Towards Zero An elderly widow is murdered at a clifftop seaside house… 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 Gulls Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head. Its all part of a carefully paid plan for murder… About the Author: Agatha Christie Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the bestselling novelist in history.