Mrs Blackett

In the novel Nemesis, Mrs Blackett is a resident of Jocelyn St. Mary and the aunt of Nora Broad, a girl who had disappeared some time earlier and who had never been found. Miss Marple called on Mrs Blackett for background information about Nora.

Like many others who knew Nora, Mrs Blackett said that she was one who was "all for the boys". Mrs Blackett did not think she had been murdered and that more likely she had run off with someone. She added that Nora had accepted  a  lift  from   a  stranger and that was  the  last time  she  was  seen. It was some foreign car which she thought was an "Audit". It was the same car that Verity Hunt used to go riding in. Mrs Blackett also revealed that Clotilde Bradbury-Scott took an interest in the girls from the local school. She used to give Nora Broad presents and urge her to pay more attnetion to her studies and advised her against being too free with boys.

According to Mrs Blackett, after Verity Hunt had likewise disappeared, a number of local boys were called up by the police for questioning, including Geoffrey Grant, Billy  Thompson and Harry Landford.