystery At Bertram 's Hotel Third Girl Endless Night By the Pricking of My Thumbs Hallowe'en Party Passenger to Frankfurt Nemesis Elephants Can Remember Postern of Fate Curtain Sleeping Murder As Mary Westmacott Giant 's Bread Unfinished Portrait Absent in the Spring The Rose and the Yew Tree A Daughter 's a Daughter The Burden Short story collections Poirot Investigates Partners in Crime The Mysterious Mr Quin The Thirteen Problems The Hound of Death The Listerdale Mystery Parker Pyne Investigates Murder in the Mews The Regatta Mystery The Labours of Hercules The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories Three Blind Mice and Other Stories The Under Dog and Other Stories The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding Double Sin and Other Stories The Golden Ball and Other Stories Poirot 's Early Cases Miss Marple 's Final Cases and Two Other Stories Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories The Harlequin Tea Set While the Light Lasts and Other Stories Plays Black Coffee And Then There Were None Appointment with Death Murder on the Nile The Hollow The Mousetrap Witness for the Prosecution Spider 's Web Verdict The Unexpected Guest Fiddlers Three Akhnaton Chimneys Radio and television plays Wasp 's Nest The Yellow Iris Three Blind Mice Butter in a Lordly Dish Personal Call Other books The Road of Dreams Come, Tell Me How You Live Star Over Bethlehem Poems An Autobiography Book Category Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Caribbean_Mystery&oldid=823113815 '' Categories : 1964 British novels Collins Crime Club books Miss Marple novels Novels set in the Caribbean Novels set in hotels British novels adapted into films Novels adapted into television programs Hidden categories : EngvarB from November 2013 Use dmy dates from November 2013 All articles with vague or ambiguous time Vague or ambiguous time from May 2013 All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from May 2013 Articles with unsourced statements from June 2017 Articles with unsourced statements from July 2015 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Bosanski Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Latina Magyar नेपाली Polski Português Русский Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Svenska Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 30 January 2018, at 09 : 38. 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Question: where was miss marple a caribbean mystery filmed 2013
Answer: Cape Town