The Queen of Mystery
Agatha Christie is the best-selling fiction writer of all time, outsold only by the Bible and this famous British playwright.
Who Is William Shakespeare?
This former governess is traveling to the island under the impression she has been hired as a secretary.
Who is Vera Claythorne?
Soldier Island is located off the coast of this English county.
What is Devon?
After dinner on the first night, a mysterious voice fills the room reading a list of these against the guests and staff.
What are crimes (or murders/accusations)?
This character is the first to die on Soldier Island.
Who is Anthony Marston?
In 1926, Christie famously did this for 11 days, sparking a massive public manhunt and national scandal.
What is disappeared (or went missing?)
He is a reckless, wealthy young man who loves driving his sports car dangerously fast.
Who is Anthony Marston?
This local boatman ferries the guests from the mainland to Soldier Island and thinks they are a very odd group of people.
Who is Fred Narracott?
The voice accuses Vera Claythorne of being responsible for the drowning of this young boy.
Who is Cyril Hamilton?
The first victim dies immediately after taking a drink from a glass laced with this fast-acting poison.
What is cyanide (or potassium cyanide)?
Christie created this fussy, mustache-twirling Belgian detective who stars in Murder on the Orient Express.
Who is Hercule Poirot?
This character is a strict, elderly, and highly judgmental woman who reads her Bible daily and refuses to acknowledge her own guilt.
Who is Emily Brent?
Mr. Blore travels to the island under a fake identity, claiming he is a wealthy man from this country.
What is South Africa?
General Macarthur is accused of sending this man—his wife's secret lover—on a fatal mission to his death on the battlefield.
Who is Arthur Richmond?
Judge Wargrave suggests that the mysterious host's name, "U.N. Owen," is a play on this single word.
What is "Unknown"?
During World War I, Christie worked in a hospital dispensary, which gave her expert knowledge on this deadly subject used often in her books.
What are poisons?
He is a former police inspector who now works as a private investigator and carries a notebook with a list of all the guests.
Who is William Henry Blore
In each of the guests' bedrooms, this framed item hangs on the wall, foreshadowing the terrifying events to come.
What is the "Ten Little Soldier Boys" nursery rhyme?
The voice recording was played on this mechanical device, which was set up in the adjacent room.
What is a gramophone (or record player)?
Before the first death, this character boldly admits to their accused crime, stating they left 21 men of an East African tribe to starve because it was a matter of self-preservation.
Who is Philip Lombard?
And Then There Were None is her best-selling novel, but this play of hers holds the world record for the longest initial run, opening in 1952 and still running today.
What is Mousetrap?
This guest is a successful but secretly exhausted doctor who remembers operating on a patient while intoxicated.
Who is Dr. Edward George Armstrong?
Sitting in the center of a round table in the dining room are ten of these objects.
Mr. Rogers admits he was instructed by a letter to put the record on, which had a label bearing this two-word title.
What is "Swan Song"?
The guests realize the first death perfectly matches the first line of the nursery rhyme, which ends with this phrase.
What is "choked his little sel and then there were nine"?