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AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

And Then There Were None 
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.