All the wrong questions have been asked, and some of the right ones, and now come the answers, racing on a benighted train beset by enemies and plots, our beleaguered hero has one chance to thwart a plan he doesn't understand. But first there's murder most foul and villainy most base and even if he asks the right questions and gets the right answers and defeats the villain, what will he lose?

Brilliant conclusion to a terrifically entertaining series. Exciting and melancholic at the same time, very noir, our hero is a mix of Marlow and the Continental Op, walking down mean streets and mean railway carriageways, playing dangerous games and falling for a dangerous lady. Lovely. Please let there be more.