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Friday, October 9, 2009

Book Review: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Are you looking for an intriguing mystery book? If you are, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie is a must read.

Agatha Christie, who wrote during the Golden Age Period of literature, was a very popular Detective Fiction writer. Her famous detectives were Tommy and Tuppence, Hercule Poirot, and Miss Marple.

Throughout the book, Agatha Christie maintained the suspense so that readers wanted to continue reading until they reached the conclusion.

Someone invited ten people to Indian Island, and when the guests gathered together, nobody knew who sent them the invitation or why. People made Indian Island sound like a luxurious place to have a vacation, so when the ten people received their invitations, they wanted to stay at the island and see if it really was luxurious even though they didn't know who invited them.
They were also eager to find out the identity of their mysterious host.


During this time, the guests shared their lives, and someone played a recording about each one of the guests. This startled the guests because the recording mentioned the crime that each person had committed, and all of the guests were found guilty.

One by one, each person was killed according to each verse in the rhyme. The characters attempted to remain together because they didn't know who was going to be the next victim, and they felt safer being together. However, at night they locked themselves in their rooms, so that nobody could enter their bedrooms at night when they slept. The characters also attempted to investigate the case because they wanted to find out the identity of the killer.

The book was well written and full of suspense. One thing I especially liked about Agatha Christie's books was the clean language. All of her books are for anyone who wants to read interesting and intriguing mysteries. I would recommend And Then There Were None. All of her books that I have read are excellent and intriguing.

At the end of the book, the detectives discussed the incidents at Indian Island and attempted to figure out the killer's identity. However, they couldn't come to a conclusion. The killer confessed in the end, but he or she still wasn't caught and arrested.

Now, you'll have to read the book to find out what happened.I never knew what was going to happen in the book except for the clues the author presented throughout the book, which were revealed in the nursery rhyme, "Ten Little Indians." Someone posted this rhyme in every room for the guests to read and ponder, so they could investigate the case they were to solve.

And Then There were None by Agatha Christie was a great book. I wanted to continue reading it until the last page because I wanted to find out what was going to happen and who killed the people one by one.

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