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The police pronounce it an accident

A Pocket Full of Rye Ballantine Books As is the strength ofA classic Marple mystery! Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his counting house when he suffered an agonising and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals. Yet, it was the incident in the parlour which confirmed Jane Marples suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme