A pocket full of rye julia mckenzie6/26/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Movie adaptation: the novel was adapted into the Russian film Tayna chyornykh drozdov (The Secret of the Blackbirds).Published as a novel for Christmas 1953, it was well received by critics and public alike who had long been accustomed to looking forward to a good read for the festive season. Yet, it was the incident in the parlour which confirmed Jane Marple’s suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme… On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals. ![]() A handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman… Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his ‘counting house’ when he suffered an agonising and sudden death. A series of murders disguised within a nursery rhyme, Miss Marple’s on the case with two of Agatha Christie’s favourite themes, this time following the rhyme 'Sing a Song of Sixpence'. ![]()
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