And Then There Were None

About “And Then There Were None”

A mystery novel by Agatha Christie, described by her as the most difficult of her books to write, first published in the UK in 1939 as Ten Little Niggers and in the US in 1940 as And Then There Were None. The counting rhyme and minstrel song of that title serves as a major element of the plot; the novel has since appeared under various titles including Ten Little Indians.