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And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie

  • 222 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 1939
  • 215 editions
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1 About this book

A mystery by Agatha Christie, who called it the hardest of her books to write. Ten strangers invited to an island off the Devon coast begin to die one by one, as an old counting rhyme foretells. First published in 1939 under a title from that rhyme, now seen as racist, it was later retitled.

  • Mystery
  • Murder
  • Murder victims
  • Crime
  • Mystery & detective, traditional
  • Thrillers
  • Serial murders
  • Coroners

2 What to expect

A mystery with no detective: ten people on a cut-off island, each accused of causing a death, and then the deaths begin. The suspense comes from suspicion moving among a shrinking group, with little conventional detection along the way. It is short and briskly plotted, the puzzle is hard to solve, and the mood is dark for a classic whodunit.

Good for readers who want: a classic whodunit, a closed-circle mystery, and a quick, tense read.

3 About Agatha Christie

1890–1976

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan, Lady Mallowan (née Miller, 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), usually known by her first married name, Agatha Christie, was an English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot (with the novel debut being The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920), Tommy and Tuppence (with the novel debut being The Secret…

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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