The Next Two are Down

They all awake later than normal to no sign of Rogers. After searching the find Rogers' body in the woodshed with a hatchet wound in the back of his head. Vera asks Emily if she's afraid of dying, and Emily thinks to herself that she can't die because she's led an upright life. Vera and Emily prepare food, and all the characters behave politely at breakfast with nervous thoughts on their mind.
Chapter twelve begins with Emily feeling woozy as she looks out the window. She begins to feel delusional as she sees a bee outside. She then feels a prick in the back of her neck. The rest of the characters proceed to the dining room and find Emily dead. Wargrave suggests that all the characters turn in any possible weapons. Armstrong's syringe is no where to be found. They discover that it was thrown out the window, along with the sixth Indian figure. Five characters remain.

Time Read: 2 hours
Total Time Read: 12 hours

Everyone on their Guard

It was a busy weekend with sturgeon spearing and basketball, but I managed to squeak in some reading time.
All the characters put together their theories as to who the murderer is. Lombard thinks it is Wargrave because years of being a judge has caused him to lose his mind. Vera suspects Armstrong because two of the murders were by poison so that sounds like the work of a doctor. Blore suspects someone but will not tell who he thinks is the killer. Wargrave and Armstrong talk, and Armstrong looks at everything in a negative way. Wargrave thinks he knows the personality of the murderer but can't prove it. Emily sits in her room and writes in her diary. She writes some crazy things and thinks she's going insane.
While everyone is gathered for tea, Rogers rushes in to announce that a bathroom curtain is missing. This makes everyone uneasy. They eat a dinner of mostly canned food and than head to bed, locking the doors behind them. Rogers locks the dining-room door so no one can take any of the Indian figures during the night.

Time Read: 1.5 hr.
Total Time Read: 10 hr.

Another one Bites the Dust

I suspect that the characters are playing right into the murderer's hand by arguing with each other. I assume that he is hoping they turn on each other and complete some of his work for him. Armstrong goes to find Macarthur for lunch, and discovers that he was killed by a blow to the head. Vera and Mr. Rogers notice that only 7 Indian figures remain. A meeting is called and Judge Wargrave tells all the guests to go forward with the attitude that any of them could be the murderer. He then dismisses the meeting.

Time Read: 1.5 hours
Total Time Read: 8.5 hours

Killer is among us

Blore, Armstrong, and Lombard make an extensive search of the island. They discover that Lombard has a rovolver, which makes Armstrong and Blore very suspicious. As they are walking, they come along a dazed Macarthur sitting by himself. They determine that he is crazy. The search party comes to a cliff, and they send Blore back to get a rope so they can search for caves. Vera goes out for a walk and also comes across Macarthur. He talks about his presumably approaching death and basically ignores Vera, so she leaves. Blore returns to find Armstrong, who thinks that Macarthur is the killer. Lombard returns and climbs down to look for any caves. He cannot find any. They return and make a search of the house, where they also find nothing. The killer is among them. Hehe haha hoho they're all gonna die.

Time Read: 1.5 hours
Total Time Read: 7 hours

Consciences bear down

All of the characters think to themselves about the murderers that were announced. Whoever is behind this, I think they are a genius for getting under their skin like this. It's kind of cool. Lombard and Armstrong figure out that the first two murders correspond perfectly to the first two lines of the poem. They decide the murderer is Mr. Owen, and they are determined to find him.

Time Read: 1 hour
Total time read: 5.5 hours