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Towards Zero

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
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An explosive love triangle, a formidable matriarch and a house party of enemies. All drawn inexorably … Towards Zero.

Now Anjelica Huston and a star-studded cast feature in a brand new BBC adaptation of Agatha Christie's tense, ingenious novel. Read it before you see it!

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…

©1944 Agatha Christie Limited Crime Thrillers Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Detective Crime
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“Masterly storytelling”
Times Literary Supplement

“Agatha Christie has surpassed herself”
New York Times
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Hugh Fraser is a fantastic narrater and brings another of Agatha Christie's intruiging murder mysteries to life. Very entertaining and enjoyable.

Hugh Fraser + Agatha Christie = Fantastic

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As always very well read by Hugh Fraser,
a pleasure to listen to. Excellent storey, characters & truly genius clues. Highly recommend.

Wonderful

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Agatha Christie at her best, with great characterisations, brought to life by Hugh Fraser. Superintendent Battle is a wonderful creation, and I will now listen to the other titles in the series. I much preferred this recording to the recent BBC film of the book.

Superb Narration and storyline

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I enjoyed the overlooked creation of Inspector Battle being at the centre of another great story. The twists and turns were as superb as always, and the manner in which the great lady brings all of the strands together into an utterly acceptable (and believable within the confines of literature) way, with her trademark, remarkable ingenuity and timing, is something to behold. Hugh Fraser's narration is pitch perfect, as always, and shows just what a wonderful, sadly overlooked, actor he is. If anyone deserves a knighthood for service to the arts, he does.

Chief Inspector Battle is a great creation.

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loved the intrigue and complex plot. Kept me listening to the end. All very plausible. Great story full of love hate and intense immotion.

Fascinating who dunnit

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