Suspense In And Then There Were None By Agatha Christie

In the mystery, And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie, Philip Lombard created suspense throughout the novel in many instances. 10 victims were sent letters by a man named U.N. Owen to come to an island called Soldier Island where they were slowly killed off in the same ways as a poem titled “Ten Little Soldier Boys.” On the first evening, a gramophone reveals each of their crimes. This ultimately leads to each of their deaths. Everyone has something hidden about themselves whether that is some sort of sickness or even something that is in their luggage with them. Somebody who is hiding something and creating immense amounts of suspense is Philip Lombard not only is he carrying a revolver for some reason, his motives on the island are unknown to everyone else.

As Philip Lombard, Vera Claythrone, Dr. Armstrong, and General Macarthur put all of their lethal and potentially dangerous items into a locked chest in the cabinet, Lombard reveals that his revolver has been stolen as he states ‘“You damned pig-headed fool! I tell you it’s been stolen from me!”’ (Christie 209) The way Philip Lombard is building suspense is by noting that his revolver has gone missing. This leads to the fact that one of them has stolen it and that action further builds the suspense of the missing revolver. When Philip Lombard's revolver is originally taken he makes no effort to keep it a secret from the others. The reader nor the visitors know what could come next of the revolver and it creates suspense up until a revolver that was not of Philips's ownership is used to kill Mr. Justice Wargrave. ‘“He’s been shot…”’ Blore said: ‘“God-- the revolver!”’ The doctor said, still in the same lifeless voice: ‘“Got him through the head. Instantaneous.”’ This builds the suspense of who could have done it and who took the