Benjamin Stevenson

Benjamin Stevenson: Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret

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Ernest Cunningham #3

This amuse-bouche of a Christmas read features intrepid detective Ernest Cunningham.  In the first book, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, murders piled up at a family reunion; in book two, Everyone on This Train is a Suspect, Ernest is on a train trip through Australia featuring mystery authors, when – you guessed it – bodies pile up.  In the Christmas version Ernest is summoned by his ex who is sitting in jail, covered in blood, accused of killing her partner. read more

Benjamin Stevenson: Everyone on this Train is a Suspect

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Ernest Cunningham #2

If you are a fan of Knives Out or Poker Face, this is the book for you.  Clever but still human, it’s very meta, yet appealingly compelling.  Protagonist Ernest Cunningham is a writer who achieved a sensation with his first book, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, and now finds himself a guest at a writer’s conference taking place on an ultra-luxe train traveling through the center of Australia. There are several other varieties of mystery writers attending – with the blockbuster, “literary,” legal, psychological thriller, and forensic subgenres all represented.  Also joining Ernest on the train is his girlfriend, Juliette as well as the usual assortment of editors, agents and fans. read more