Agatha Christie: A Pocket Full of Rye Audiobook on Audio CD, Audio Download, buy now from AudioGO

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple, the deceptively mild spinster sleuth.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?

When all is said and done, death by tea is by no means the worst way to go! Still, the police are shocked when they find upper class businessman Rex Fortescue has been poisoned by cardiotoxic diterpenes laced into his final cuppa. Initial suspicions are that he was murdered by his wife. This assumption is swiftly put to rest when the poor Mrs Fortescue suffers the same peculiar fatali-tea as her husband. As time goes by, further bizarre deaths are reported, leaving the police well and truly stumped.

It takes the cunning mind of the unflappable Miss Marple to realise that there are greater forces at play as a series of seemingly unconnected murders start to reveal a strange and perplexing pattern. Will she solve the mystery, or has the spinster sleuth finally met her match?

This audiobook adaptation of ‘A Pocket Full of Rye’ is another captivating dramatisation of a well-loved Agatha Christie classic, revamped into action by the BBC. Starring June Whitfield as the nation’s favourite spinster detective Miss Jane Marple, this thrilling CD audiobook provides an hour and a half of high quality BBC Drama entertainment. This title is also available to purchase as an MP3 download.

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Author: Agatha Christie Running Time: 1hrs 30min Publisher: AudioGO Ltd Number of CDs: 0 File Quality: MP3 (256 kbps) Release Date: 07/03/2005 D/L ISBN: 9781408484838 CD ISBN: 9780563510352

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