Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect
Can you solve the cleverest murder mystery of the year?
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4.0 • 113 Ratings
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- $15.99
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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
'It's fun and diverting, with a plethora of red herrings.' NEW YORK TIMES
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
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The sequel to 2022’s deliciously self-aware Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone once again follows well-read sleuth Ernie Cunningham, who is now attending a crime writers’ convention after publishing his account of that fatal family reunion. In an even better locked-room setting than the first book’s snowy mountain resort, the follow-up takes place on The Ghan, the iconic sleeper train that cuts through the centre of Australia. When one of the writers is murdered, the rest don their detectives’ caps to sniff out the killer. Author Benjamin Stevenson continues to dispense arch comedy while paying elaborate tribute to the time-honoured tropes of murder mysteries. Readers should especially savour the parallels to Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, but that doesn’t mean there’s any shortage of surprises ahead.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Stevenson's brilliant and creative second closed-circle mystery featuring author Ernest Cunningham (after Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone) toys with golden age mystery tropes while delivering its own hugely satisfying whodunit. Cunningham's published account of the murders detailed in the previous book has netted him an invitation to the 50th Australian Mystery Writers' Festival. He's been asked, along with five much-better-known authors, to be a panelist aboard the Ghan, a luxury train whose route bisects the Australian desert. Soon after the journey starts, one of the writers turns up dead, and each of the train's other panelists—including Cunningham himself—becomes both suspect and sleuth. As the investigation unfolds, Stevenson plays scrupulously fair: as in the previous book, Cunningham addresses readers directly, promising "to be that rarity in modern crime novels: a reliable narrator." Even before the first murder, he reveals that a comma will be a crucial clue, and that there will be more than one victim. Dashes of humor (while introducing his fellow panelists, Cunningham pokes wicked fun at the publishing industry) light the way as Stevenson charges toward the deliciously clever final reveal. This is another triumph from a gifted genre specialist.
Customer Reviews
Must read mystery
Just like the first book, I couldn’t stop reading.
The twists and turns are so wonderfully written.
I can’t wait for more by this author.
Recommend to all
Not my kind of book…
Maybe I should have read the first novel and I’d have known what I was in for?
Frustrating, at times boring, over-explained murder mystery. Apologies for the very negative review, I purchased based on amazing reviews and was sorely disappointed.
A rare find that shines like an opal!
It’s rare that I pick up a book. It’s even rarer that I finish a book – cover to cover.
This, for me, is one of those books.
I loved the concept, the mystery, the revelation, the cryptic clues, the characters, the pacing - everything!