“In the midst of life, we are in death.”

 Agatha Christie's renowned mystery novel will send chills down your spine. Christie cherished books as a child and taught herself to read at age five. Therefore, it is no surprise that she is the only mystery author to create two world famous detective characters. And Then There Were None, written in 1939, is a story of ten contrasting characters who travel to a vacation island. Not a day passes before death makes a dramatic entrance into the story. After three consecutive deaths, the remaining attendants soon notice a pattern similar to that of the poem "The ten little Indians". Someone must be a murderer. The reader follows the daily adventures of the men and women as they eagerly try to discover the identity of the killer. Christie clearly develops the idea of guilt, a theme in which each character relates to when their past crimes are publicly announced. Amongst the accusations and crimes, the theme of justice body appears as the characters seek revenge.