And Then There Were None
Written by Agatha Christie
Narrated by Hugh Fraser
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Ten invited guests on an island…
Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N.Owen. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That evening, former reckless driver Tony Marston is found murdered by a deadly dose of cyanide.
The tension escalates as the survivors realise the killer is not only among them but is preparing to strike again… and again…
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.
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Reviews for And Then There Were None
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ingenious. Hugh Fraser does a sterling job of the narration.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5interesting book mind gripping loved it and definitely keeping it
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Christie at her most cinematic. There are several good film versions of this book. Don't even try guessing who did it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5"Ten . . ."Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U.N. Owen.""Nine . . ."At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead."Eight . . ."Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one . . . one by one they begin to die."Seven . . ."Who among them is the killer and will any of them survive?
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/510 people go to an island, and none come out alive. I think this is my favorite Agatha Christie novel out of all I have read. This is an amazingly plotted mystery, and it's easy to see why so many people love it. It's so interesting to see how each person is murdered and how it unfolds, and then to hear the how and why by the guilty party when you had no idea. The clues are cleverly laid out, but somehow you are kept guessing until the very end. You quickly find that no one is innocent, and everyone has their dark secrets. A true classic!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent narrator and excellent story. A truly enjoyable audio experience.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Klassieke verhaal van 10 verschillende mensen die naar Indian Island, voor de kust van Devon, worden geroepen en een voor een worden vermoord; onderhoudend en spannend, maar niet goed uitgewerkt.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I mean, of course, five stars. She’s done it again!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Christie's best work (my top 5 would be rounded out by "Five Little Pigs", "Crooked House", "Murder on the Orient Express" and "A Murder is Announced"). She devoted herself to constructing this elaborate mystery which fills the page with complex characters and then proceeds to psychologically damaging them, while also inspiring us, chapter after chapter, to say "No way!" The climactic scenes on a lonely beach are simply chilling.
If you've somehow managed to avoid spoilers for this book, despite the numerous film and stage adaptations (many of which infamously change the ending, while only the Russians attempt to make it MORE bleak!), read this now before someone spoils it for you.
Ten people from different walks of life are lured to an island under false pretenses, cut off from the outside world, and then told startling secrets about each other. When one of their number dies in a possible accident, suspicion is rife. It sounds cliched, and nowadays it is (alright, it wasn't hugely surprising back then either). But as the story goes on, Christie continues to challenge us - and herself - in an attempt to write the perfect murder mystery.
Don't get me wrong - Christie is a storyteller, not a literary giant. I'm not saying this is Thomas Hardy here, but it's a seminal work of detective fiction (well... "detective" fiction, in this case) for anyone who is even remotely interested in the genre. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ah, another day, another Agatha Christie. Just for a change, not a Marple or Poirot. This one has been through a few incarnations due to the non-pc original title, then the next title chosen fell by the wayside for the same reason. Unfortunately, the text itself hasn't been updated to remove the offending n word, but as long as you can overlook that, this is a great little story.
Ten people are invited to an isolated island hotel for a holiday. Each of them is invited with a different reason and it is only when they arrive that they realise it was a ruse: they are here for vengance. One by one, they are picked off, the means of their demise linked to an old nursery rhyme.
I've never seen any of the adaptations of this on tv, so it was a totally new story for me and whilst I spotted some of the clues, I didn't work it out fully. In fact I needed the denoument to explain some of it.
