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Review: And Then There Were None By Agatha Christie
When you put 9 people who all have a gory crime in their past and one who is planning to commit one, to stay the weekend on a small island of which is abandoned and isolated, their seems to be more bloodshed than expected. Agatha Christie's book, And Then There Were None, is the perfect balance of death, mystery, trust and disloyalty. It is a great book for young adults all the way up to seniors to read. Once you pick it up it is very hard to put it down. As you are reading through the book you are constantly guessing who the murderer is and once you think you nailed it, clues seem to point the finger at someone else. 6 years after the book was published a movie came out called indian island that was based on the book And Then There Were

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