Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None

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And Then There Were None is an incredibly well written mystery by Agatha Christie, who has many great mysteries to her name. It is a book in which the plot literally thickens every page, where the opinions of the characters change with every new event, and the end makes one's jaw drop as he realizes how the murderer pulled off such heinous crimes. The way the book is formulated, with short sections in each chapter, allows for the tension to develop in a fluid, but creepy fashion. It is worth it to read the book just to see how great Christie develops the plot.

The book has 10 major characters who are invited to go to Indian Island at one time. The signature of the person who invited them is different in the letters, but the name is U.N. Owen

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