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A Spine Chilling Crime Thriller : Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None touches all benchmarks of a Masterpiece

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Adapted into a number of films and television series, Agatha Christie’s crime novel And Then There Were None has received a lot of critical acclaim and praises from readers, and the book is well deserving of it all. I cannot even imagine the amount of brainstorming that went into devising such a clever yet neat plot. While reading crime thrillers, the only thing I dread is being left with loose ends. But I was so relieved on finishing this roller coaster ride of a book as everything took shape so beautifully on the big reveal. The plot revolves around ten people, who have received letters containing references, asking them to come to a house in the isolated Soldier Island. When they all arrive, they release that their stay there has proven fatal as one by one they die, following a certain pattern as stated in a nursery rhyme hanging in each of their rooms, after each being accused of a crime via a gramophone record. The island is deserted and it’s inhabitants are helpless. They know ...