extent, the Serbs. Despite their violent tendencies and takeover of the train, they (or at least Milos) justify it as part of their plan to drive the Austrians out of Bosnia.

Western Terrorists: The Black Hand, Serbian nationalists. Alexei Dolnikov, Russian nihilist/anarchist. Cath himself is a fugitive for at least his involvement with the IRB; though his only crime there was treating their injured… or so George diplomatically concedes. It's not clear if that's what happened or if that would become the "official story" if Cath took his offer to ally himself with British interests; either way, the offer isn't taken.

Whole Plot Reference: To Murder on the Orient Express, naturally. Apart from taking place on the Orient Express and climaxing in the Balkans, several characters are also homages toLast fall at the Comptoir de L'Arc, a popular lunch cafe off the Champs-Élysées, one song played over and over in a loop. The wait staff requested it, though it was – of all things – in English. In jaunty tones, it rang out a message of hope, but also laid down a challenge for individuals to do better in the world: "Stand up for justice, oh let it be me...."

It was the debut song of a tall, slightly dramatic-looking artist who goes by the name of Grace, born in the United States to musicians (her father is folk singer Jonathan Edwards), but whose art draws from a life lived in Africa, Europe, India, and the Caribbean, as well as the States.

Grace taps those locales in what she