Agatha Christie was among the first, taking to the shores around South Africa and Hawaii in the 1920s.
Burgh Island, which inspired some of Agatha Christie's murder mysteries, is 250m (820 ft) from the beach.
Gaffney, who played Robbie Jackson in EastEnders, is starring in the Agatha Christie murder-mystery at Derby Theatre.
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"My girlfriend works at Greenway, Agatha Christie's house overlooking the Dart, " Ben explained.
Joseph's engrossing play, which opened Wednesday at The Vineyard Theatre, has more false clues than an Agatha Christie novel.
Torquay could now boast of being home to Agatha Christie, the British TV show Fawlty Towers and Jack Tagg.
The first peach tree has been planted by Agatha Christie's grandson Mathew Prichard, and nectarines and apricots will also be planted.
BBC: Greenway does peach of a job on fruit house restoration
Just like in a good Agatha Christie yarn, the house was locked, the victim was innocent and there are multiple plausible suspects.
While a handful of British mystery writers, from Agatha Christie to P.
The house was Torquay-born Agatha Christie's holiday home from 1938 until 1959.
BBC: Greenway does peach of a job on fruit house restoration
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and died in 1976.
Agatha Christie is said to have written "And Then There Were None" and "Evil Under The Sun" while staying on nearby Burgh Island.
The beach is overlooked by the Burgh Island Hotel, a favourite haunt of writer Agatha Christie, and has been a location for several films.
Agatha Christie is one of the best-selling authors of all time.
London, England (CNN) -- She is one of the best-known crime writers of all time but few know the extent of Agatha Christie's archaeological pedigree.
"Just the name, Agatha Christie, raises people's attention, " said Robyn.
He learned about the power of storytelling from his grandfather and learned to read from his grandmother, who also took him to the library and introduced him to Agatha Christie mysteries.
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An amazingly successful contrivance: this Agatha Christie-style house-party murder mystery, set in 1932, plants itself deep into social reality and achieves the kind of candor about class and sex that Christie would never have been capable of.
Following the deaths of Agatha Christie's son-in-law Anthony Hicks in 2004 and daughter Rosalind in 2005, the house and its contents were also gifted to the trust - this summer was marked its second season of opening to the public.
BBC: Greenway does peach of a job on fruit house restoration
Agatha Christie would have loved it.
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Check in: It's hard to shake the Agatha Christie vibe at the windswept inn, what with the grandfather clock ominously stopped at 4:20, a house dog named Winston, and a Friday-night wine and cheese party where you meet the other suspects, ahem, guests.
Tales of headless horsemen stalking ancient burial sites, gruesome hairy hands forcing vehicles off the road and a visit from the devil himself have given Dartmoor a doomladen reputation, making it a favourite setting for writers such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie.
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