And Then There Were None: Ch. 1–9 Events

How the guests get to Soldier Island

They meet at Sticklehaven and Fred Narracott takes them over by boat

Why the guests come

Each gets a different letter or job offer tied to "U.N. Owen"

Wargrave's invite

A letter from an old friend, Lady Constance Culmington

Vera's invite

Hired as a secretary by "Una Nancy Owen"

Lombard's invite

Paid 100 guineas by Isaac Morris to come and keep his eyes open

Emily Brent's invite

A letter from someone she met on holiday, with a signature she can't read

Blore's invite

Hired by Isaac Morris and told to arrive as "Davis"

The missing hosts

The Rogerses say the Owens are delayed and will arrive later

The nursery rhyme

A rhyme about ten soldier boys is framed in every guest's room

The soldier figures

Ten china figures sit on the dining table; one disappears with each death

The gramophone record

After dinner it accuses all ten people of murder

What "U.N. Owen" means

Wargrave works out it's a play on "Unknown"

Marston's death

Drinks whiskey poisoned with cyanide and dies

Mrs. Rogers's death

Found dead in her bed the next morning

The boat

It never comes back, so they're stuck on the island

Macarthur's mood

Sits by the sea and says none of them will ever leave

Searching the island

Lombard, Armstrong and Blore find no one hiding anywhere

Macarthur's death

Found by the sea, killed by a blow to the head

Wargrave's meeting

The group agrees the killer must be one of them