who was the third person to die in and then there were none
Agatha Christie
Christie described her childhood as `` very happy '' . She was surrounded by a series of strong and independent women from an early age . Her time was spent alternating between her home in Devon , her step - grandmother and aunt 's house in Ealing , West London , and parts of Southern Europe , where her family would holiday during the winter . Agatha was raised in a household with various esoteric beliefs and , like her siblings , believed that her mother Clara was a psychic with the ability of second sight . Her mother insisted that she receive a home education , and so her parents were responsible for teaching her to read and write and to be able to perform basic arithmetic , a subject that she particularly enjoyed . They also taught her about music , and she learned to play both the piano and the mandolin . According to biographer Laura Thomson , Clara believed that Agatha should not learn to read till she was eight . However , due to her curiosity , Agatha taught herself to read much earlier . One of the first known photographs of Christie ( now a part of the Christie family 's heirlooms ) depicts her as a little girl with her first dog , whom she called George Washington .
Christie described her childhood as `` very happy '' . She was surrounded by a series of strong and independent women from an early age . Her time was spent alternating between her home in Devon , her step - grandmother and aunt 's house in Ealing , West London , and parts of Southern Europe , where her family would holiday during the winter . Agatha was raised in a household with various esoteric beliefs and , like her siblings , believed that her mother Clara was a psychic with the ability of second sight . Her mother insisted that she receive a home education , and so her parents were responsible for teaching her to read and write and to be able to perform basic arithmetic , a subject that she particularly enjoyed . They also taught her about music , and she learned to play both the piano and the mandolin . According to biographer Laura Thomson , Clara believed that Agatha should not learn to read till she was eight . However , due to her curiosity , Agatha taught herself to read much earlier . One of the first known photographs of Christie ( now a part of the Christie family 's heirlooms ) depicts her as a little girl with her first dog , whom she called George Washington .