![]() The head of the family is shady business man Rex Fortescue, elderly and unscrupulous and altogether a bad lot. Living at Yewtree Lodge near London is a family which would, in Regency times, have been called 'Cits' - self-made rich folk of the slightly vulgar variety. Don't ask me to explain - it must be some kind of leftover childhood thing.Įngland, 1953. I also find English accents of a certain sort VERY soothing and comforting. ![]() And if this current election cycle hasn't agitated you then you haven't been paying attention. ![]() I don't know about you, but there's just something about Christie (no matter the mayhem involved) that I find soothing and comforting when I'm feeling agitated. ![]() A POCKETFUL OF RYE is as good a place to begin as any. Highly recommended, especially if you're (God forbid) not familiar with Miss Marple or Agatha Christie or even, Golden Age mysteries. Of course I've read this Miss Marple book (7th in the series) many times over the years, but I'm enjoying it now in audible form for the first time, narrated by the wonderful actor Richard E. ![]()
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