No matter how much I try, I can’t remember when I was first introduced to this story. And it was a surprise to discover that Agatha Christie was the mastermind behind one of my favourite plots. I’ve always liked the idea of strangers trapped on an island with nowhere to run away, being killed one by one without any idea who could be behind it all. He went out and hanged himself and then there were none. One got frizzled up and then there was one. One got in Chancery and then there were four.Ī red herring swallowed one and then there were three.Ī big bear hugged one and then there were two. One chopped himself in half and then there were six.Ī bumblebee stung one and then there were five. One said he’d stay there then there were seven. One overslept himself and then there were eight.

One choked his little self and then there were nine. A famous nursery rhyme will set the pace and before the weekend is out, there will be none. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they’re unwilling to reveal-and a secret that will seal their fate. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. This is one of her bestselling books and the experience I was always hoping to have whenever I picked one of her books.Īuthor: Agatha Christie Pages: 250 Genre: Murder Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Horror, Classic First Published: 1939įirst, there were ten-a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a little private island off the coast of Devon. And I know I’ve seen a few more with different characters while maintaining the same plot, although, for the life of me, I can’t remember where. A story with multiple adaptations from movies, to mini-series, to a two-part episode of Family Guy.

At least, this has been my experience when reading Agatha Christie.īut then, I picked up And Then There Were None. While reading it in a different century, some details can go over my head and doom the book as boring.

They were written a very long time ago, and she often uses references to the 30s lifestyle that is foreign to me. Although it is the first one I completely fell in love with. And Then There Were None is not the first Agatha Christie book I read.

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