Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
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- Author：Benjamin Stevenson
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Reviews
Steph
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RTC， I didn’t like it as much as I did EIMFHKS but I did still really enjoy this one！
Georgie
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Definitely better than the first one！ This is one of those books that’s hard to put down。 I really enjoy the writing style， the class of fiction written as non-fiction。
Kelly Green Hicks
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This book is for anyone that loves a locked room mystery plus it involves writers， publishers， and readers！ It was a captivating read。 This is Stevenson's second Ernest Cunningham novel and I felt that it was much better than the first。 I look forward to the third installment。Thanks to Mariner Books and NetGalley for a digital copy of this book for my opinion。 This book is for anyone that loves a locked room mystery plus it involves writers， publishers， and readers！ It was a captivating read。 This is Stevenson's second Ernest Cunningham novel and I felt that it was much better than the first。 I look forward to the third installment。Thanks to Mariner Books and NetGalley for a digital copy of this book for my opinion。 。。。more
Jessi
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I read the first book by Stevenson， Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone， and enjoyed it。 There was some verbal trickery that I didn't quite agree with but still， a fun book。 Having read that book made this one more enjoyable and so did expecting that the author would toy with the readers expectations。Ernest Cunningham returns as the first person narrator。 He's been asked to come along as the debut writer on the Australian Mystery Writer's Society's fiftieth anniversary of their Festival。 Al I read the first book by Stevenson， Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone， and enjoyed it。 There was some verbal trickery that I didn't quite agree with but still， a fun book。 Having read that book made this one more enjoyable and so did expecting that the author would toy with the readers expectations。Ernest Cunningham returns as the first person narrator。 He's been asked to come along as the debut writer on the Australian Mystery Writer's Society's fiftieth anniversary of their Festival。 Along with five other writers， he will be doing a series of panels for a select group。 Also on the train is his girlfriend， Juliette， and his literary agent， Simone Morrison， as well as any number of other characters。 Ernest is not excited to see Simone as he is late on delivering his next book， the one he has already gotten an advance for。 It's just too bad because he just doesn't have a brain for fiction。 So it's with mixed emotions that Ernest realizes that a death along their journey may not be entirely natural。 He decides that he is going to investigate， all while writing his next book （the one we are reading） while adhering to the rules he lists at the beginning of the book。 As in the first book， Ernest drops clues as to who the murderer will end up being。 Also like the first book， many of those clues were deft red herrings。 It made it a little hard to read and some of the story felt a little thin but it was overall a very nice read and I'm hoping that the epilogue is a hint to how the next book in the series will be rolled out。 。。。more
Fin P
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That was so good！ I love the way these books are written and just like the first one I couldn’t figure out the mystery till it was sentences before it was stated 😂😂 The Aussie slang and phrasing just makes this so much better and I cannot get enough of the fourth wall breaks it’s my absolute favourite part of this series！！！As the sequel I was interested to see how it would compare to the first but this was just so good， so many more layers and a more complex mystery compared to the first （but I That was so good！ I love the way these books are written and just like the first one I couldn’t figure out the mystery till it was sentences before it was stated 😂😂 The Aussie slang and phrasing just makes this so much better and I cannot get enough of the fourth wall breaks it’s my absolute favourite part of this series！！！As the sequel I was interested to see how it would compare to the first but this was just so good， so many more layers and a more complex mystery compared to the first （but I couldn’t even solve that one 😂）。 And just like the first book， part of my brain wants to google to see if this story is real because it just feels so real that I can’t comprehend that it’s fiction 😂🤌🏻 Amazing I’ll have another 10 of these Ernest， just try to stay alive mate 😂 。。。more
Larem
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Did I like it more than the first book？ Hell， no。Will I continue to read anything by „Ernest Cunningham“ that Stevenson decides to write？ Absolutely
Susan
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The second book in the Ernest Cunningham series was just as entertaining and fun as the first book。 It was clever and funny - if you liked the movie Knives Out， then I think you would enjoy this book。 I hope Benjamin Stevenson continues this series。 Thanks to NetGalley for the digital ARC。
Hillary
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3。7Clearly clever but curiously uninteresting。 I mean， it's probably me， but。。。I was watching the smart parts go by this whole book without even a spark of interest， so。 3。7Clearly clever but curiously uninteresting。 I mean， it's probably me， but。。。I was watching the smart parts go by this whole book without even a spark of interest， so。 。。。more
Valentina Vekovishcheva
