Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief
A Novel
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4.1 • 69 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Ten heists. Ten suspects. A murder mystery only Ernest Cunningham can solve in this delightfully clever and twisty new novel in Benjamin Stevenson’s bestselling series—perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz.
I’ve spent the last few years solving murders. But a bank heist is a new one, even for me. I’ve never been a hostage before.
The doors are chained shut. No one in or out. Which means that when someone in the bank is murdered, everyone is a suspect.
THE BANK ROBBER
THE MANAGER
THE SECURITY GUARD
THE KID
THE FILM PRODUCER
THE PRIEST
THE RECEPTIONIST
THE PATIENT
THE CAREGIVER
ME
Turns out, more than one person planned to rob the bank today. You can steal more from a bank than just money.
Who is stealing what? Are they willing to kill for it? And can I solve the crime before the police kick down the door and rescue us?
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Trapped inside a locked bank with a gunman and a growing list of suspects, amateur detective Ernest Cunningham is forced into his strangest case yet. Ernest and his fiancée, Juliette, are just trying to get a bank loan when a bizarre robbery turns them into hostages. With the doors chained shut and no way out, tensions rise even higher when a murder takes place inside the building. Suddenly, everyone in the bank—including Ernest himself—has a motive, and it becomes clear that several of the hostages have secret plans of their own. Author Benjamin Stevenson (Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone) keeps things moving at a blistering pace, layering clever clues, red herrings, and laughs into every scene. We loved how Ernest’s dry, self-aware narration walks us through each deduction while playfully toying with classic locked-room mystery tropes. The colorful cast and overlapping schemes make Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief feel fresh and constantly surprising.
Customer Reviews
Long, boring, stupid
It tries to be clever but falls short at every turn. I usually read 3 books a week, but it too me a month to get through this novel, with a lot of skimming. It just does not hold one’s interest. Hard pass.