Books like And Then There Were None

By Agatha Christie

For a closed suspect group, clues worth revisiting or an isolated community turning on itself.

For a group puzzle built from clues

Ellen Raskin

Shares a selected group drawn into a mysterious arrangement, but asks sixteen heirs to solve an eccentric millionaire’s will through paired clues.

The difference: Playful and written for younger readers; much less menace.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Shares an isolated setting where fear makes danger difficult to interpret, but gives Holmes and Watson a family curse to investigate on the moors.

The difference: An identifiable detective leads the reasoning; fewer suspects and deaths.

William Golding

Shares isolation feeding suspicion and violence, but follows stranded schoolboys trying to govern themselves without a concealed killer to identify.

The difference: Psychological social breakdown, without a fair play murder puzzle.

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