 The next two books, "The Name of Action" (1930) and "Rumour at Nightfall" (1932), were unsuccessful; and he later disowned them.His first true success was "Stamboul Train" (1932) which was taken on by the Book Society and adapted as the film "Orient Express", in 1934.He supplemented his novelist's income with freelance journalism, book and film reviews for "The Spectator", and co-editing the magazine "Night and Day".