And Then There Were None for recognition, hence the confession. He describes how his first victim was Isaac Morris, the sleazy lawyer and drug trafficker who anonymously purchased the island and arranged the invitations on his behalf, making nine murders and two suicides. Morris was poisoned before Wargrave departed for the island. Wargrave's intention is to stymie the police as to which person on the island was the murderer. He states that, although there are three clues that could guide the police to the correct killer, he is confident they will be unable to find them and that the mystery will remain unsolved until the
Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle which Phoebe is only too happy to accept his proposal. Sylvester, the Duke of Salford - the hero Phoebe - the heroine, a writer Tom Orde - Phoebe's childhood friend and neighbour Lady Ingham - Sylvester's godmother and Phoebe's grandmother Lady Ianthe - widow of Sylvester's younger twin brother Edmund - Lady Ianthe's son and Sylvester's only nephew Sir Nugent Fotherby - a dandy Button - Edmund's nurse Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle is a Regency romance novel by Georgette Heyer. First published by Heinemann, London and Putnam, New York in 1957, it is the