Miss Marple in: A Pocket Full Of Rye (BBC Audio Crime)

Christie, Agatha

ISBN 10: 0563510358 ISBN 13: 9780563510352

Publisher: BBC Books, 2005

Synopsis

Wealthy businessman Rex Fortescue is found dead with rye grain in his pocket. His death is followed in quick succession by a woman dying while eating bread and honey, and a maid in her garden. Inspector Neele, in charge of investigating the spate of murders, consults with Miss Marple, who has an interesting and surprising theory to offer. She senses the murderer is dispatching his victims on the basis of the children's nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence." The similarities are numerous—not least the fact that Rex means "king," and as a financier, he could be said to have been in his counting house when he died. Soon the blackbirds of the rhyme put in an appearance, not to mention a whole shoal of red herrings. What secrets are lurking at the heart of the Fortescue family? Miss Marple finds herself enmeshed in one of the strangest cases of her life. . . An intriguing mystery from the Queen of Crime, dramatized with a full cast including Nicky Henson and Derek Waring.

2 CDs. 1 hr 30 mins.

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About the Author

Agatha Christie was born in 1890. During the World War I she worked as a hospital dispenser, where she gleaned the working knowledge of various poisons. Her first novel was The Mysterious Affair at Styles, published in 1920, followed over the next six years by four more detective novels and a short story collection. However, it was not until the publication of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd that Agatha Christie’s reputation was firmly established. In 1930 the sharp-witted spinster sleuth Miss Marple made her first appearance in Murder at the Vicarage. In all, Agatha Christie published 80 crime novels and short story collections. As her play The Mousetrap (the longest-running play in the history of the theater) testifies, Agatha Christie’s detective stories are likely to appeal for a long time to come. Agatha Christie was awarded a CBE in 1956 and was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1971. She died in 1976.

Edition details

• Publisher: BBC Books
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0563510358
• ISBN 13: 9780563510352
• Binding: Audio CD
• Number of pages: 1