Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became quite simply the bestselling novelist in history. Her first novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles written towards the end of the First World War introduced us to Hercule Poirot who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English
language and another billion in 100 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections 19 plays and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.
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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! a scandalous celebrity divorce British tennis star Nevile Strange and his ex-wife Audrey make the unthinkable decision to spend a summer together at Gull’s Point their childhood home and the coastal estate of Nevile's aunt Lady Tressilian. With unfinished business between the former childhood sweethearts plus the presence of Nevile’s new wife Kay tensions are running high. Add to this a long-suffering lady’s companion a mysterious gentleman’s valet an exiled cousin with a grudge a venerable family lawyer an inquisitive orphan and a French con man and soon there will be murder. A troubled detective must rediscover his purpose to untangle a toxic web of jealousy deceit and dysfunction. Can he solve the crime before another victim meets their death? Now you can read Agatha Christie's original novel on which this new TV sensation is based in this gorgeous Special Edition hardback.
