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.
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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.
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While not one of Christie's more famous works, Towards Zero deserves its fair share of aclaim. Unlike some of her stories, this one affords enough clues for the reader to be able to, in theory, solve the case, but it is so expertly contrived that it takes a mastermind to do so. It certainly has a very ghostly and spooky aura, which especially lends it to readers of intrigue.
