Miss Marple looks into the death of Rex Fortescue, who was poisoned while drinking a cup of tea in his office at Consolidated Investments, and discovers a variety of associates and family members with motives, including a wife believed to have married Rex for his money.
Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sippingtea in his “counting house” when he sufferedan agonizing and sudden death. On later inspection,the pockets of the deceased were found to containtraces of cereals.
Yet, it was the incident in the parlor which confirmedMiss Marple’s suspicion that here she waslooking at a case of crime by rhyme. . . .