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“This is the best of the novels starring Christie’s Miss Marple”
New York Times
“A model of complex skulduggery”
New Yorker
“Ingenious”
Times Literary Supplement
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"This is the best of the novels starring Christie's Miss Marple" New York Times "A model of complex skulduggery" New Yorker "Ingenious" Times Literary Supplement
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio Cassette
Almost every formula, idea, and trick that Agatha Christie used in her detective fiction works proved to be entirely successful and won her an enormous reading public. Making use of nursery rhymes was one such formula. Nursery rhymes can reawaken the sense of wonder, mystery and enchantment in any reader. They also can carry symbolic levels of meaning, and some are allegories.
In this her 1953 offering she makes use of the nursery rhyme "Sing A Song Of Sixpence". Appropriately it is one of her Miss Marple books. Although her elderly spinster sleuth has little to do here, and is late making her appearance, it is she who perceives and urges the significance of the nursery rhyme. "Don't you see, it makes a pattern to all this."
The murders occur in the disfunctional family of Rex Fortescue, a financier, and the action occurs in his London office and in the family home, Yew Tree Lodge. The opening chapters are wonderfully engaging. Agatha Christie, when she took the trouble, could sketch characters vividly. Amongst all of them in this book, there are not more than a handful of suspects. To compensate, Mrs Christie throws in buckets full of red herrings.
You'll enjoy the puzzle, and having innumerable theories suggested and dismissed. The solution, when it comes, however, is no more plausible than is the likelihood of a blackbird pecking off a maid's nose.
If you can obtain the unabridged reading of the book by Rosemary Leach, your enjoyment will be enhanced. Rosemary Leach is unusually skilled at "doing" the voices of a large cast of characters, male and female.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In A Pocket Full of Rye, Agatha Christie has, as always, created a magnificent plot for murder. The solution came suprisingly and I could hardly put the book down, I was so interested in who the murderer was. The thing I miss, though, is more involvment in the book. The author doesn't describe the mood very well, it's like murder is a very common case and happens all the time without affecting people very much. Also, Miss Marple came in far too late, but I enjoyed the connection of the plot with the nursery rhyme "Sing a song of six-pence...".
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a brilliant miss Marple novel and it is one of my favourite Agatha Christies books. It isn't too complicated but it is not simple either.
It is about the leader of a financial industry ( Rex Fortescue ), who gets poisoned during work and dies shortly after. The obvious suspect is his wife but is this actually the case? Two more murders shortly follow and miss Marple is called in to help the investigation. She quickly discovers that the murders are following the nursery rhyme Sing A Song Of Sixpence.
The clues are, a connection with the blackbird mines and a family called the MacKenzie's, Rex's will, why the murderer chose to kill according to the rhyme. There are lots more clues aswell.
I think this is a great book and most people will really enjoy it. If you like this type of book, another equally brilliant one, that is similar to this one, is Crooked House.
It is about the leader of a financial industry ( Rex Fortescue ), who gets poisoned during work and dies shortly after. The obvious suspect is his wife but is this actually the case? Two more murders shortly follow and miss Marple is called in to help the investigation. She quickly discovers that the murders are following the nursery rhyme Sing A Song Of Sixpence.
The clues are, a connection with the blackbird mines and a family called the MacKenzie's, Rex's will, why the murderer chose to kill according to the rhyme. There are lots more clues aswell.
I think this is a great book and most people will really enjoy it. If you like this type of book, another equally brilliant one, that is similar to this one, is Crooked House.
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An Enduring Classic
As a teenager I collected every novel of Agatha Christie, some new, the majority for pence from secon hand stalls, I still own my collection which lives (somewhere) in my attic. Read more
Published 1 month ago by spamb
excellent
perfect all correct recieved on time packaged well no problems what so ever. would shop with them again if i wanted anything else
Published 5 months ago by Mr. R. Hudson
Still amazing
I thought I'd read all of AC's novels decades ago but came across this in my local library and didn't recognise the title. How I've enjoyed it! Read more
Published 7 months ago by Jane Baker
Miss Marple At Her Very Best!
Miss Marple, the amateur detective decides to leave her village to investigate the murder of Rex Fortescue and two members of his household. Read more
Published 7 months ago by David Parkin
A good read
This was the first Agatha Christie book I ever read, and from here on I have become Agatha's biggest fan...This story is so straightforward. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Ms. Ailsa Sharkey
Agatha Christie - A Pocket Full of Rye
This is classic Christie, and, for me, there can hardly be a higher accolade. Easy to reasd, intriguing and the perfect way to while away the hours.
Published 19 months ago by Hugh
Four and twenty blackbirds....
One of my favourites and a puzzle right to the end.
A fantastic work from the pen of Agatha Christie, this is a great story and as usual all is not what it seems. Read more
A fantastic work from the pen of Agatha Christie, this is a great story and as usual all is not what it seems. Read more
Published on 9 April 2010 by P. Nicholls
A Pocketful of Rye
What a joy to hear this story, June Whitfield as Miss Marple takes some getting used to, but it rolled along well, very good audio actors, the period in time came over well. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2010 by Mrs. La Watts
One of the best
This is one of those dramitisations that i can never tire of. A first rate product from the BBC. All of these are very well produced. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2010 by Rockface
Excellent!
Just quite simply a great audio version, well priced and reliably delivered. It was a gift for an aged relative and they were delighted (hence the cassette format).
Published on 5 Feb 2010 by Mr. J. S. Maconochie
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