He sneaks out to see a retreating figure, and when Blore and Lombard find that Armstrong is not in his room, they and Vera assume that he is the killer (particularly because that part of the rhyme says that the soldier was eaten by a red herring). Blore awakes that evening to hear steps outside. When they go to bed that evening, Lombard is surprised to see his gun back in his nightstand. When they return downstairs, they find that Judge Wargrave has been dressed like a judge and shot, presumably using Lombard’s revolver. She screams and then men run up to see the commotion. Later when Vera goes up to take a bath, she finds that someone has hung seaweed from the ceiling in her room. The men then decide that they ought to round up all weaponry and lock it up so to do so, they search everyone’s rooms as well. Brent is dead from a hypodermic needle (to resemble a bee sting) to the neck. Rogers is found dead out where he was chopping wood to start the fire for breakfast. There’s no one on the island but themselves. It is decided that some of the men should go out on a search party to find the killer, but they come back empty handed. The deaths follow the nursery rhyme, and each time someone dies, a figurine is broken from the table. Rogers does not awake due to an overdose, and later that day, General MacArthur is found dead from a blow to the head. It then follows quickly that the next morning Mrs. After the reading, Tony Marsten finishes his drink and collapses on the floor dead. In fact, the name itself suggests from various letters to be U.
They compare stories and realize that none of them know who the Owenses are. Everyone is shocked and aghast (some are in denial). Rogers, as instructed by the owners, and it goes around to accuse each and every guest, including the Rogerses of murder.
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The house is very nice, and each room has a framed copy of “Ten Little Soldiers” (much more racist in previous versions of the book) as well as a series of ten figurines on the dining room table.Īfter dinner, a record is put on by Mrs. Rogers, the servants, have already arrived in advance for preparations. They arrive to the island and find that Mr. Tony Marston was invited out for a party. Owen who worried about his wife’s health and offered a large check to ensure the best. General Macarthur was invited to have a chat with some buddies from old times. She couldn’t even determine who the letter had come from, but it was so appealing, she went anyway. Or Emily Brent, who was offered a stay at a formal guest house (not one of those modern places with gramophones). Or Vera Claythorne who was offered a holiday secretarial post, or Phillip Lombard who was offered 100 guineas to keep an eye on things on the island. So naturally when people get invites to Soldier Island, no matter how obscure the invite is, they go! Specifically Justice Wargrave from his acquaintance Constance Culmington, who he hadn’t seen in 7 or 8 years. Owen or a Hollywood film star? It has previously been owned by an American millionaire who had the most lavish parties. I guess because there were so many people who were all suspects.Īn island recently changed ownership and there was lots of gossip and speculation of who bought it. I’m not sure why, but the book made me think of the board game Clue. So I skipped that and moved onto this one which I read in a weekend! I tried multiple times, but just couldn’t get into it. O_O Part of that is because I tried reading One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest for book club and failed dramatically. It’s been almost 2 months since I posted a review. Which among them is the killer and will any of them survive? Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one. Owen.”Īt dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead. Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious “U.
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