每个人心中都有最好的推理小说,对于我来说更喜欢的是克里斯蒂的《无人生还》,同样这部小说被广大的侦探推理迷们所喜爱,在推理小说中也是难得的佳作。
这部小说“线索既清晰明快又令人迷惑不解,可解释又合情合理”,这部小说无论是在情节上还是叙述上都有着其独特的见解。小说用了经典的孤岛杀人为背景。八个从未见过面的人被富豪欧文所邀请到了他在印第安岛上的豪华别墅当中,然而等他们乘坐小船来到这个岛上面的时候,迎接他们的却是富豪的私人管家夫妇二人。管家做好饭菜后,大家就在别墅享用了第一顿晚餐。晚餐过后,我们的故事开始步入了紧张的过程,一个神秘的声音出现,就此揭开了每一个人心中隐藏最深的秘密,原来这八个人多年前都曾杀过人。而故事中最核心的,就是那一段童谣,就像当年看《少年包青天》中的诅咒一样。
Ten little Indian boys went out to dine;
十个印地安小男孩,为了吃饭去奔走;
One choked his little self
and then there were nine.
噎死一个没法救,十个只剩九。
Nine little Indian boys sat up very late;
九个印地安小男孩,深夜不寐真困乏;
One overslept himself
and then there were eight.
倒头一睡睡死啦,九个只剩八。
Eight little Indian boys travelling in Devon;
八个印地安小男孩,德文城里去猎奇;
One said he'd stay there
and then there were seven.
丢下一个命归西,八个只剩七。
Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks;
七个印地安小男孩,伐树砍枝不顺手;
One chopped himself in halves
and then there were six.
斧劈两半一命休,七个只剩六。、
Six little Indian boys playing with a hive;
六个印地安小男孩,玩弄蜂房惹蜂怒;
A bumblebee stung one
and then there were five.
飞来一蛰命呜呼,六个只剩五。
Five little Indian boys going in for law;
五个印地安小男孩,惹是生非打官司;
One got in Chancery
and then there were four.
官司缠身直到死,五个只剩四。
Four little Indian boys going out to sea;
四个印地安小男孩,结伙出海遭大难;
A red herring swallowed one
and then there were three.
鱼吞一个血斑斑,四个只剩三。
Three little Indian boys walking in the Zoo;
三个印地安小男孩,动物园里遭祸殃;
A big bear hugged one
and then there were two.
狗熊突然从天降,三个只剩两。
Two little Indian boys sitting in the sun;
两个印地安小男孩,太阳底下长叹息;
One got frizzled up
and then there was one.
晒死烤死悲戚戚,两个只剩一。
One little Indian boy left all alone;
一个印地安小男孩,归去来兮只一人;
He went and hanged himself
and then there were none.
悬梁自尽了此生,一个也不剩。
恐怖的事情就这样发生了,从马斯顿开始,每一个人都像童谣当中的死法一样,相继死去。每当一天死去一个人,对于存活的人都是一种煎熬与恐惧。
大海上每天都是狂风暴雨,仿佛不希望他们逃脱,也不希望任何人靠近这个岛屿。他们把希望寄托于找出幕后的凶手,然而即使把岛上的每一个角落都搜遍了,依然没有寻找到。于是他们开始互相猜忌、互相试探,然后依然每天都在死去一个人。
在这一天,海上的风浪停息了,乌云消失不见了,当太阳照射到这个岛屿上时,只照到了十具冷冰冰的尸体,无人生还。
然后谁才是这一切的幕后凶手?