Arthur Conan Doyle and John Wyndham have written short stories based around the system, and Maeve Binchy’s London Transports is a collection of stories about people travelling on the Central and Victoria lines. Ian McEwan decides to kill off one of Atonement’s main characters, Cecilia Tallis, in Balham Tube Station during the Blitz, and Geoff Ryman’s 253 was set on the Bakerloo Line. The Tube appears frequently in thrillers - Agatha Christie’s The Man in the Brown Suit starts with a death at Hyde Park Corner, while Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household sees a dramatic execution after a chase through Aldwych station.