Title: Not Quite an Homage to Christie...
Product review: This book is not an homage to Christie the way "A Thousand Acres" might be seen as a work retroactively illuminating "King Lear." In no way does Bannister seem to encapsulate any of the features that made "Ten Little Indians" such an amazing work of mystery literature. Instead, she's written a rather dull and plodding mystery, one that replaces "Whodunnit?" with "Who cares?"Let's face it, no one is going to be able to improve upon "Ten Little Indians." Even Christie's play, along with countless film versions, have changed the ending to a trite "tie up all the loose ends" phenomenon, where the "good" characters get a happy ending. The great thing about "Ten Little Indians"--something that Bannister doesn't seem to understand--is in its resisting of the formula.
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