Well I did promise myself that I’d read more, or indeed all, of Graham Greene’s oeuvre this year. Stamboul Train is one his earlier works – 1932 off the top of my head – and takes an interesting third person stance, following the fortunes of a number of passengers aboard the Orient Express. Not quite as good as some of his later stuff, but enjoyable all the same. I note that Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express was published two years later.