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For fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz, a fiendishly fun locked room murder mystery from the author of the indie darling Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone —this time set on a train full of mystery writers, agents, editors, and fans.
Ernest Cunningham returns in a deliciously witty locked room (train) mystery.
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, the remaining authors quickly turn into five detectives. Together, we should know how to solve a crime.
Of course, we should also know how to commit one.
How can you find a killer when all the suspects know how to get away with murder?
Review:
I LOVED Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone , so of course I jumped at reading the next book in the series! Ernest is back, after having written a book about his murderous family and the incidents in the previous book. It won him instant fame, along with his now girlfriend (also from the previous book), who also wrote her own book. It seems like an amazing opportunity to take a trip on a VERY expensive elite train, and be able to meet an author he has always loved. but this isn't a regular train trip, Ernest has a propensity for finding bodies, and their are some very twisted people on board. Just when you think you have an idea who the suspect is, something else happens that changes your mind. Its a roller coaster read, and a great book for the hard to buy for mystery fan, as Ernest chronicles classic mystery formulas along the way!
About the Author:
Benjamin Stevenson is an award-winning stand-up comedian and author. He has sold out shows from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has appeared on ABCTV, Channel 10, and The Comedy Channel. Offstage, Benjamin has worked for publishing houses and literary agencies in Australia and the USA. He currently works with some of Australia’s best-loved authors at Curtis Brown Australia. He is the author of three novels, including Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone.
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