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The view is quintessentially English. The River Dart has emerged from the granite tors of Dartmoor, and now curves leisurely towards the sea at Dartmouth. It is low tide and dark water scantily covers the river bed, exposing the banks.<br />It is a mild, mellow, December day, and the landscape enjoys the muted greens, browns and grey of winter, and the subdued light of a sunless, late afternoon.<br />Agatha's house welcomes us. It is grand, but it has a 'lived-in' quality. Pictures, books, ornaments and furniture bring the authoress to life and it is not difficult to imagine her, as she sits by the fire, or at the window, gazing out at the gardens and the river.<br />Xmas decorations are a reminder of the season, and in the dining room, on a table laid with crockery and cutlery, as though the family is about to materialize and celebrate, are woolen Xmas puddings, part of the hundreds which have been sent by knitting aficionados, and which bring a quirky creativity to a home which so hauntingly echoes its famous owner.<br />We leave the house and wander to the tennis court, its surface somewhat mossy. The sound of imaginary balls hitting rackets follows us to the walled garden, where the fragrance of bushes of sage and rosemary give a subtle aroma of the Mediterranean to the wintry air. A greenhouse stands by one wall and a circular tent, containing a few lonely skittles, is erected near another. The extensive grass is flat and even. Was croquet played here? Was afternoon tea taken on the lawn? Probably.<br />Finally, the stables. There are four wooden boxes for the former animals, and a large TV screen which plays a film for present-day viewers. We wait, but nothing happens, and so we retrace our steps, past the sculpted horses' heads, past the Xmas baubles hanging on the trees, past the river with its host of small, moored boats and we drive back again along the ancient Devon lane. </div> <div class="greyText socialActionsContainer"> <span id="ratingResults9654804"> <span class='likeItContainer' id='like_container_author_blog_post_9654804'><a id="like_count_author_blog_post_9654804" rel="nofollow" href="/rating/voters/9654804?resource_type=AuthorBlogPost"><span class="likesCount">1 like</span></a> · <a rel="nofollow" class="jsLike like_it gr-button gr-button--small" href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/new?remember=true&return_url=%2Fauthor%2Fshow%2F6851252.Carol_Anne_Dobson%2Fblog">Like</a></span> </span>  •  <a style="width: auto" href="/author_blog_posts/9654804-agatha-christie-s-greenway">0 comments</a>  •  <a class="flag" rel="nofollow" title="Flag this blog post as inappropriate." id="flag_link9654804" href="/flagged/new?resource_id=9654804&resource_type=AuthorBlogPost&return_url=%2Fauthor_blog_posts%2F9654804-agatha-christie-s-greenway">flag</a> <div class='right'> <div class="shareSocialButtons--mini"> <div class="u-inlineBlock"> <a class="facebook_connect" href="#" onclick="$grfb.feedDialog({"resource_type":"author_blog_post","name":"Agatha Christie's Greenway","caption":"goodreads.com | Carol Anne Dobson","description":"The narrow Devon lane approaching the entrance to Greenway, sinuously hugs the hillside, evoking an older, more rural life than that of the busy conurbation of Torbay, just over the horizon.\nA gent...","action_link_text":"Read More","picture":"https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1384446835p2/6851252.jpg","link":"https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/9654804-agatha-christie-s-greenway","actions":[{"name":"Read More","link":"https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/9654804-agatha-christie-s-greenway"}]}); Lightbox.hideBox();; return false;"><img alt="Share on Facebook" src="https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/gr/share_module/share_facebook_circle-ecf94fc18c887e845025d979d27f758d.svg" /></a> </div> <div class="twitterLogoButton u-inlineBlock" data-gr-tracker-id=""> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodreads.com%2Fauthor_blog_posts%2F9654804-agatha-christie-s-greenway&text=liked+Carol+Anne+Dobson%27s+blog+post%3A+Agatha+Christie%27s+Greenway+&via=goodreads"><img class="shareSocialButtons--mini__icon" alt="Share on Twitter" src="https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/gr/share_module/share_twitter_circle-1e3cc199af6bf2bd798502acf873657a.svg" /></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="meta greyText"> Published on <span class="date">December 30, 2015 07:55</span> • <span class="tags "> Tags: <a href="/author/show/6851252.Carol_Anne_Dobson/blog/tag/agatha-christie">agatha-christie</a>, <a href="/author/show/6851252.Carol_Anne_Dobson/blog/tag/devon">devon</a>, <a href="/author/show/6851252.Carol_Anne_Dobson/blog/tag/greenway">greenway</a>, <a href="/author/show/6851252.Carol_Anne_Dobson/blog/tag/river-dart">river-dart</a> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2 class="date groupDate">August 5, 2015</h2> <div class="blogPosts"> <div class="elementList"> <div id="authorBlogPost-8826320" class="authorBlogPost stacked"> <h4 class="gr-h4"> <a href="/author_blog_posts/8826320-how-to-find-the-killer-in-an-agatha-christie-mystery">How to find the killer in an Agatha Christie mystery.