The book that topped the international online poll held in Agatha Christie`s 125th birthday year to discover which of her 80 crime books was the world`s favourite. 1939. Europe teeters on the brink of war. Ten strangers are invited to Soldier Isl&, an isolated rock near the Devon coast. Cut off from the mainl&, with their generous hosts Mr & Mrs U.N. Owen mysteriously absent, they are each accused of a terrible crime. When one of the party dies suddenly they realise they may be harbouring a murderer among their number. The 10 strangers include a reckless playboy, a troubled Harley Street doctor, a formidable judge, an uncouth detective, an unscrupulous mercenary, a God-fearing spinster, two restless servants, a highly decorated general & an anxious secretary. One by one they are picked off. Who will survive? & who is the killer? Copies of an ominous nursery rhyme hang in each room, the murders mimicking the awful fates of its ` Ten Little Soldier Boys`. The clear winner in an international online poll held to discover the world`s favourite Agatha Christie book, this new paperback also coincides with a new 3-part BBC TV adaptation featuring a stellar ensemble cast: Douglas Booth, Charles Dance, Maeve Dermody, Burn Gorman, Anna Maxwell Martin, Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Toby Stephens, Noah Taylor & Aidan Turner.