Take a jaunt by train in France with a dramatic end on The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue.
It is an interesting concept for a book. Start with a famous photograph and work back from there. Then instead of just doing a straight non-fiction book people the train cars with real people who were on it, some who could have been on it and then a dash of fully fictional characters.
I enjoyed the book once I realized the famous photo of the train hanging off a building that it had just burst through was merely the end of the book and not what the book was about. Instead it is about people in a certain time as if stuck in a static photograph.
The portions with the train itself as a character were my only complaint and they did not unduly halt the proceedings unlike the air brakes on the train. I would have also liked to see the train in diagram or in a photograph to have something to picture as the characters weaved through it.
Overall, a pleasing bit of historical fiction that gives the backstory plus some fun to an event of history.
There is much talk of cider in the book and that seems an appropriate drink especially if you can get yourself some French Cider like Aval, Galipette and Cidre Bouche. Or if you have a local ciderhouse, see if they have a French-Styled offering.