Agatha Christie

The world of mystery novels has made a great series of books, but this world has changed to a more modern version, television shows. This more modern series has had a great impact on the mystery genre. I’m curious to know how the characters of And Then There Were None compare to those of these crime solving T.V. shows, how the motives of these psychopaths in real life also comparable to those of Mr. Justice Wargrave, and how the styles of murder in these T.V. shows compared to the style of…

The play that I attended was The 39 Steps at the Metropolis theatre in Arlington Heights is an adaptation of an Alfred Hitchcock movie that was based on a novel written by John Buchan. The play was adapted by Partick Barlow and directed by David Belew. The type of plot that was followed was a cinematic with some presentational elements. Overall, the presentational elements paired with the comical elements of the play worked very well together and created a delightful experience. The play…

Tina Whittle is an American author best known for writing a series of mysteries the most popular of which is the Tai Randolph mystery series of novels. Her short stories have been featured in Mystery Magazine by Alfred Hitchcock, and in The Savannah Literary Journal. The short story Lost Causes and Other Reasons to Live was also featured on Gulf Stream and was the winner of the 2004 Mystery Fiction contest. She is a two time Georgia Author of the Year Award nominee and is a member of the Sisters…

Janie Bolitho was an American author made famous for her detective crime mystery series. She also wrote under the alias Jodie Sinclair for a variety of freestanding novels. Just like many other authors, Bolitho fits the cliché of following the clichéd working life before and during their writing career. Just like many fellow published writers, earning a living was never a separate pursuit from her writing as she drew a lot of her stories from her previous working experiences. Before becoming a…

The Louvre Museum curator was murdered with some codes and mysterious clue behind it. Robert Langdon, Harvard Iconology and symbology professor is summon by the police to solve the mystery behind the ruthless murder, with Sophie Neveu a French Cryptologist. Their journey to solve the mystery behind the curator’s death leads them to discovery of the Priory of Sion, the secret society that holds the truth about religious conspiracy. Dan Brown wrapped this amazing story with remarkable details with…

Mary's murder is one of the most popular unsolved murder cases of all time. Why? Well because no one could ever figure out who did it. Three years before Mary’s death she disappeared, then later returned to work at a local cigar store, which is where she picked up the name “cigar girl”, there she was seen as very attractive by men that came in and out of her store, but no one thought anything of it at the time. A gang of thugs and Daniel Payne are two theories linked to the mysterious death of…

Vera Elizabeth Claythorne represents the true meaning of guilt, and misfortune, throughout the story “And Then There Were None.” She formerly labored as a physical education teacher at an elementary school near Paddington. Invited by a rather mysterious figure, Una Nancy Owen, or U.N Owen, Vera is promised a spectacular job as a replacement secretary for her hirer, and also expects a brief vacation at the mansion on Soldier Island. However, continuously plagued by the horrific flashbacks of the…

And Then There Were None The famous mystery novel, And Then There Were None is written by the all time best-selling novelist Agatha Christie. I had never read anything by Agatha Christie, so I was very excited to read this book, because I was told that it was an amazing book, and I decided to give it a try, even though mystery novels really aren’t my prefered genre. And Then There Were None is afterall one of the best-selling novels of all time, so I had a few expectations, but I can honestly…

In Gothic Literature some stories can share topics, but with different viewpoints. In And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie shows how insanity can make people do things that they usually wouldn’t do. A character named Justice Wargrave is a judge who has seen many crimes and wanted to commit a murder that was impossible to solve. As a result he killed nine people and himself but he succeeded with what he wanted to do. On the other hand “Azathoth” by H. P. Lovecraft shows how insanity can make…

In the short story “The Witness for the Prosecution”, author Agatha Christie enjoys teasing her readers by not revealing the solution until the end. The story is about a man named Leonard Vole that kills a wealthy old lady when he finds out that the will of the old woman was put under his name. Christie shows how she can confuse the readers easily by including red herrings, a type of writing that purposely misleads the reader. At the end, the jury sets Leonard free and Romaine, Leonard’s wife,…