Synopses & Reviews
The 75th Anniversary Edition of Agatha Christie's most famous novel—the bestselling thriller of all time
A timeless tale of suspense in which ten strangers, each with a dark secret, are mysteriously invited to a house on an uninhabited island and killed off, one by one.
"Ten . . ."
Ten strangers are lured to an isolated mansion off the Devon coast.
"Nine . . ."
At dinner, a recorded message accuses each of them of harboring a guilty secret. By the end of the meal, one is dead.
"Eight . . ."
In the midst of a violent storm, there is no hope of escape. Haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one, the guests begin to die.
"Seven . . ."
As suspicions are raised and accusations fly, secrets begin to surface. But who among them is the killer . . . and will any of them survive?
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“The whole thing is utterly impossible and utterly fascinating. It is the most baffling mystery Agatha Christie has ever written.” New York Times
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“One of the most ingenious thrillers in many a day.” Time magazine
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“One of the very best, most genuinely bewildering Christies.” The Observer (UK)
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“There is no cheating; the reader is just bamboozled in a straightforward way from first to last….The most colossal achievement of a colossal career. The book must rank with Mrs. Christies previous beston the top notch of detection.” New Statesman (UK)
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“The most astonishingly impudent, ingenious and altogether successful mystery story since The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.” Daily Herald (UK)
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“What Agatha Christie taught me was all about the delicate placement of the red herring. She was the ultimate genius behind ‘by indirections shall we find directions out. ” Elizabeth George, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Lynley novels
Synopsis
One of the most famous and beloved mysteries from the queen of suspense, Agatha Christie More than 100 million copies sold and now a Lifetime TV movie.
Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a isolated mansion on Indian Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear. On the island they are cut off from everything but each other and the inescapable shadows of their own past lives. One by one, the guests share the darkest secrets of their wicked pasts. And one by one, they die...
Which among them is the killer and will any of them survive?
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One of the most famous and beloved mysteries from The Queen of Suspense--Agatha Christie--now a Lifetime TV movie.
"Ten . . ."
Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U. N. Owen."
"Nine . . ."
At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead.
"Eight . . ."
Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one . . . as one by one . . . they begin to die.
"Seven . . ."
Which among them is the killer and will any of them survive?
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A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick
One of the most famous and beloved mysteries from the queen of suspense, Agatha Christie More than 100 million copies sold and now a Lifetime TV movie.
Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a isolated mansion on Indian Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear. On the island they are cut off from everything but each other and the inescapable shadows of their own past lives. One by one, the guests share the darkest secrets of their wicked pasts. And one by one, they die...
Which among them is the killer and will any of them survive?
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"If you're one of the few who haven't experienced the genius of Agatha Christie, this novel is a stellar starting point." -- DAVID BALDACCI, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
A PBS GREAT AMERICAN READ PICK
One of the most famous and beloved stories from the Queen of Mystery, with more than 100 million copies sold
Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a isolated mansion on Indian Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear. On the island they are cut off from everything but each other and the inescapable shadows of their own past lives. One by one, the guests share the darkest secrets of their wicked pasts. And one by one, they die...
Which among them is the killer and will any of them survive?
"Agatha Christie is the gateway drug to crime fiction both for readers and for writers. . . . Just one book is never enough." -- VAL MCDERMID, Internationally Bestselling Author
About the Author
Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976.