Towards Zero
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...
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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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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780062073549 (0062073540)
Publish date: February 1st 2011
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Murder Mystery,
Fiction
Series: Superintendent Battle (#5)
Counting this towards Mawlid An-Nabi because it has a green cover! I read this book four times over the holidays. It was so good! Why didn't we get more Superintendent Battle books?! I don't know what else to say, but prepare for a glowing review. So "Towards Zero" starts off with a retired lawy...
‘I like a good detective story,’ he said. ‘But, you know, they begin in the wrong place! They begin with the murder. But the murder is the end. The story begins long before that– years before sometimes– with all the causes and events that bring certain people to a certain place at a certain time on ...
Historia jest dość krótka (moja wersja miała 173 strony), a mimo to autorce udaje się doskonale zbudować specyficzny klimat niepewności. Nie mamy tu postaci bez osobowości - każdy z bohaterów jest "jakiś"; ma swój charakter, zainteresowania, znaki szczególne. Postacie nie wzięły się znikąd. Każda z ...
Audiobook.I thought I had read this before and swore it was one person through the majority of the book. Liked that I was fooled. The ending was a little "What the Heck!" but enjoyable.
bookshelves: published-1977, fraudio, mystery-thriller, play-dramatisation Read from January 13 to February 03, 2010 ** spoiler alert ** Adaptation by Joy Wilkinson of Agatha Christie's detective novel. Against her better judgement, Lady Tresselian permits the dashing Nevile Strange and his wif...
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