And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie – Review

And Then There were NONE by Agatha Christie

Author: Agatha Christie

Price: Rs. 423

Pages: 264

Genre: Thriller

Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. For a very long time, I wanted to read this book and I am so glad I did it now. When I first began to read the book I was incredibly drawn to the plot.

It's a story of ten guests brought together by a mysterious entity to stay at a house on soldier island, a remote place with no means of departure. Each of them has committed a sin in their past and escaped from the law. One by one they begin to die. They find that the way each of them was being killed, was according to a poem written on the frame hanging in their bedrooms. Each death creates a fear among them and they understand that one among them must be the killer. The story revolves around how they try to find out the killer and in the same course of time how each of them dies. At the end, the killer reveals his/her own identity in a most stunning way.
Christie never fails to surprise us with who the murderer really is. This book was seriously full of surprises and twists that I did not see coming. It was a great mystery that makes me totally understand why she is so beloved by fans. If you enjoy this genre and haven’t read this yet, do read it. You will not be disappointed.

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