In “And Then There Have been None,” the traditional novel by Agatha Christie, 10 persons are invited to a mansion on a distant island, reduce off from the remainder of the world. A thriller follows.
Life considerably imitated artwork on Friday when a big tree fell right into a single-track street within the southwestern coastal city of Brixham in Britain, trapping a number of individuals for just a few hours at Greenway Home, the previous vacation house of Christie, the writer of dozens of best-selling thriller novels who died in 1976.
The Nationwide Belief, the conservation nonprofit that oversees Greenway Home, stated in an announcement on Friday that the fallen tree was “blocking any site visitors coming into or exiting the realm.”
“We’re working carefully with police and highways to get this resolved shortly as attainable,” the Nationwide Belief stated. “We’re conscious that there are guests, employees and volunteers nonetheless at Greenway unable to go away and we’re doing the whole lot we will to ensure they’re snug whereas all of us wait. We admire everybody’s endurance throughout this time.”
By the top of “And Then There Have been None,” each visitor on the mansion has died. Nevertheless, fortunately for these trapped at Greenway Home, the street was reopened within the night, permitting guests to go away, the Nationwide Belief stated in a later replace.
It was unclear precisely how many individuals have been at Christie’s former house, which is open for excursions and in a single day stays, when the tree fell. DevonLive, a information outlet in Britain that supplied dwell updates of the incident, reported that greater than 100 individuals have been caught.
Caroline Heaven, who was at Greenway for a day journey on Friday, instructed DevonLive that she had arrived at 11:30 a.m., and had been caught for hours.
“It’s a disgrace actually,” Ms. Heaven instructed the information outlet. “They’re doing an amazing job. They’re giving us free teas and issues. It’s a bit bleak.”
Greenway Home won’t have been solely a vacation residence. It was additionally a supply of inspiration for Christie’s novel “Useless Man’s Folly” that includes Hercule Poirot, by which against the law author organizes a pretend “homicide hunt” on the grounds of a rustic house.
Social media leaned in to the irony of being caught within the house of the prolific thriller novelist.
A number of Twitter customers started counting down, “99, 98, 97, 96, 94 (grisly), 93 … in an obvious reference to “And Then There Have been None.”
Marguerite Kenner wrote on Twitter that individuals on the home ought to “IMPLEMENT A BUDDY SYSTEM IMMEDIATELY!”
The Devon and Cornwall Police didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Friday.
Greenway Home was referred to by Christie as “the loveliest place on the earth,” in response to Nationwide Belief. The home is stuffed with Christie’s heirlooms, together with objects from her childhood house and her Steinway piano, the group stated.
The home additionally has a library of 5,000 books, together with some by Christie, in response to the Nationwide Belief.
