tags: Agatha Christie, mystery, Superintendent Battle
⭐⭐⭐⭐out of five
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 Gull's Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head. It's all part of a carefully laid plan - for murder...Agatha Christie's Superintendent Battle solves a complicated murder where almost all the characters are suspects. 3 out of my 4 guesses were incorrect. I was tricked!
Superintendent Battle is on the first part of the novel to handle his daughter's case at school and does not appear again until about 62% into the book but his presence is always striking even when he remembered Poirot and his daughter in his examination of the murder scene and evidence. Great mystery from Agatha Christie where the current and ex wives of a famous tennis player spend a tense week in the same house. Unexpected romance happened at the end of the short book. Very entertaining.
Highly recommended.
