Book Review: Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie

Book:Ten Little Indians
Author: Agatha Christie
Genre: Murder Mystery

Julia Rating: 10 out of 10

Comments: Grahame commented ages ago, asking me to do a review of one of Agatha Christie's brilliant works Ten Little Indians aka And Then There Were None. I've named this post Ten Little Indians because that's the title I read it under several years ago. It was my first Agatha Christie book and it got me hooked on her fantastic writing.
Ten Little Indians is about ten people being invited to a home on an island. All of these people have a few skeletons in the closet. They are all invited by someone they know, and are surprised to see each other. Once they are seated around the dining room table, their host begins speaking through a gramophone. Not one person - not even the reader - knows who the host is until the surprise twist at the very end.

The novel has a little nursery rhyme in it that might intrigue you enough to pick the book up:

Ten Little Indian boys went out to dine;
One choked his little self and then there were nine.
Nine little Indian boys sat up very late;
One overslept himself and then there were eight.
Eight little Indian boys traveling in Devon;
One said he’d stay there and then there were seven.
Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks;
One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.
Six little Indian boys playing with a hive;
A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.
Five little Indian boys going in for law;
One got in Chancery and then there were four.
Four little Indian boys going out to sea;
A red hearing swallowed one and then there were three.
Three little Indian boys walking in the Zoo;
A big bear hugged one and then there were two.
One little Indian boy left all alone;
He went and hanged himself and then there were none.

Creepy, huh? Can you believe that's a nursery rhyme? Anyway, that rhyme is what the story is based off of and it's a really fabulous read. The ending is a total surprise and I adore it.