This was my first foray into Dame Agatha Christie outside of the Miss Marple series (which were utterly fantastic). I found "And then there were none" to be quite a bit creepier than the Miss Marple series, maybe because there were multiple murders, or maybe because there was no fluffy old lady in the corner guaranteed to solve the murder by observation of human nature. The premise of this book is that 10 people with little to no connection to each other are invited out to a mysterious island. The inhabitants of the island very quickly begin to drop dead and it becomes apparent that the thing that they all have in common is that they are responsible for crimes that they were never held responsible for. Someone among them has decided to take matters into their own hands and dole out some good old fashioned vigilante justice. This brings up the intriguing question: are there murders that really cannot be proven? I guess the answer is yes. However, you may get away with murder but are you ever really free from the psychological effects of taking another life? I found this book creepy and gripping. I think I might try a Hercule Poirot mystery next. I would like to read Murder on the Orient Express but feel that maybe I should read the series in order.
This was my first foray into Dame Agatha Christie outside of the Miss Marple series (which were utterly fantastic). I found "And then there were none" to be quite a bit creepier than the Miss Marple series, maybe because there were multiple murders, or maybe because there was no fluffy old lady in the corner guaranteed to solve the murder by observation of human nature. The premise of this book is that 10 people with little to no connection to each other are invited out to a mysterious island. The inhabitants of the island very quickly begin to drop dead and it becomes apparent that the thing that they all have in common is that they are responsible for crimes that they were never held responsible for. Someone among them has decided to take matters into their own hands and dole out some good old fashioned vigilante justice. This brings up the intriguing question: are there murders that really cannot be proven? I guess the answer is yes. However, you may get away with murder but are you ever really free from the psychological effects of taking another life? I found this book creepy and gripping. I think I might try a Hercule Poirot mystery next. I would like to read Murder on the Orient Express but feel that maybe I should read the series in order.
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