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Towards Zero (Agatha Christie Collection) (Paperback)

by Agatha Christie (Author)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; Masterpiece ed edition (7 May 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007136803
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007136803
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 34,652 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Masterly storytelling" Times Literary Supplement "Agatha Christie has surpassed herself" New York Times


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An elderly widow is murdered at a clifftop seaside house...What is the connection between 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 houseparty gathers at Gull's Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head. It's all part of a carefully paid plan -- for murder!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of Christie's vey best., 16 Jul 2006
By M. Elliott (Mansfield, UK) - See all my reviews
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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
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An overlooked classic, 9 April 2007
By C. Knowles "Coljaz" (Sheffield, England) - See all my reviews
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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!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant mystery, featuring Inspector Battle., 6 Jun 2001
By W. O'NEILL "Sochalien anglais" (Wirral, England.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Towards Zero (The Christie Collection) (Paperback)
Battle is one of her lesser known detectives, but I take my hat off to him for getting this one right! From the very start, there is a stormy tension over the group, matched by the sultry weather outside. The two enormous twists will leave you amazed and the wickedness of the killer is high even by Agatha standards! The second one I read and after the awful 'Clocks', a wonderful introduction. An essential read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars 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 2 months ago by L. Hay

4.0 out of 5 stars Towards Zero "Book" v Towards Zero "TV Adaptation"
I picked up this book to read because I had recently seen the ITV adaptation of MARPLE (2008). I knew Miss Marple was not in the book, so wanted to see how true to the book they... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Joanne D'Arcy

5.0 out of 5 stars The murder of Audrey Strange
This is without doubt the best Agatha Christie crime novel I have ever read. It surpassess "Roger Ackroyd" for plot, characters, scene, prose. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Jane Baker

2.0 out of 5 stars Towards Zero
Disappointing. Christie sets up an interesting plot but fails to do anything with it. The book feels as if it's all beginning but no middle. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2005 by Rich

3.0 out of 5 stars More twists and turns than a maze!
This is story features one of Agatha Christie's lesser known detectives, Superintendent Battle who is in five of Agatha Christie's novels. Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2004 by Suzanne Moore

5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual detective story - Christie at her best !
Traditional whodunnit beginning unusually with an unnamed person writing a plan for murder, to take place at the end of the story. Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly entertaining and old-fashioned murder mystery
Not one of the best known Christies, which is a huge injustice as Towards Zero has a clever, original plot with plenty of twists and red herrings and a plethora of fascinating... Read more
Published on 13 Nov 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Another top rate Christie
Different (in some ways) from most, with an excellent plot. Very very few people would possibly guess the outcome of this particular one (even my sister and she gets most).
Published on 29 Oct 1999 by mikemoroney2

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