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Book Review By FIRAT ILICALI
Towards Zero by Agatha Christie

HE WAS SMART,HE WAS HANDSOME AND TOO CLEVER.SO WHEN NEVILE STRANGE BRINGS HIS WIFE KAY TO HER AUNTS'MANSIONTHE TROUBLE BEGINS.HIS OLD WIFE AUDREY WAS THERE TOO.THEN HIS AUNT LADY TRESSILIAN SEEMS TO HATE KAY.HER FRIENDS TALK ABOUT CRIMINALS THAT ARE CAUGHT WITH FORCE.HOW COULD THEY KNOW THAT THE MURDERE WAS AMONG THEM AND THAT PERSON WAS AA CRIMINAL THAT IS NOT CAUGHT.........   


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
How difficult to spot villain? - Moderately Challenging
Time/era of story:
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 80%
Special suspect? - relative
Murder of certain profession?
Misc. Murder Plotlets - cooped up in spooky house -
Kind of investigator
Kid or adult book? - - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - revenge
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - sherpas
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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