And then There Were None: Agatha Christie's masterpiece

[@lyndamondshour5471]

If you learn more about her life, you come to understand her books more deeply.

[@eduardorpg64]

i've never heard of this book, but you made it sound exciting! I will read it someday! Also, your insights about evil were amazing. I've never thought about how a murderer has their self-esteem forever ruined, or that they would have to surround themselves with stupid people if they didn't want to get caught. Awesome video!

[@nikos_1717]

Many thanks Eduardo, the insights on evil are originally Ayn Rand's!

[@maryallene1]

It's been many years since I've read this book. I will get a copy for the flight to Miami.

[@nikos_1717]

Enjoy; I hope you don't remember who the murderer is!

[@nicolaskrusek3703]

Many thanks, you have convinced me to read this book.

[@nikos_1717]

Great, tell me your predictions about who is the bad guy as you go along!

[@nicolaskrusek3703]

@@nikos_1717 As of last night I am one-third of the way through. I just sent you my first prediction by email. I don't want to post any spoilers here, out of respect for those who have yet to read the book.

[@nicolaskrusek3703]

@@nikos_1717 Without spoiling anything for the other readers here, I can say that the ending is fiendishly clever but also inexorably logical. What an amazing writer! I see that Rand gives some other Christie recommendations in her article "Favorite Writers" in the "Ayn Rand Column." I look forward to checking these out as well.

[@nikos_1717]

@@nicolaskrusek3703 Her favourite was 'The mysterious Mr Quin', which I read some years ago and didn't like that much.

[@nicolaskrusek3703]

I just read "Murder on the Orient Express" this past weekend and I enjoyed it very much despite having seen both film adaptations (which means, I knew how the book would end). I will read more Agatha Christie after OCON, but now I am immersed in reading Henry Hazlitt's "Economics in One Lesson" and George Reisman's "The Government Against the Economy."

[@cyanrazorCel]

This book had me pinned to the pages by the time I was half way through. I had a piece of crap copy that was tearing apart from the library yet I had to get to the end. It's kind of like 999 the game.

[@nikos_1717]

I get you. It's the definition of 'unputdownable'.

[@stephannaro2113]

I don't remember the evilness aspect of the book, but I definitely remember the ending and how it was cleverly hidden. I actually thought it was a little bit unfair, since the metaphorical meaning of the important bit of English was unknown to me, but decidedly memorable.

[@nikos_1717]

Ditto, I read it in Greek back in 1995, which left much to be desired. Reading 'Why did't they ask Evans' from a 1980s Greek translation these days, and it takes so much away.

[@periteu]

She published 66 detective novels, which three do you recommend me to read of her?

[@nikos_1717]

Besides 'And then there were none', in random order 1) Murder on the Orient Express 2) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 3) 5 Little Pigs

[@periteu]

@@nikos_1717 I'm gonna add them to my list of novels to read ty

[@captainpandabear1422]

"And then There Were None: an Idiot reads Agatha Christie" Fixed it for you.

[@stephannaro2113]

Haha! What?? What did he say that was idiotic?