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Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect
Benjamin Stevenson
$8.00
Listed in Cannonvale
Publisher Description: 6 WRITERS. 5 DETECTIVES. 4 DAYS. 3 WEAPONS. 2 MURDERS. 1 TRAIN... 'An outstanding and exceptional mystery from start to finish . . . everything fans would hope for.' JANE HARPER 'Stevenson’s brilliant and creative second closed-circle mystery toys with golden age mystery tropes while delivering its own hugely satisfying whodunit .... This is another triumph from a gifted genre specialist ... deliciously clever.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY US When the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. Fiction, this time: I needed a break from real people killing each other. Obviously, that didn’t pan out. The program is a who’s who of crime-writing royalty: the debut writer (me!) the forensic science writer the blockbuster writer the legal thriller writer the literary writer the psychological suspense writer. But when one of us is murdered, six authors quickly turn into five detectives. Together, we should know how to solve a crime. Or commit one. How can you find a killer when all the suspects know how to get away with murder? 'Sparkling with wit and witticisms about the world of writers and writing, Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect offers a tip of the hat to the great Agatha Christie novel while at the same time being a modern reinvention of it. Leave it to Stevenson to make high-jinx and murder deviously good fun.' NITA PROSE, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest 'Clever, satisfying, impossible to put down and gloriously inventive. It's fantastic. Books like this are why we love reading.' STUART TURTON A wild and wonderful ride . . . I laughed out loud.' HAYLEY SCRIVENOR 'Crazily good crime fiction. Don't miss this train!' CANDICE FOX 'This is just as cleverly written as the previous book, with wit, laugh out loud moments and humorous asides and observations on the nature of writers and festivals... If you enjoy meta fiction and Stevenson’s previous novel featuring Ernest, then you will surely enjoy going along on this wild and deadly train trip with him.' Mystery and Suspense Magazine Praise for EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE: 'What an exceptionally fresh, smart, funny book — I’ve never read anything like this before.’ Jane Harper 'As fresh and zingy as a salted lime. It's Knives Out meets Richard Osman. Or Dexter by way of Agatha Christie. Or Schitt's Creek with a body count.' A J Finn ‘Readers won’t want to put this story down . . . This is undoubtedly a future classic.’ Big Issue Australia ‘For something different, look no further than the very clever and entirely experimental Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone . . . One of the most anticipated books of the year.’ Weekend Australian ‘The best thing I’ve read in ages. I absolutely loved it. Whip-smart, twisted, funny, and constructed with the pinpoint precision of a bloodthirsty watchmaker.’ Stuart MacBride ‘I absolutely LOVED it. Engaging, entertaining and charming. I don’t think I’ve ever read anything like it. It was such a fun read.’ Marian Keyes 'Clever, unexpected, and not to be missed.' Karin Slaughter ‘Elegantly sinuous, superbly plotted, and surprise-packed . . . One of the best damn things I’ve read this year.’ WrittenbySime ‘The most original novel you will read this year . . . a funny and clever novel that pays homage to the classic British murder mystery.’ Canberra Weekly
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Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ We first met lovable author and amateur sleuth Ernest Cunningham in last year’s hit book, Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone, and I’m so happy he is back for more fun, clever crime solving! In Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson, Ern has been invited to his first writers’ festival by The Australian Mystery Writers Association on the back of his breakout true crime/memoir but he’s still grappling with the harrowing experience. This year’s festival is held on The Ghan, the train that runs right through the heart of Australia from Adelaide to Darwin. Onboard we have a fascinating mix of crime authors, avid readers, and publishing professionals but when one of the authors is murdered, everyone becomes a suspect. And given that all the authors write about getting away with murder, it takes all of Ern’s investigative skills to figure it all out. It might provide the inspiration for his next book which he’s been struggling with ideas for but he was hoping to write about fictional dead bodies this time! This such a fun take on a locked room mystery (in this case train but the doors don’t actually have locks!). Bejamin Stevenson again proves his cleverness in this genre with providing readers all the clues to solve the mystery. I loved everything about this one – the train as a setting, a crime writers festival, the array of characters, the whole meta fiction writing style – it all just fitted together so perfectly. The only small criticism I have is it was a little slow to get going but once it did, I couldn’t put it down! I heard Benjamin first talk about the new book he was working on at last year’s BAD Crime Writers festival and I can’t help to laugh about how much inspiration he took from the event and people there for the book! I hope to ask him that very question when I see at this year’s event starting next week. In the meantime, I highly recommend reading Everyone on This Train is a A Suspect and hope you enjoy as much as I did!
Notes: Brand New - Accidently purchased twice! 😂