A Pocket Full of Rye

Context:

Discussed as a Miss Marple novel built around the 'four and twenty blackbirds' nursery rhyme, with the plot revolving around a maid named Gladys who is murdered after being groomed and emotionally abused. The hosts emphasize that Miss Marple's determination to seek justice for the lowly maid — a foundling who was manipulated — refutes the claim that Christie was a snob. Peter Davison played the killer in the BBC adaptation, which Dominic found shocking as a Doctor Who fan.