The novel involves eight people being enigmatically invited to spend a summer holiday on Indian Island. Among the eight are a judge (Justice John Wargrave), renovate (Edward James Armstrong), military general (General John Macarthur), former quizzer/current private detective (William Blore), mercenary (Phillip Lombard), young loaded athlete (Tony Marston), religious woman (Emily Brent), and a schoolt to each(prenominal) oneer (Vera Claythorne). Additionally, a married couple consisting of a butler (Thomas Rogers) and a wet nurse (Ethel Rogers) are both already present on the island. With the expulsion of the Rogers, only the host, who is expected to arrive the next day, is absent. As the guests begin talking together, they discover that all of them were invited by a Mr. U.N. Owen. Wargrave surmises that their hosts reveal is fictitious since it so closely resembles the word unknown. The other guests agree, and tenseness begins to build.
Another mystery is the fact that each of the guests has found a poem titled Ten Little Indians in each of their rooms, and mysteriously enough, it appears that there are ten small Indian statuettes arranged at the dinner table. It doesnt take long for each of the guests to realize that the poem and statuettes are representative for each of them.
With whirl of the first nights dinner, the group hears a mysterious voice reprobate each one of them to a specific murder. A phonograph is found behind one of the walls, it is later discovered that the butler, Mr. Rogers, had been instructed to do it by the host, but that he hadnt known what was on the recording. each guest begins to suspect all of the other guests.
The first murder occurs when Marston dies from poisoned whiskey. The next morning, it is announced...If you want to get a full essay, assign it on our website: Orderessay
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