Description: "Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye. Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing. Oh, wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king?" Rex Fortesque was not so fortunate. He wasn't presented with a pie--he was murdered. The only clue is the rye found in his trousers pocket. When two more murders ensue only Jane Marple is able to see a pattern: a childhood rhyme with a link to the victims' past. Murder, though, is anything but child's play. And the case becomes especially personal for Miss Marple as the killer's next victim is her former maid, Gladys.
Brief description:
Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.
Review Quotes:
"This is the best of the novels starring Christie's Miss Marple."
--New York Times