Grains in his pocket After drinking poisoned tea, Fortescue Rex died in terrible agony. Without a doubt, this is murder. But there was no evidence left at the crime scene, except for a few grains of rye found in the victim’s trouser pocket. Miss Marple, who learned about this strange discovery, suddenly remembered two other equally mysterious murders. I compared the facts and realized: the rhymes of the well-known nursery rhyme hover over all the murders! It very much says in it about those who were killed and how it was done... And in the cracks there is a mirror circle In the life of the small town of St. Mary Mead - an event! The famous director and his movie star wife purchased a mansion here. However, the housewarming reception was overshadowed: poison was slipped into the glass of a respectable local resident. When the police are powerless, the incomparable Miss Marple appears on the scene - only her sharp mind and knowledge of human nature can help solve the murder. The novel has been filmed several times, the most famous adaptation being the 1980 film The Mirror Cracked, which starred Elizabeth Taylor as the movie star.