![]() Within minutes Rex Fortescue is gripped by a searing pain. This kind of fuss being made over such a fussy character is often a harbinger of death in novels of this ilk… and crisis ensues not long after his morning beverage is served. Fortescue’s personal secretary, Miss Grovenor, visits the staff kitchen to make her employer’s tea from his own personal supply in his own personal teapot. It’s a well-ordered world with tea brewed at a specific each time each day. The novel was initially serialised in 14 heavily abridged instalments printed in the Daily Express newspaper between 28 September and 13 October 1953, before being integrated the following month.Īs the book opens we are immediately drawn into the busy office of the wealthy financier, Rex Fortescue. ![]() Originally published on 9 November 1953, A Pocket Full of Rye was the sixth outing for Christie’s elderly amateur sleuth Miss Jane Marple. For Classics in September 2013 we’re putting that right, and have spotted a book on the shelf that seems to be the perfect introduction to Agatha Christie’s work. Maybe we didn’t include enough on the Golden Age of crime fiction. ![]() Chandler, Jim Thompson, Ross Macdonald and James M Cain all featured alongside the Top Five Women of Noir. Written by Agatha Christie - Last year, we began Classics in September and it’s fair to say we included plenty of hardboiled and noir material from the 1940s and 50s. ![]()
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