Benjamin Stevenson’s Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone was named as one of The Sunday Times’ best crime novels of 2022 and was shortlisted for a slew of awards around Australia. He’s back again with his charming character, Ernest Cunningham, in this highly anticipated sequel. Buckle up and enjoy the ride.
This time around a bunch of crime writers embark on The Ghan to travel from Darwin to Alice Springs to attend the Australian Writers Society crime writers’ festival where one writer will be murdered on the way, leaving five to solve the crime. With an assortment of different kinds of writers onboard, including a literary, suspense, blockbuster, forensics, legal thriller and a debut writer (our narrator), it shouldn’t be a problem solving the mystery. That is until things start go amiss.
Ernest Cunningham is one of the most entertaining characters in a book series I’ve read. The murder mystery aspect of the story is clever and compelling. And I had a good laugh, as well as experiencing a thrilling sense of adventure and mystery. It was so satisfying.
If you loved Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone then you will most certainly love Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect. I absolutely devoured this book. Simply fabulous.
Reviewed by Bianca Malyan
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ABOUT THE AUTHORBenjamin Stevenson is an award-winning stand-up comedian and author. His first novel, Greenlight, was shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction, and published in the USA and UK. His second novel, Either Side of Midnight, was shortlisted for the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Original Paperback.
His novella, Find Us, was an internationally bestselling audiobook. He has sold out live shows from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has appeared on ABCTV, Channel 10 and The Comedy Channel. Off-stage, Benjamin has worked for publishing houses and literary agencies in Australia and the USA.
He currently works with some of Australia’s best-loved authors at Curtis Brown Australia. He loves hearing from readers on Instagram (@stevensonexperience) and Facebook (The Stevenson Experience). Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone is his third novel.
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