{"id":21259,"date":"2020-05-29T08:58:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T12:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=21259"},"modified":"2025-09-29T22:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:04:26","slug":"a-pocket-full-of-rye-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21259","title":{"rendered":"A Pocket Full of Rye"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Pocket Full of Rye<\/a><\/em> (1953) Agatha Christie<\/a> (Miss Marple)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>This is one of the stories that has always stuck with me–probably because of the rye mentioned in the title.<\/p>\n

Rex Fortescue dies in his office, and the police immediately suspect murder.<\/p>\n

\u201cI gather you don\u2019t think it was natural death,\u201d he said dryly. <\/p>\n

\u201cNot a dog\u2019s chance of it,\u201d said Dr. Bernsdorff robustly. \u201cI\u2019m speaking unofficially, of course,\u201d he added with belated caution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unfortunately, for them, the prime suspect also dies, as does a maid–which is what brings Miss Marple to Yewtree Lodge to seek the truth.<\/p>\n

One of the characters I find most fascinating in this story is Mary Dove.<\/p>\n

“I work only for the extremely rich who will pay anything to be comfortable. I pay top prices and so I get the best of what\u2019s going.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cSuch as the butler?\u201d <\/p>\n

She threw him an amused, appreciative glance. \u201cThere\u2019s always that trouble with a couple. Crump stays because of Mrs. Crump, who is one of the best cooks I\u2019ve ever come across. She\u2019s a jewel and one would put up with a good deal to keep her.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve already started the next book, and I feel like the main character there is an apology of sorts for Mary Dove in this story.<\/p>\n

The other interesting character is Miss Ramsbottom.<\/p>\n

\u201cStruck down at last in his arrogance and sinful pride. Well, it had to come.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI hope it\u2019s not a shock to you?\u201d It obviously wasn\u2019t but the inspector wanted to hear what she would say. <\/p>\n

Miss Ramsbottom gave him a sharp glance over the top of her spectacles and said: \u201cIf you mean I am not distressed, that is quite right. Rex Fortescue was always a sinful man and I never liked him.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She’s not a bad woman, but she is an unpleasant one, which makes her very interesting.<\/p>\n

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Rex Fortescue dies in his office, and the police immediately suspect murder. \u201cI gather you don\u2019t think it was natural death,\u201d he said dryly. \u201cNot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,30,668,190,292,8,41],"tags":[228,229,693,632],"class_list":["post-21259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-british","category-comfort-read","category-cozy","category-ebook","category-mystery","category-reread","tag-agatha-christie","tag-miss-marple","tag-older-protagonist","tag-post-ww-ii"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-5wT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3652,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3652","url_meta":{"origin":21259,"position":0},"title":"A Pocket Full of Rye","author":"Michelle","date":"March 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A Pocket Full of Rye (1953) Agatha Christie Rex Fortescue dies in his office, immediately after drinking his morning tea. 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