</a> </h4> <div class="body mediumText u-marginBottomSmall"> UKTV Drama has commissioned research to try and discover the formula used by Agatha Christie in her novels and the researchers found that there was very much a set pattern which can give away the identity of the murderer.<br />The murderer is generally seen in the first half of the novel, and is often linked emotionally with the victim. If the victim is strangled, the killer is generally a man, and if the murder takes place in a large country house, the killer is generally a woman. If there are many nautical vehicles, then it is probably a male killer.<br />Female murderers were often revealed through the finding of a domestic item, whereas male killers more often through information or intellectual analysis.<br />If Hercule Poirot is the sleuth, and the victim has been stabbed, then the murderer is frequently mentioned at the beginning of the story. If Miss Marple is the sleuth,and the motive is romance or financial dealings, then the murderer is mentioned more towards the end of the novel.<br />The word most often used in Christie's work is 'said'. 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Opening lines.</a> </h4> <div class="body mediumText u-marginBottomSmall"> The king rat lurched and slithered over the muddy bank of the River Ill. It was not just one rat, but five, whose tails were fused together to create a pitiful monstrosity of a creature. Newly born, its only immediate prospect was death, and a gawping crowd had gathered to jeer and pelt stones. Armand watched his fellow citizens with distaste, not least because most wore a bunch of tricoloured flowers above their heart. He picked up a broken branch and prodded the rats into the dirty water. 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The Hansel and Gretel story reveals the lack of compassion for a woman burnt alive.<br /><br />HANSEL AND GRETEL REVISITED<br /><br />Once upon a time,<br />Hansel and Gretel were abandoned by their parents in a forest.<br /><br />Kaleidoscoping, shimmering shades of green and blue<br />mark the boundary of trees and sky.<br />Infrequent shafts of sun scavenged by the woodland floor<br />briefly capture the iridescence of a dragonfly<br />and the brilliance of a jay.<br />Fungi gleaming ghost-white in the gloom,<br />parasitically jewel rotting stumps,<br />their reflections drowning in the blackness of a stagnant pool.<br /><br />A sudden swarm of bats<br />heralds the delectable apparition<br /> of a cottage conjured from candy<br />and honey-brown gingerbread.<br />"Come inside, my dears," cackles an ancient, wart-ridden crone,<br />luring the enchanted children over marzipan steps, then trapping Hansel in a cage<br /> to fatten him to eat.<br />Gretel waits; and one day,<br />when the evil shrew's long nose is in a book of spells,<br />bundles her into the oven to burn,<br />as she and Hansel flee.<br /><br />People living alone,<br />with a pet frog or toad or cat,<br />their gardens harbouring<br />hemlock, belladonna or wolfsbane,<br />were often denounced as witches,<br />and burned alive.<br />Stereotyped as ugly hags,<br />they were said to eat children and drink their blood.<br />If a woman floated in water,<br />she was a witch.<br />If she drowned, she was not.<br />If she had a mole or mark<br />on a 'secret' part of her body, and confessed under torture,<br />she was a witch.<br /><br />Three centuries of killing and persecution in Europe.<br />Not a fairy tale.<br /><br /><br /> Carol Anne Dobson. 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Sea water cascades over the wall, drenching people and dogs, and leaving the path awash with rivulets. The green-blue sea is surging against the edge of the shingle beach, grating and grinding the pebbles; the waves foam and swell across the bay, and the thin, black, periscope-like neck of a cormorant suddenly rises up, before disappearing back into the depths. <br />Grey cumulus clouds surge to the horizon, muting the winter light, whilst yellow-flowered gorse, fragrant with the exotic scent of coconut, brings color to the hillside.<br />The headland is called Daddy Hole. 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