And Then there were none Agatha Christie Mystery Novel Vocabulary All pictures are from Google Images.

sleuth— detective; gumshoe; investigator

deduction— a process of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true; reach by reasoning

alibi— defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed; excuse; explanation; reason; justification

cryptic— mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous

Motive— reason; purpose; incitement

Flashback— recollection; remembrance

Foreshadow— show or indicate beforehand; signal; hint; foretell

Culprit— wrongdoer; offender

Breakthrough— discovery that helps solve a crime

Hunch— guess or feeling not based on facts; inkling

Suspect— person who is suspected of a crime; to believe to be guilty

Modus operandi— The way someone does something; a characteristic method