Towards Zero Author:Agatha Christie, Gerald Verner The play is adapted from the novel by the author and Gerald Verner. — The setting is a house-party of a lovely old house on the coast of Cornwall... 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... more » nothing. But when a houseparty gathers at Gull's Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head. It's all part of a carefully paid plan -- for murder!« less