And Then There Were None
by marikoy on September 23rd, 2011
filed under Australia, Service, books
(A re-post from my participation in The Novel Challenge)
Good day folks! It’s day two of my participation in The Novel Challenge fund raising project for people with multiple sclerosis and I’m enjoying it!
As you know, on Day One I started reading an Agatha Christie novel entitled And Then There Were None. Well, guess what? Today, I finished reading it.
It’s a 317-page book with… I don’t know how many words. I started reading it last Saturday. Then, I took a break on Sunday and never opened the book. Then this morning, I continued reading while riding the train to work.
What’s the story about?
It tells of eight different kinds of people invited to the popular and exciting Soldier Island, where a modern house was built by the original millionaire owner. There, they met the two servants, who inform them that the host and hostess were delayed and would be arriving in the island a day later. But before the next morning came, two were already dead. One by one slowly died mysteriously, and the remaining became more fearful and wondered who the murderer was. There were just ten of them in that island, and no boat came for days, which meant the murderer was one of them. But who?
When they were all killed, the boat came the next day and the dead bodies were found and investigated. But the puzzle was too carefully planned out by the murderer that the men investigating the case never solved it. The murderer was only revealed upon discovery of a confession letter, found quite some time later.
This was the first Agatha Christie book I have ever read. I’ve only heard of her name before, but only became curious when I learned that billions of copies of her books have been sold all over the world. Wow! She must be very good. Now, I agree. You’ll never know who the murderer is until the very last part of the book. It’s simply amazing how Agatha planned and penned it.
With Book #1 done, I’m off to Book #2… How about Up From Slavery, by Booker T. Washington? I still have a few Agatha Christie books that I’ve never read, but I don’t want to read one crime novel after another. It might brainwash me into an evil person or something. Hahaha!
Anyway, Up From Slavery is going to be a re-read for me, because I’ve already read it some years ago. I remember it as a very good book, lots of wise lessons in it and I’ll be sure to share with you some of the lines I love best in it. 
