Murder On The Orient Express Vs And Then There Were None Essay

Murder on the Orient Express Vs. And Then There Were None I have never know what a true mystery is until I read a book by Agatha Christie. She really knows how to twist my mind until I don’t know which way is up and which is down. Mystery contains suspense with drama. No mystery is the same as the other. I am a man who doesn’t like the extra fluff at the beginning of the story it just gets confusing. In both of these books both throw the reader into the mystery the very first night. Both of the book’s mysteries start of the same night everyone gets to the designated area. The way it is different though is that they are in different settings. In “And Then There Were None” they meet on an island assuming they are there to work. In “ Murder on the Orient Express” they all meet on a train that is going from city to city. In both of the stories they are in a stranded scenario. They were either trapped on a deserted island or they were trapped in a train that hit a snow drift. I’d hate to be in either of those spots. To make matters worst when they were stranded that's when the killing happened. There was only one problem really, only one of the stories actually had a detective present. The …show more content…
Agatha does a very good job in providing such a vivid descriptions in both of the books. In “ And Then There Were None” Agatha uses good imagery to describe the seaweed the wrapped around Veras neck. The strand of seaweed was described as a hand grabbing her throat. She would describe the island as a barren, nowhere to hide island. There is even a map of the different rooms on the train in “ Murder on the Orient Express”. A big difference between the books were that in “ And Then There Were None” the people's fates were sealed. They were all convicted of murder by the person who would murder them. In “ Murder on the Orient Express” though everyone had a chance to live, besides Cassetti that