Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
No tricks, just the facts. No secrets. Everyone in Ernest Cunningham’s family has killed someone.
I’ve been thinking about this book again because I just finished the fourth in the series. It’s the title that really hooks you. Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson really delivers. The narrator, Ernest Cunningham, is on the way to see his family at a ski resort in the mountains of Australia. Ernest writes little ebooks on writing Golden Age mysteries. No tricks, just the facts. No secrets. If you read the book, you find out that everyone in his family has killed someone. Everyone gets a chapter and you find out all the grisly details. He’s really good at explaining and still the ending is something that I did not see coming. Also, fun that it takes place in Australia and there is a bit of romance. Take a chance!
If you enjoy mysteries that know exactly what kind of mystery they are and have a little fun with the rules, read The Decagon House Murders next. Yukito Ayatsuji also plays with the traditions of Golden Age mysteries while giving you a puzzle that is much harder to solve than it first appears. Read the review →
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