Benjamin Stevenson: Everyone on this Train is a Suspect
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.