- A detestable businessman is murdered while at work, and a handful of rye is found in his pockets. Soon after, members of his household fall victim to a killer intent on recreating scenes from a popular nursery rhyme.
- When Rex Fortescue dies while sitting at his desk in the City, it's determined that he was in fact poisoned. He was married to a much younger wife, who now stands to inherit. His son Percival, a partner in the family firm, was a disappointment to him and a daughter, Elaine, hasn't amounted to much. Another son, Lance, had a falling out with his father many years before and relocated to East Africa. He suddenly appears soon after his father's death claiming that they had reconciled and been invited by him to return to England with an offer to rejoin the firm. Miss Marple takes a particular interest in the case when her former maid Gladys, now working in the Fortescue household, is also murdered. She soon learns that the elder Fortescue had received veiled threats for some time and that they might have something to do with a long ago business deal that made his initial fortune.—garykmcd
- A wealthy, elderly businessman, Rex Fortescue, is murdered, poisoned. In one of his pockets is a handful of rye. His death brings his children together and it is apparent that none of them liked him much. Soon another member of the Fortescue household is also poisoned. Miss Marple takes a special interest in the case when the house's maid is murdered - she used to be her maid. It appears that the murderer is killing his victims according to a nursery rhyme...—grantss
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