Ten people are invited by the mysterious Mr & Mrs Owen to spend a few days on Soldier Island. Once they have all arrived, the intention of their visit is made clear: they have all (inadvertently) caused the death of another person. And one by one they are killed like in the rhyme Ten Little Soldier Boys. While they try to figure out who the killer is, the killings continue.
At the end of the book we read a letter, a confession of the killer.
I have read this book several times, in Dutch, in English (in print as well as audiobook) and I keep finding new things in it. Mrs Christie was the grande dame of the mystery genre – and I love her creations Hercule Poirot, Jane Marple, and my favourites Tommy and Tuppence. Unfortunately, we don’t meet any of these heroes in And Then There Were None.
Read for the ShelfReflection Reading Challenge 2025
Prompt 36: A book that has been translated into at least 25 different languages
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