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
And Then There Were None of "our black brothers", which is understandable only in the context of the original name.) UK editions changed to the current definitive title in 1985. The word "nigger" was already racially offensive in the United States by the start of the 20th century, and therefore the book's first US edition and first serialization changed the title to "And Then There Were None" and removed all references to the word from the book, as did the 1945 motion picture. This is the best selling crime novel of all time, and what makes Agatha Christie the best selling novelist. It is Christie's