Book Report on Agatha Christie

Title: And Then There Were None

Author: Agatha Christie

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons

Date First Published: 1939

Number of pages: 256

Genre: Mystery

Setting: During the 1930s on Indian Island

Summary of the plot:

The novel "And Then There Were None" is about the death of eight people who were invited to Indian Island. A man named Isaac Morris bought the Indian Island, under the name of Mr. Owen. On the island there were ten people, eight were guests of Mr. Owen (Justice Wargrave, Vera Claythorne, Phillip Lombard, Emily Brent, General Mcarthur, Dr. Armstrong, Mr. Blore, and Anthony Marston). The other two were domestic helpers (Mr. and Mrs. Rogers). Some of the guests' invitation was to meet an old friend; other guests' invitations were job offers by an anonymous.

When the guests arrived to Indian Island they found a poem (Ten Little Indians) in each of their rooms. The poem was about ten little Indians who died gradually. The guests also realized that none of them knew their mysterious host. They also found out that he wasn't even on the island. After their first dinner, a voice began accusing each and every one of the guests of murdering at least one person. The voice also told them that they have been invited to Indian Island to pay for their crimes. The guests began to die gradually, the same way the poem described the ten little Indians dying. Every time a person died, an Indian ceramic figure disappeared.

The mastermind behind this whole setup was Justice Wargrave. He set this up because he loved to kill people. He also wanted to bring Justice to society. After Wargrave found out he was dying, he decided to orchestra this story. The owner of the island was Wargrave's assistant. However, Wargrave poisoned him with what he claimed to be medicine.

The first victim, Marston, died from poison in his drink. Mrs. Rogers was killed by the poison put in the medicine that was given to her after she fainted from the accusations against her and her husband. The remaining guests were very creeped out and looked for a way to leave the island. However, there weren't any boats to take them back. Everybody left Emily Brent after she began acting strange. When they got back they found her dead. The guests made a deal that all of them sit together and only one is allowed to leave the room at a time. Vera Claythorne went up to her room and found a strand of seaweed, which represented the boy she drowned. The guests went up to check on her and when they all went back down, they found out that General Mcarthur was murdered with a hit on his head. During that night, Mr. Blore searched the house because he heard footsteps. He found out that Armstrong