Torbay Hoteliers Visit Murder Manor

Torbay Hospitality Association at Greenway Earlier this week the National Trust hosted a visit from Torquay’s hoteliers to Agatha Christie's former holiday home, Greenway House. The £2.25m property was donated to the Trust by Christie's daughter and her husband before they died, the interior is being restored and will be open to the public in 2009.

For now, fans must be content with exploring the gardens which contain the biggest peach-tree house in Devon and a vinery dating back to 1830 (pictured).

The garden at Greenway is renowned for its nationally significant plant collection, set atop a hillside overlooking the river Dart. The grounds are teaming with secret passages. There is, for instance, a long tunnel of trees down to the quay where you clang an old bell to call a little boat to take you across to the Ferry Boat Inn in Dittisham, mentioned in many of Christie's books.

The entire place seems to be designed around secrets, providing the perfect setting for the whodunnits that earned Christie the title "queen of crime".