How Does Agatha Christie Create Suspense

In the story And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie many events of suspense developed throughout this novel. This story is about ten people that are invited to a mansion on an island, Indian Island. These people all invited for different reasons think nothing of the invite as they all take a trip to this mysterious island. Soon after settling in each person is accused of causing a death, which then causes an uproar as they all try to defend themselves for their alleged murder. Later on guests begin to die off, as the others first believed of just a coincidence then once more and more died, the remaining people panic as they await for their dreaded death. Each person’s death follows a poem hung above some characters bed, and when someone dies a indian is removed from the dining room table at which there was once ten. When the guests try to figure out the murderer and search the

On page 70, after Anthony Marston choked and then died on the floors and the guests suggested that it was suicide and that he put cyanide in his drink. Blore had stated, “You know doctor that doesn’t seem right to me. I shouldn't have said Mr. Marston was a suicidal man.” This comment effected the other characters in the sense that as the death of Anthony Marston may have not been self inflicted. When Blore had stated this it made the character question if this was just a random death that had occurred or something that had been planned to happen just this way. It had also caused the characters to remain silent for they had nothing to talk about as they could only wonder about the situation in their minds. The suspense that was made from this example started to show the concern that takes place in the characters minds. This statement caused the plot to change as it became a more serious tone and mood for the reader. Also, this had made the plot start to move closer to the more serious issues yet to