I recently read a mystery book by the name of "And Then There Were
None" by Agatha Christie. I read this book because I have read other books
by Agatha Christie that were pretty well written. Ten people are invited to an
island, called "Indian Island",by letters that were signed by people
they had met before. When they got to the island, they found out that their
host, U.N.Owen, had not arrived yet. At dinner, they heard a voice, accusing
each of them of a murder, which they were all guilty of. After one of them is
killed, according to the first verse of a poem that is framed above each of
their beds called "Ten Little Indians", they figure out that the
murderer is one of them! As more people are killed off, one by one, the group
narrows the suspect list down, until only one is left alive but she figured that
she would never get off the islan anyway, and she hung herself from the ceiling
by putting a noose around her neck and kicking the chair away on which she was
standing, but she was not the killer. One of the mysteries to this book was, of
course, who killed all of the innocent people. Another mystery was that every
time another person was killed a little indian figure would disappear from the
edges of a serving plate. One more mystery was that every murder followed, in
order, the famous poem "Ten Little Indians", which reads: Ten little
Indian boys went out to dine; One chocked his self and then there were nine.
Nine Indian boys sat up very late; One overslept himself then there were eight.
Eight Indian boys traveling in Devon; One said he'd stay there then there were
seven. Seven Indian boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves then
there were six. Six Indian boys playing with a hive; A bumble-bee stung one then
there were five. Five Indian boys going in for law; One got in Chancery then
there were four. Four Indian boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one
then there were three. Three Indian boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged
one then there were two. Two Indian boys sitting in the sun; One got all
frizzled up then there was one. One Indian boy left all alone; He went and
hanged himself and then there were none. I really enjoyed this book and thought
it to be entertaining. It was a hard book to put down and I read about half of
the book in one day because it was so interesting. And since it is a mystery I
thought I knew exactly what was going to happen, but it had a strange twist
right towards the end. I would definitley recommend this book to anyone who
likes a good mystery.