Stephanie Jones

There are many different genres of books like horror, fiction, and romance; but the one I favor most is mystery. I wasn’t always fond of mysteries, however. I never felt too much suspense when reading the genre and easily lost interest. Before, whenever I wanted to read a book, I would always go to the horror section and look for books that would stand my hair on end. After picking up And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, my view on mysteries changed. The novel has a perfect combination of the suspense and murderer found in horror books, but also features a sense of mystery that requires readers to figure out who the murderer was by using deduction skills. I found it exciting to follow the group of characters who are trying to figure out who the murderer is as one after another is murdered in a manner fitting of the crime he or she committed in the past. Even after finishing the book and knowing who the murderer is, it is still fun reading the book again to try to see the hints left by the author suggesting how the crime was committed. After reading And Then There Were None, I read more of Christie’s mysteries hoping to experience the same exhilaration I found reading the first book. Now most of the books I read for fun are Agatha Christie mysteries. I love attempting to solve her mysteries with Poirot, the detective and main character, studying every minute detail attempting to analyze how and who committed the murder and how. The solutions to the mysteries never cease to amaze me and the intelligence of Poirot and his "little grey cells" constantly leave me in awe.