{"product_id":"a-pocket-full-of-rye-1","title":"A pocket full of rye by Agatha Christie","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-id=\"xxdsxo-wnh5ku-p67oet-h21tjw\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"140\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Summary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"275\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eWealthy financier \u003cstrong data-start=\"18\" data-end=\"35\"\u003eRex Fortescue\u003c\/strong\u003e is found dead in his office after sipping tea—oddly, he has grains of rye in his pocket, echoing the nursery rhyme \u003cem data-start=\"151\" data-end=\"179\"\u003e“Sing a Song of Sixpence.”\u003c\/em\u003e An autopsy reveals he was poisoned with taxine from the yew tree. Soon, his second wife \u003cstrong data-start=\"268\" data-end=\"277\"\u003eAdele\u003c\/strong\u003e dies from cyanide in tea, and the parlour maid \u003cstrong data-start=\"325\" data-end=\"335\"\u003eGladys\u003c\/strong\u003e is strangled in the garden, a clothespin on her nose—mirroring the rhyme’s events\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Pocket_Full_of_Rye?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"noopener\" alt=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Pocket_Full_of_Rye?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" class=\"flex h-4.5 overflow-hidden rounded-xl px-2 text-[0.5625em] font-medium text-token-text-secondary! bg-[#F4F4F4]! dark:bg-[#303030]! transition-colors duration-150 ease-in-out\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between absolute\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"277\" data-end=\"725\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"277\" data-end=\"306\"\u003eDetective Inspector Neele\u003c\/strong\u003e, with help from \u003cstrong data-start=\"323\" data-end=\"338\"\u003eMiss Marple\u003c\/strong\u003e, navigates the tangled Fortescue household—sons Percival and Lancelot (returning from Africa), Percival’s wife Jennifer, and Aunt Miss Ramsbottom. Clues like the rye grains, tea-and-honey link, blackbird references, and fondness for scones align with the rhyme structure . \u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eUltimately, Miss Marple reveals that Gladys’s manipulative boyfriend (really Lancelot) orchestrated the murders to control the inheritance from the Blackbird Mine, with each crime reflecting a line of the nursery rhyme\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-id=\"qomo6n-13tqo2-xgb12u-envan3\" data-cel-widget=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eDame \u003cstrong data-start=\"5\" data-end=\"38\"\u003eAgatha Mary Clarissa Christie\u003c\/strong\u003e (1890–1976) was an English writer widely celebrated as the \u003cstrong data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"116\"\u003eQueen of Crime\u003c\/strong\u003e. She penned 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections—including those featuring \u003cstrong data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"221\"\u003eMiss Marple\u003c\/strong\u003e and Hercule Poirot—and wrote \u003cem data-start=\"251\" data-end=\"266\"\u003eThe Mousetrap\u003c\/em\u003e, the world’s longest-running stage play\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agatha_Christie?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"noopener\" alt=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agatha_Christie?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" class=\"flex h-4.5 overflow-hidden rounded-xl px-2 text-[0.5625em] font-medium text-token-text-secondary! bg-[#F4F4F4]! dark:bg-[#303030]! transition-colors duration-150 ease-in-out\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between absolute\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eChristie revolutionized the Golden Age of detective fiction with tightly plotted, puzzle-driven mysteries set in cozy environments. 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