Agatha Christie, one of the most popular authors of the 20th century; its sales rivaled those of the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare. Known for her persuasion and deception, Christie uses trickery to deceive and manipulate her characters. Despite her cunning, false clues, and lack of emotion, Agatha Christie uses the concept of deception and a unique writing style to intrigue her readers by appealing to their minds. Agatha Christie's detective novel "And Then There Were None" is set on the coast of Devon, England, and one by one, each guest disappears. As the other house guests search for clues and the mysterious villain, they all become caught up in a web of trickery and deception. Ten guests are invited by a mysterious man to stay on the isolated Soldier's Island. Upon arrival, the chosen guests introduce themselves and explain why they were invited. Ironically, all the guests were invited to the island for different reasons and realize that they have been tricked into coming to an island. On the first evening, the guests gather for dinner. Meanwhile, a recorded voice accuses all the guests of past crimes and murders. After the record was played, they began to discuss the sudden circumstances and at that time the first victim is poisoned with potassium cyanide. Terrified by the disturbing events, the frantic guests go to their rooms where they feel guilty about their past. The next morning, the guests discover that the butler's wife has mysteriously died in her sleep. While some guests examine the butler's wife, another victim has been murdered on the shore. After hearing the news of a third guest's murder, the guests began making wild guesses about who the middle of paper......ffin, 1939. Print.Panek, LeRoy. “Agatha Christie” The Shepherds of Watteau. 1979. 62-63.Print.Rpt. in the literary criticism library at Chelsea House. Ed. Harold Bloom. Vol.1. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. 334. Partridge, Ralph. “Agatha Christie.” The new statesman and the new nation. The New Statesman & Nation Publishing Co., 1939. Rpt. in contemporary literary criticism.Ed. Dedria Bryfonski. Vol.12. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1980. 113-114. Singer, Eliot A. “The Whodunit as Riddle: Block Elements in Agatha Christie.” » Western folklore. 43 (1984). 174-71.Print.Rpt. in contemporary literary criticism.Ed. Marowski, Daniel G. and Roger Matuz. Vol. 48. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 75-78. “Ten little Indians”. Novels for students. Ed. Marie Rose Napierkowski and Deborah A. Stanley. Vol. 8. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 242-259. Gale.Web Virtual Reference Library. January 29. 2011.