Great story for Christie fans. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5It was an okay story. The storyline was interesting. I thought it was slow and not very engaging. Not one of my favorites but still worth reading though.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Still that inimitable sense of impending doom. Still that inevitable dread. Nearly ten years later, And Then There Were None still impresses me with its distinct feeling of terror, guilt, and punishment. Originally published under the title Ten Little Indians, this short mystery delivers an immersive and intense experience right up to the last word.I remember that first time reading it; it was my introduction both to Agatha Christie and the genre of murder mystery. I was housesitting (thankfully, not by myself!) and swallowed the book in one evening. Then I went to bed and dreamt about it all night, it was that consuming. I had rarely read anything so gripping and grimly fascinating. As a classic of the genre, this story's plot is well known. Ten strangers are brought together for a luxurious vacation on Indian Island. None of them quite knows the host, but various inducements—carefully calculated for each person—outweigh their apprehensions. After dinner the first evening, a recording is played that accuses each person of committing a very specific murder or murders that were never punished. One man's reckless driving killed two children (he got off with a fine). A doctor operated while intoxicated and killed the woman under his hands (he was not discovered). A governess deliberately allowed her charge to swim out too far and be drowned (so her lover would inherit the fortune instead of the boy). One man caused the deaths of twenty-one natives somewhere in the bush. One woman's cruelty caused her pregnant, unwed servant to kill herself. And there are several others, all deaths that were more than accidental but somehow never punished. The purpose of Indian Island is to give these murderers their due, outside the reach of the law.The horrid fascination of the story comes into play with the realization that the ten strangers are alone on the island... and one of them is the murderer, slowly picking off his victims according to the old rhyme about the ten little Indians. The terror closes in as the number of Indian figurines on the table (originally ten, to correspond with the number of guests) continues to decrease as each murderer meets his demise. It makes you think about the nature of justice, if these "executions" were justified by the fact that the crimes were indeed committed or if execution is only just in the hands of the state. Hard to say.Of course, the plot is very farfetched and depends heavily on circumstances happening just right to allow each person to die in the fated way. It is all very improbable—but that doesn't take away any of the entertainment value. I won't give away the ending, widely known though it is. If you're new to the genre or to Christie, I can't think of a better place to start than this novel. Just make sure you have a good chunk of time to read it, because once you're in that world, you will want to stay until the resolution.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What an incredibly fun and interesting book. It's nice to finally read something that lives up to its reputation! The characters were all interesting, the events left me on the edge of my seat, and the ending was incredible! This is one I'll definitely be re-reading at some point.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anyone who enjoys mysteries will love this classic whodunit! Once the introductions are complete, the plot moves quickly and keeps the reader guessing. Until halfway through the Epilogue, I was unable to guess what had actually happened. (I want to go back and read the book again now that I know the ending!) Unfortunately there is a good deal of sexism and racism in the novel, but since it was originally published in 1939 this is not quite as shocking as it would be otherwise. I don't have any great read-alike ideas, but I want to find some because I definitely enjoyed the story!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is the book that made me truly love murder mysteries. i think agatha was the queen of this genre. i have read this book at least 3 times. i like to wait until i no longer remember the end or howit was done. then i read it again.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wow! Just when I thought Agatha Christie couldn't get any better, I read this! I'm truly in awe with the mystery master :) It's a good thing I read the epilogue and the end note; I admit I don't always do with books, but now I definitely will. Great read!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is one of my favorite books of all time. I am not normally all that into mystery novels, but this one completely blew me away. I love it!Written so realistically and convincingly that it is eerie, this book is everything a truly great mystery should be. It remains, in my opinion, the best ever written of its genre.The twist at the end is what makes this good book amazing.Powerful, exciting, dark, and impossible to put down.Agatha Christie is an amazing author!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5one of the most amazing books I've ever heard with the most amazing twists
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I read ATTWN during the Dewey's 24-hour readathon, and I ended up getting so hooked I actually carried on past the end to finish the final 50 pages. This (possibly) most beloved of Christie's novels certainly lived up to expectations, with the claustrophobic island setting and the 'one of us, one of us!' creepiness, although the fact that I guessed one of the 'how?' plot twists did take the suspense down a notch. I hadn't worked out who or why though, so there was still plenty to nod wisely over at the end. It's the first Christie I've read in YEARS, but I'll definitely be picking up more now!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5a bit childish, it's entertaining but not really my type of literature
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book was my introduction to Agatha Christie; and a very enjoyable introduction at that! After I got all the names straight, that is. It was a lot of fun, impossible to put down, and kept me guessing. I thought the premise was great, and loved how it ended.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was very engaging if not crazy far-fetched. I had a hard time keeping track of all the characters at first and had to make a list in my phone. I liked the adherence to the poem, it added some flair to the murderers.I think the end was a bit wild and it definitely felt less believable than the 3 Poirot novels I've read so far. Also, how come no one was bothered by the smell of decomposing bodies?This is great if you're looking for a murder mystery that you can really fly through. I certainly didn't guess the murderer, though I don't like to try too hard. But as someone who started off in Christie's work with the Poirot books, this didn't quite measure up for me. I miss the little detective and his big personality.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ten Little Niggers is one my favorite Agatha Christie books. I also watched the 1945 black & white movie adaptation of the book. It is interesting to notice that the movie was producted in the US by director René Clair, and was released as And Then There Were None. In England, according to the Internet Movie Database, it was released that same year as both And Then There Were None and Ten Little Niggers. I remember reading it in Portuguese many years ago as "O Caso dos Dez Negrinhos." Who would have thought such racists (as Americans are, right?) would change the title of this movie...
