Agatha Christie's 'Toward Zero' First Images Introduce the Suspects

The first images from the star-studded adaptation of Agatha Christie's Towards Zero have arrived, and this year's annual mystery adaptation promises escapism alongside its whodunit. We've got coastal views, heated summer soirees, and what looks like a visit to Wimbledon Centre Court. The images are almost as hot as the mystery's plot, which includes an explosive love triangle, a formidable matriarch, and a house party of enemies.

The plot of Towards Zero concerns a house party, as do many of Christie's tales. Thrown by the bedridden Lady Tressilian for her ward, British tennis star Nevile Strange, the guest list (at his insistence) includes both his ex-wife Audrey and new wife Kay, as well as several friends of her ladyship. Lady Tressilian disapproves, but she doesn't get a say in things for very long, as she's found dead in bed despite never seeming to get out of it.

Towards Zero is the fifth and final Christie mystery to star Superintendant Battle, initially introduced in 1925's The Secret of Chimneys. The other novels in which Battle appears include The Seven Dials Mystery, Cards on the Table, and Murder Is Easy. Much like last year's Murder is Easy (and most adaptations of Battle books), the lesser-known detective is once again cut from his own story. Most of the time, the series does this to replace him with a non-detective sleuth; however, in this case, Battle's been replaced by the character who (in the books, anyway) is his nephew, Inspector Leach.