And Then There Were None -

Agatha Christie’s (1939) is the world's best-selling mystery novel, having sold over 100 million copies. It is a "closed-circle" mystery where ten strangers are lured to an isolated island and killed off one by one in ways that mirror a nursery rhyme. Core Narrative Structure

In the center of the dining table are ten china figures . As each guest dies according to a verse in the "Ten Little Soldiers" poem, a figure disappears. And Then There Were None

The "unsolvable" mystery is only explained in a postscript letter found in a bottle, revealing Justice Wargrave as the mastermind who faked his own death to complete the massacre and exact vigilante justice. As each guest dies according to a verse

Upon arrival, a gramophone recording accuses each guest of a past murder they committed but escaped legal punishment for. And Then There Were None by A

And Then There Were None by A. Christie | Symbolism & Themes

Ten people are invited to Soldier Island under various pretexts by a mysterious host named "U.N. Owen" (a pun on "Unknown").