6/16/2023 0 Comments Agatha christie towards zero![]() ![]() The fifth section depicts someone plotting out … something. There is Mr Treves, an aging solicitor and criminologist, Angus MacWhirter, a man who attempted suicide but was rescued, much to his annoyance, Superintendent Battle’s daughter Sylvia who has been accused of stealing at her school, and Nevile Strange, famous tennis player, and his wife Kay. The story opens with the first five sections all being about different people, and not one of them appearing to be related to any of the others. He’s a smart man who likes to do things his own way, and has certainly picked up a trick or two from his work with Poirot, who is indeed mentioned within the story. However, I was once again wrong, Christie is back to her best, and here we are.Īlthough neither Poirot or Marple appear in this one, the main detective is one of Christie’s regulars, in this case Superintendent Battle. After my success in solving the puzzle in Crooked House, I was sure that I was onto a winner with this one and the idea of who it could’ve been struck me quite suddenly. Published in the forties, Towards Zero seems to be set a little earlier, probably the typically Christie inter-war period. ![]() “The group round the fireplace was nearly all composed of lawyers or those who had an interest in the law.”
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