Book description
A new CD audio edition of Agatha Christie's thriller, featuring Superintendent Battle.
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…
Why read it?
1 author picked Towards Zero as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is my favorite novel by The Queen of Mystery. What I like the most is the originality of the plot, which is the story that leads to time 0, the time of the murder. In her own words: “A murder is the culmination of a lot of different circumstances, all converging at a given point.” That was when apparently unrelated events consolidated into a twist I didn’t see coming.
From this highly suspenseful novel, I learned that the best way to intensify the mystery is to think outside the box and inject the unexpected and the unusual into the…
From Cristina's list on thrillers for mystery and unexpected twists.
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The second in the new series featuring amateur sleuth Imogene Durant, a retired professor of Comparative Literature. This time she’s in Ireland, and in the right place to help out when her friend’s daughter is implicated for murder.
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