The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - A 15-Minute Summary & Analysis Preview: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins was a smash hit when it was published in 2015 by Penguin books. A narrator describes a burial site. By the train tracks, marked with only a tiny pile of stones. The narrator states there isn't much to mark the grave but they didn't want to leave it without remembrance. Again an unnamed narrator. They are losing consciousness, confused...