Towards Zero
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Towards Zero (published in 1943), is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie. It is the last to feature her recurring character of Superintendent Battle.
Plot
Lady Camilla invites her guests to her seaside house in Gulls Point and some guests start to quarell against eachother. When Mr. Treves is found dead in his hotel room because there was a sign on the lift that said "Lift out of Order". Treves has heart problems and is found dead the next day. Battle knows this wasn't an accident. Then Lady Camilla is found murdered. Superintendant Battle solves this baffiling mystery along with his nephew Inspector James Leach.Murder Method(s)
One blow to the headCharacters
- Lady Camilla Tressilian, host of her seaside home
- Mary Aldin, Lady Camilla's somewhat secretary
- Nevile Strange, a handsome tennis player
- Kay Strange, his beautiful second wife
- Audrey Strange, Strange's beautiful first wife
- Edward (Ted) Latimer, Kay's lover
- Thomas Royde, Audrey's distant cousin (but in the book his family adopts her)
- Mr. Treves, Lady Camilla's solicitor
- Andrew MacWhirter, a man who tries to commit suicide
- Inspector James Leach, Battles nephew
- Superintendent Battle, solves the case with his nephew
Stage version
In 1956, Christie adapted the book into a play.
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