![]() ![]() ![]() Though the story lacks action and enough Jane Marple for Ayres to develop, her performance is a delightful romp for any Christie fan. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. The greatest mystery in this 1953 novel is why any mid-century father would name his children Lancelot and Percival. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. ![]() Ayres can slip effortlessly from one accent to another, as when the lofty voice of Rex’s secretary collapses into the low-class accent of an East Ender after she discovers her boss’s body. A Pocket Full of Rye: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries, 6) Paperback Apby Agatha Christie (Author) 4,150 ratings Book 7 of 12: Miss Marple Mysteries See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover from 13.99 4 New from 13. Lancelot, the younger son, is ironic and cavalier. Percival, the elder son, is stuffy and nasally clogged. Ayres seems to be mocking stereotypes of British accents. Ayres’s Miss Marple is well-mannered, polite and even diffident. After the death by poisoning of wealthy Rex Fortescue, others in the household are murdered in ways that mimic a Mother Goose rhyme. It hardly seems possible for anyone to best Hugh Fraser’s savvy audio performance of Christie’s Hickory Dickory Dock, but Rosalind Ayres produces an amazing range of voices and accents to create her own one-woman full-cast audio book. ![]()
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