First, there were ten—a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a little private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they’re unwilling to reveal—and a secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. A famous nursery rhyme is framed and hung in every room of the mansion.

I gotta admit here that this book was much better mystery book read than a lot of those modern day mysteries I have read in my time writing reviews on this website. 

This book is a very cozy mystery read which can be read during one weekend which have done. 

The story in this book is very chilling and uncomfortable. Because the plot in this book is about 10 strangers on a private island and one of them is actively killing the other 9 people on that island. And the entire story in this book is the 9 strangers trying to work together to catch the killer and survive. 

This book is exactly what I love about mystery books, which is the tense moments where the characters try to work together and do anything in their power trying to catch the killer and survive. 

The story in this book amazing, interesting and super engaging or at least it was that for me. I was practically clued to this book from start to finish. At the same time this book is pretty short (only 250 pages or so) which means that there is a lot of action packed into this short book. Which means that there is something constantly happening in the story of this book. Which in a way made me like this book, because this book doesn’t have any boring moment.

The pacing of this book is pretty fast, because as Ive said above has a lot of action in this book. Which made me like this book so much better because the modern day mystery books tend to be very slow and boring at times, but this book is the complete opposite of that. 

The writing style in this book is very good, because it was like Agatha Christie knew exactly what words to use to completely grab my attention and not let it go until the very end of this book. Which of course made me give this book some extra points for doing. At the same time the writing style in this book has this old English writing and words to it. Which really gives this book a vibe that makes you feel like this book happened a long time ago where phones, internet, laptops, iPad weren’t available. If you have been around on this website for a while, you might know that I love the old timey vibe in books which of course made me like this book even more.

The only thing I didn’t like about this book is the fact that it was so short. In a way I wanted this book to be longer just because I really really liked the plot in this book and wanted it to be longer.

The characters in this book are very good which really made this book so much better and fun in my opinion. Again if you been around on this website for a while you might know that I put a lot of rating I give books on the characters (if the book is a fiction book) in each book. 

The characters were very realistic in a way, but also they were very likable and interesting which made me feel like I would have no problem being friends with the characters in this book in real life if they were real.

The plot twist at the end of this book where the killer gets revealed, was a bit of a shocker for me personally. Because I didn’t expect the person who was the killer to be the killer. Which really made me like this book even more because it shows how well this book was written in a way that it didn’t spoil the big killer reveal until the big plot twist at the very end of this book.

I Give This Book 4 / 5