Sophie Gee

No, this is a treasure trove of great names.

Roderick, I mean, you know, let's not overlook the low-hanging fruit here.

Roderick Nio and... Fred is wide.

Oh, good.

Okay, pressing on.

Yeah, love what you're saying.

And, Jonty, you know, there's a crucial shout-out that we actually haven't done yet.

So it's not just that this book starts on a train.

It starts with a chapter that's called Prologue in a Train.

And the very first sentence of the book is, the clop and roar of the train was an uneasy element somewhere at the back of the tall man's dreams.

It would die away.

Die away and fantastic hurrying faces come up and claim his attention.

He would think, I'm sure I am asleep.

This is certainly a dream.

So it's a shout-out to Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express.

She starts the novel as an Agatha Christie spin-off or spoof or kind of homage, however you want to think about it.

You can't read a novel set on a train with an attempted murder on

in the 1930s without being in the presence of Christy.

And then that's just the prologue.

She diverts into a completely other story.