In the book "And Then There Were None," Hugo would have been a rich man had he inherited his rich relative, Cyril Hamilton's money.
"And Then There Were None" is a mystery novel published in 1939 by Agatha Christie. It tells the story of 10 strangers who are picked off one by one after being lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N.Owen.
The book, which Christie described as "so difficult to do that the idea had fascinated me", and which the New York Times, on its publication, said was "utterly impossible and utterly fascinating" is considered as the best-selling and surely the best-known detective novel ever written.
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890, she became, and remains, the best-selling novelist of all time. She is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, as well as the world’s longest-running play, _'The Mousetrap'. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in 44 foreign languages.
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