Towards Zero (1944)
Blurb:
My review:
One of Christie's half-dozen
best. The characterisation of the gloomy house party caught in an
emotional storm is brilliant—one can easily see how
this would make a good play. Unlike The Hollow, characterisation is
combined with the classic detective story, for as we come to know the
people involved, we come to see how and why each of them would commit a
murder. The misdirection is superb: suspicion bounces back and
forth like the ball in a tennis match, causing the reader to dismiss
the guilty party, particularly when one is unsure which murder is the
central one.
Similar to Murder is Easy.