![]() Besides the usual romp to find a killer before he finds you, the book also grapples with the idea of justice. If this all sounds like a gripping page-turner, you’d be right: And Then There Were None is a classic mystery that’ll keep you on your toes and have you looking over your shoulder while you’re reading it.īut it’s not all fun and games. (It was a different and uglier time.) One by one, each of the guests is accused of a different murder and then slowly picked off in accordance with an old nursery rhyme about “ ten little soldiers.”Īs the characters race to figure out who among them is the culprit, we have to try to piece together the clues, red herrings, and that frustrating and creepy poem. That’s the basic setup for one of mystery writer Agatha Christie’s best-known and oft-parodied works, And Then There Were None, originally titled (NSFW language) Ten Little Indians or Ten Little N*****s. ![]() Turns out, you’re actually here for a game. Only it looks like your definition of “party” might be just a wee bit different from your hosts. ![]() ![]() Because that’s not creepy.Īnyway, bring out the glowsticks and fizzy drinks, because you are here to paaaartay. Welcome! You and nine strangers have just arrived in a mansion on an isolated island, having received invitations from various acquaintances or someone named U.N. ![]()
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