Towards Zero

"Murder begins before the actual deed" said a guest at Lady Tressilian's last dinner party. The next morning Lady Tressilian was found dead. The old lady had invited several guests into her seaside home of Gull's Point for two weeks at the end of the summer. Tennis star Nevile Strange incurred her displeasure by bringing both his new wife, Kay, and his ex, Audrey, causing a great deal of awkwardness. But events soon turned even sourer when Lady Tressilian was killed and Superintendent Battle, who is vacationing nearby in the home of his nephew, finds himself in a labyrinthine maze of clues and deception.