:-) - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I was okay - mostly - with the whole thing until the message in the bottle. I mean, mostly okay with it except for the racism, sexism, and classism.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My first Agatha Christie. I had heard it was her best, so I tried it and liked it a lot. Very suspenseful. But I still did not get hooked on mysteries at this age. I was mostly into historicals and sci-fi.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5☆3 - Somehow it feels almost sacrilegious to rate this only three stars, but I've got to rate it based on my own, personal reading experience and disregard those of others.
I enjoyed this book well enough, and the plot kept me guessing whodunnit, but that's pretty much it. The characters felt somehow superficial and I didn't actually care about any of this. I feel like I wouldn't have missed much if I'd read the Wikipedia summary of the story line, and that's never a good feeling to have about a book.
While a good book needs a good story and good writing, it will never satisfy me if it lacks believable characters, or in general that something that simply makes me empathize with it and feel actual emotions. This one managed to make me feel mildly curious, but that's about it.
Still, this was a relatively fast read and it did pass the time nicely. Not going to be re-reading this anytime soon, though. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Agatha Christie’s classic “whodunnit” opens with a group of strangers on their way to an island off the coast of Sticklehaven, Devon, England. Unbeknownst to them, they have been lured there by a psychopath. They think they are about to embark on a holiday sponsored by Mr. Owen, who has recently purchased the island and its mansion. A local seaman transports them by boat, drops them off, and heads back to the mainland, stranding them on the island. Their host is not present, but dinner and drinks are served to the “guests.” The plot takes an ominous turn when a recorded voice accuses each of the ten people on the island of committing murder. The “guests” start dropping dead in accordance with a nursery rhyme, which has been framed and hung in each guest room. Who is the killer? It could be any of them. No one has an ironclad alibi.
This book is a suspenseful page-turner. Christie maintains the suspense by keeping the reader in the dark about the killer and his motives. The third person omniscient narrator lets readers know what each is thinking, while never revealing enough to pinpoint the killer. It keeps the reader guessing. This book is more than just an engrossing (and creepy) story. Christie also provides insight into human nature, such as showing the lies people tell themselves and others to justify their behaviors; the many different responses to severe stress; how a person’s reputation can influence whom we trust (perhaps not always wisely); the various ways of processing guilt (sadness, evasion, denial, etc.); and the tendency to form social networks and coalitions even in extreme conditions. This novel has been changed from the original to remove offensive language, but a few such remarks remain in this version. An epilogue explains what happened in case the reader has not solved it. A careful reading gives clues to the killer so analytical types will particularly enjoy this one. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My husband’s aunt has every Agatha Christie book ever written, and most of her later works are first editions. Every time we have gone to visit her over Christmas, I marvel at her beautiful built-in bookshelves full of Christie hardcovers. Last summer, when my book club decided to read mysteries all summer, we knew we had to include a classic Christie and chose Murder on the Orient Express. I enjoyed it so much, that I looked for more of her books to read and enjoy.
And Then There Were None is my new favorite (granted, favorite of 2) Agatha Christie mysteries. The woman is the queen of crime for a reason – her mysteries are complex without being confusing, and it is great fun to attempt to solve the mystery as it is unfolding. Unlike Orient Express, which deals mostly with Detective Poirot interviewing suspects after a murder, in There Were None, the crime is being committed over the course of the book and the characters must take up the mantle of amateur sleuths as they are being killed one by one while trapped on an island a mile off the English coast.
I love that Christie provides so many clues and insights into what is going on, but still leaves a person guessing as to which of the 10 guests is not really a guest – it’s a great example of a “locked room” mystery and one that I highly recommend! Hopefully in the near future I’ll have a chance to watch the BBC adaptation and be able to compare it to the book. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What fun with Agatha Christie’s super mystery as she indicated herself. Christie labored with this story and the reader can easily see all the nuances. Ten people arrive on Soldier Island off the coast of Devon, but none escape the island. Each of the deaths follows the lines of a child’s nursery rhyme. So who is the killer and what is the reason for these deaths? Each of the victims had previously caused the death of someone else. The killer plays judge and executioner. The story moves quickly from line to line of the rhyme. Of course, police arrive on the island too late and relate the deaths as listed by the killer in the swan song of the events as recorded in a bottle with a note. The story reads like those mysteries where the victim is locked inside a room and how does the killer escape.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Not a tough read, probably can be read in a day, with the right timing. But the mystery is delightfully laid out and keeps the reader guessing until the final page.