Product Description

Agatha Christie's world-famous mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. 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!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #81635 in Books
• Published on: 2003-03-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Review
'Agatha Christie's masterpiece.' Spectator 'One of the very best, most genuinely bewildering Christies.' Observer 'The most astonishingly impudent, ingenious and altogether successful mystery story since The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.' Daily Herald 'One of the most ingenious thrillers in many a day.' Time Magazine 'There is no doubt that this is a highly ingenious jigsaw by a master of puzzling.' Books 'There is no cheating; the reader is just bamboozled in a straightforward way from first to last! The most colossal achievement of a colossal career. The book must rank with Mrs Christie's previous best -- on the top notch of detection.' New Statesman 'The whole thing is utterly impossible and utterly fascinating. It is the most baffling mystery Agatha Christie has ever written.' New York Times

The Observer
‘One of the very best, most genuinely bewildering Christies.’

The Daily Herald
‘The most astonishingly impudent, ingenious and altogether successful mystery story since The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.’

Customer Reviews

Jolly clever, but...
Ms Christie had an outstanding idea, she obviously put a lot of work into lining up the plot, and the result is entertaining and compelling. But while reading it I couldn't help wishing that she had been a better writer. The style is clunky, although admittedly with several surprising flourishes, and (as a result) the characters are cardboard cut-outs. That's a pity, because a greater empathy with the characters would have deepened the suspense and drama. And the denouement is hard to take (without giving much away - though you might want to skip to the next paragraph - I doubt that the final act of the perpetrator is physically possible).

So yes, lots of fun, but a masterpiece? Hardly.

PERFECT, nothing else to say.
I picked this up at a jumble sale. Its been years since I read an Agatha Christe book.
"They dont make them like they used to" as they say.
I am now buying her old books and reading again. Mary Higgens and Danile Steels cant hold a candle to her.

And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie is one of, if not the worlds most popular mystery writer, many of today's mystery writers have credited her as their inspiration. And 'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE' (aka TEN LITTLE INDIANS) is hailed as one of her greatest works, so I decided if I wanted to read something by one of the masters of suspense this was as good a place to start as any!

'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE' is a mystery in its barest form. There are no high speed car chases, no violent shoot outs, no glitz, no glamour. Just the story of ten strangers lured to an island by a madman who is killing them off one by one. What is the twist you ask? The madman is most certainly one of the ten and it is up to them all to try to figure out who it is before they all fall victim to his whims.

I love to read old books and I am so glad to have chosen Agatha Christie's 'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE' as my first aquatience with this acclaimed author. While I had my theories as to who this madman was the book definitely kept me guessing until the very last passage, where I found out that who I thought was the killer was completely wrong! This is a must read for any lover of mysteries and good books.