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- Publisher: Pocket Books (2 July 1981)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671434640
- ISBN-13: 978-0671434649
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.4 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,527,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have been a Christie fan for 35 years, and I agree with the previous reviewer. To my mind this is one of the best books she ever wrote. Perhaps because it does not feature Poirot or Marple it never really seems to get the attention it deserves. Christie is often criticised for being Plot Plot Plot and precious little atmosphere. It is suggested that creating a convincing atmosphere is beyond her. Well this is the book which disproves that theory. You could cut the atmosphere in this one with a knife. From the word go a strange, menacing, almost dreamlike aura hangs over this book. It is, apart from a (very) tangenital similarity to 'Murder Is Easy' in terms of motivation, quite unlike anything else she wrote. It seems to be one of those Christies that readers come to half-heartedly once they have exhausted the Poirots and Marples but I would place it pretty high on her list of classic titles, in fact I am not sure that I wouldn't place it at number one!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Traditional whodunnit beginning unusually with an unnamed person writing a plan for murder, to take place at the end of the story. An ingeniously planned crime and a hard-to-guess solution even for Christie regulars. Subtle clues and red-herrings abound. Characters more interestingly developed than usual for Christie. Visitors to Salcombe in Devon may spot resemblences to the story's location. Deserves filming despite the absence of Poirot and Miss Marple.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Towards Zero is one of Agatha Christie's very best books. The characterisation is excellent with lots of well drawn rounded characters. The setting of the cornish coast in September is also very atmospeheric.
However this book is so good as Christie places the main murder late on in the book viewing, as is the case,murder being the end of a series of events rather than the start.
The solution is totally unexpected but if you look back through the book and the characters it is the only possible solution that would work.
A true classic
However this book is so good as Christie places the main murder late on in the book viewing, as is the case,murder being the end of a series of events rather than the start.
The solution is totally unexpected but if you look back through the book and the characters it is the only possible solution that would work.
A true classic
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Towards the denouncement
Towards Zero is one of Christie's more conceptual stories. She often played with plot ideas, like when she stranded her victims on an island in And Then There Were None, or when... Read more
Published 12 days ago by Jack Heslop
Agatha Christie At Her Best
Having been an Agatha Christie fan for many years I have read all her books. This one I feel rates as one of the best. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Eileen Emberlin
Top notch and my personal favourite Christie
This is one of a handful of Superintendent Battle stories and one of the minority of Christie stories not featuring either Poirot or Miss Marple but do NOT be put off by that. Read more
Published 17 months ago by A Customer
One of Agatha Christie's best
I loved this book - it deserves to be more famous. The characters of Audrey and Nevile Strange, Mr Treves and Camilla Tressilian are excellent, and the setting is atmospheric and... Read more
Published on 8 May 2010 by Jessica
A nice turnaround
A novel way to begin the story from a different angle starting at the lead up to the crime.
Published on 25 Mar 2010 by D. M. Burton
Towards Zero
I really liked this one. Well read,a good story as you would expect it to be.
I had not read the book but as I'm a Christie fan that did'nt matter, it was up
to her usual... Read more
I had not read the book but as I'm a Christie fan that did'nt matter, it was up
to her usual... Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2010 by Mrs. M. Massey
Disappointing
The book, Towards Zero, gets fairly good reviews here, but I must say the latest BBC Radio 4 Agatha Christie CD release is, despite an OK story, somewhat disappointing. Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2010 by Carmel
Great, old-fashioned radio drama
When I say this is "old-fashioned", that's a compliment. Drama on the radio works best with this kind of story - because it is a story, rather than a slice of life or a plodding... Read more
Published on 16 Feb 2010 by Ms. L. R. Fisher
How long is it?
The recording is on 2 CDs, with a combined playing time of approx. 1 hour 45 minutes.
Published on 10 Feb 2010 by C. X. Linton-Willoughby
VERY READABLE....................
This book has been described as one of Dame Agatha';s best, but I am still a big fan of "The ABC Murders and "Murder is Easy". Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2009 by L. Hay
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