One of Agatha Christie’s own ten favorite novels, Towards Zero puts Superintendent Battle and Inspector Leach on the case as they investigate the murder of an elderly widow.**
What is the connection among a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player?
To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a house party gathers at Gull’s Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head. As Superintendent Battle discovers, it is all part of a carefully laid plan—for murder.
Review
Agatha Christie has surpassed herself. --New York Times
Agatha Christie set the bar. --Katherine Hall Page, Agatha award-winning author of the Faith Fairchild Mysteries
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One of Agatha Christie’s own ten favorite novels, Towards Zero puts Superintendent Battle and Inspector Leach on the case as they investigate the murder of an elderly widow. ** What is the connection among a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player? To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a house party gathers at Gull’s Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head. As Superintendent Battle discovers, it is all part of a carefully laid plan—for murder.
Review
Agatha Christie has surpassed herself. --New York Times
Agatha Christie set the bar. --Katherine Hall Page, Agatha award-winning author of the Faith Fairchild Mysteries
Masterly storytelling. --Times Literary Supplement (London)
"Masterly storytelling."--Times Literary Supplement (London)
"Agatha Christie has surpassed herself."--New York Times
"Agatha Christie set the bar."--Katherine Hall Page, Agatha award-winning author of the Faith Fairchild Mysteries
Review
"Masterly storytelling" Times Literary Supplement "Agatha Christie has surpassed herself" New York Times