Yet, it was the incident in the parlour which confirmed Jane Marple’s suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme… On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals. A handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman… Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his ‘counting house’ when he suffered an agonising and sudden death. Synopsis: A series of murders disguised within a nursery rhyme, Miss Marple’s on the case with two of Agatha Christie’s favourite themes, this time following the rhyme ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’.
Like several of Christie’s novels (e.g., Hickory Dickory Dock and One, Two, Buckle My Shoe) the title and substantial parts of the plot reference a nursery rhyme, in this case Sing a Song of Sixpence. The novel was first serialised, heavily abridged, in the UK in the Daily Express starting on Monday 28 September, running for fourteen instalments until Tuesday 13 October 1953. The novel features her fictional amateur detective, Miss Marple. First published in Great Britain by Collins, The Crime Club 1953, and in the US by Dodd, Mead & Co. Esta entrada es bilingüe, desplazarse hacia abajo para ver la versión en castellano
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