Towards Zero
Dust-jacket illustration of the US (true first) edition. See Publication history (below) for UK first edition jacket image. | |
| Author | Agatha Christie |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Superintendent Battle |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead and Company |
Publication date | June 1944 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 242 first edition, hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780002318525 1976 UK edition |
| Preceded by | The Moving Finger |
| Followed by | Absent in the Spring |
Towards Zero is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in June 1944 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in July of the same year. The first US edition of the novel retailed at $2.00 and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6).
Lady Tressilian invites her ward for his annual visit to Gull's Point. He insists on bringing both his former wife and his present wife, though Lady Tressilian finds this awkward. Her old friend Treves dies, then she is murdered as well; Superintendent Battle and his nephew are called in. The book is the last to feature Superintendent Battle.