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| And Then There Were None | 
| Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  593 reviews
Sales Rank: 1667
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0312330871
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780312330873
ASIN: 0312330871
Publication Date: May 3, 2004
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| Customer Reviews:
 great read May 13, 2008
very entertaining mystery, suspenseful and engaging - you are trying to figure it out all along, and then the ending just blows you away. (Well it did me, anyhow.) Lots of fun - great way to kill some time on a lazy day. Don't read it when you're really busy though or you won't be able to put it down and you won't be able to get anything else done!
 A bit dated, but still decent May 6, 2008
This book came free with the PC game of the same name (it was originally titled Ten Little Indians) and even though playing the game (specifically, playing the end trailer) does give away the mystery, it was still a good solid read. Though you don't see as much into each of the characters as you might expect, I don't think story is hurt by it. I hesitate to say that it's not a character driven story, because in a way it really is, but the main focus is how the characters interact with one another - not... who they are on the inside, if that makes sense. And though I disagree with a lot of the utterly sexist clap-trap spouted in the book by the male characters, well, you have to remember that it's a much older book! Times have indeed changed. I wouldn't say this tops my list of Agatha Christie books, but it's not bad.
Book better than the game. May 1, 2008
I recently played a computer game based on this book. I was quite surprised by the ending, however, as it was different from the computer game and much more inventive.
And Then There Were None April 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Agatha Christie is one of, if not the worlds most popular mystery writer, many of today's mystery writers have credited her as their inspiration. And 'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE' (aka TEN LITTLE INDIANS) is hailed as one of her greatest works, so I decided if I wanted to read something by one of the masters of suspense this was as good a place to start as any!
'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE' is a mystery in its barest form. There are no high speed car chases, no violent shoot outs, no glitz, no glamour. Just the story of ten strangers lured to an island by a madman who is killing them off one by one. What is the twist you ask? The madman is most certainly one of the ten and it is up to them all to try to figure out who it is before they all fall victim to his whims.
I love to read old books and I am so glad to have chosen Agatha Christie's 'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE' as my first aquatience with this acclaimed author. While I had my theories as to who this madman was the book definitely kept me guessing until the very last passage, where I found out that who I thought was the killer was completely wrong! This is a must read for any lover of mysteries and good books.
Island of Death March 13, 2008
"And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie, 1939, 1940, renewed 1967.
This was a very strange story. Of course, Ms. Christie is very good at writing, but to imagine this tale is impressive. It is a simple enough story: ten people are invited to spend some time on an island; they find a poem, a take off of the 'ten little Indians'; then they are all bumped off, one by one. You realize that these people are the subjects of the lines in the poem, but how to find out who is killing them is the question. The answer is supplied, fortuitously, by a letter in a bottle found later. It was a really amazing story.
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