Absolute Justice
The History and Legacy of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None
Published on 10. March 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
260 pages
979-8-89820-241-5 (ISBN)
Description
It's the world's bestselling mystery novel and one of the most popular books of all time. But despite its fame, the complex history and cultural impact of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None is largely unknown to most readers. Absolute Justice analyzes the book's characters and hidden clues, describes the novel's many stage, screen, and other media adaptations, and explores how And Then There Were None became a cultural phenomenon, reshaping not just the crime genre, but the horror genre as well, inspired fans all over the world, and even raised the spirits of WWII prisoners of war.
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Chris Chan is a writer, educator, and historian. His true crime articles, reviews, and short fiction have appeared in The Strand, The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Mystery Weekly, Gilbert!, Nerd HQ, Akashic Books' Mondays are Murder webseries, The Baker Street Journal, The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories, Masthead: The Best New England Crime Stories, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, and multiple MX and Belanger Books anthologies. He is the creator of the Funderburke and Kaiming mysteries, a series featuring private investigators who work for a school and help students during times of crisis. Funderburke and Kaiming are featured in the novels Ghosting My Friend, She Ruined Our Lives, and Well-Behaved Children Seldom Make History. His first book, Sherlock & Irene: The Secret Truth Behind "A Scandal in Bohemia," was published in 2020 by MX Publishing, and he is also the author of the comedic novels Sherlock's Secretary and Nessie's Nemesis, and the anthology Of Course He Pushed Him and other Sherlock Holmes Stories as well as a study on neurodivergence in the media: The Autistic Sleuth. His nonfiction mystery criticism series features Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter and Some of My Best Friends are Murderers: Critiquing the Columbo Killers (both from Level Best Books). His work has been nominated for the Anthony Award, the Macavity Award, the Derringer Award, long-listed for the Dagger Award, twice nominated for the Agatha Award, four times nominated for the Silver Falchion Award, and won the Best Indie Book Award.