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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 gathers at…

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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…

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