Ahandful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman‎!‎ RexFortescue‎,‎ king of a financial empire‎,‎ was sipping tea in his ‎'‎counting house‎'‎ when he suffered an agonising and sudden death‎.‎ On later inspection‎,‎ the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals‎.‎ Yet‎,‎ it was theincident in the parlour which confirmed Jane Marple‎'‎s suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme‎!‎