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A bit more drawn out than the first one but will do for a day in bed with a flu
Melissa
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3。5 Stars -rounded up to 4 StarsI enjoyed Benjamin Stevenson’s， Everyone In my Family Has Killed Someone， so I was thrilled to receive an ARC of his latest madcap mystery novel， Everyone On This Train Is a Suspect。 I do recommend that you first read Everyone In My Family… as references are made to that novel several times。As with the first book， our narrator， Ernest Cunningham， is a highly likeable author， who stumbled upon writing murder mysteries， after he wrote about his own family’s murder m 3。5 Stars -rounded up to 4 StarsI enjoyed Benjamin Stevenson’s， Everyone In my Family Has Killed Someone， so I was thrilled to receive an ARC of his latest madcap mystery novel， Everyone On This Train Is a Suspect。 I do recommend that you first read Everyone In My Family… as references are made to that novel several times。As with the first book， our narrator， Ernest Cunningham， is a highly likeable author， who stumbled upon writing murder mysteries， after he wrote about his own family’s murder mystery caper。 It is through the voice of Ern that we are taken backstage， as amateur sleuths， and with our narrator at our side， we work to solve the murders together。As the title suggests， this murder mystery takes place on a train， and much in the vein of Agatha Chrisitie’s， Murder On The Orient Express， we navigate a large cast of characters， suspects and murder victims。The first half of this book dragged somewhat for me。 There was quite a bit of rehashing from the first book， as well as set-up for this book。 At about 50%， the story really got going and I was hooked to the end。 I enjoyed navigating through the action scenes （as in the first book the action scenes are quite far-fetched， and have a made-for-the-big-screen feel）， who-done-it moments， and a few surprising twists。I recommend， Everyone On This Train Is a Suspect， to fans of Benjamin Stevenson’s first book， lovers of Agatha Christie， and anyone who enjoys a cozy mystery。 Stevenson’s latest mystery is fun ride for sure！ Thank you to NetGalley and Mariner Books for the eARC of Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson 。。。more
Linda
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Generally， the trope where fiction writers write fiction about writers going about the business of writing tends to irritate me。 Yeah， I’m aware of “write what you know”， but when your book is filled with other writers and agents and publishers arguing and being catty， you get the feeling that it’s all in-jokes for their friends who are writers and professionals in the book industry。 Immediately making me feel like an outsider doesn't make me want to continue reading your book。It took some work Generally， the trope where fiction writers write fiction about writers going about the business of writing tends to irritate me。 Yeah， I’m aware of “write what you know”， but when your book is filled with other writers and agents and publishers arguing and being catty， you get the feeling that it’s all in-jokes for their friends who are writers and professionals in the book industry。 Immediately making me feel like an outsider doesn't make me want to continue reading your book。It took some work for me to get past that automatic annoyance at another novel writer writing about writing。 Once I did， I could appreciate the “fair play” doctrine， and if I’d been in an environment where I could have scribbled down notes while listening， I would have taken a stab at deducing the murderer（s）。I have not read the first Ernest Cunningham book， which was probably a mistake， but this one came to my attention first， and I wanted to see how much Stevenson would crib from Murder on the Orient Express。 The answer is virtually nothing。 There was a lovely nod in the dialogue to the most famous train mystery of them all。 If you’ve read the Christie book， you’ll know the line when you see it。I laughed out loud at the epilogue。 I don’t know if I was supposed to， but I found it hilarious。 This made up for all the times I found Ernest to be annoying。 I would certainly give a 3rd Ernest book a try， and may go back and read the first one as well。 。。。more
Susan
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I loved， ‘Everyone in my Family has killed Someone，’ and this second mystery featuring Ernest Cunningham， sees Stevenson having great fun with the genre。 Again， this is told in the first person and sees Ernest Cunningham on a train to celebrate the 50th Australian Mystery Writers Festival。 He has received a substantial advance for a novel， but it is proving harder than he thought。 Perhaps it is too much to hope for that there will be a murder that he can use as a springboard to another success i I loved， ‘Everyone in my Family has killed Someone，’ and this second mystery featuring Ernest Cunningham， sees Stevenson having great fun with the genre。 Again， this is told in the first person and sees Ernest Cunningham on a train to celebrate the 50th Australian Mystery Writers Festival。 He has received a substantial advance for a novel， but it is proving harder than he thought。 Perhaps it is too much to hope for that there will be a murder that he can use as a springboard to another success in the same format as his previous work？ As the train rumbles across Australia， full of possible victims， suspects， crime writers who feel they are qualified to solve any murders， and lots of motives， what could possibly go wrong？This is a really fun read。 If you enjoy the narrating style， you may also like Anthony Horowitz’s Hawthorne series， of which the first is， ‘The Word is Murder。’However， going back to the Ernest Cunningham books， I hope that many further disasters occur that enable him to get past that difficult second book and move onto his third！ Loved this and recommend it highly。 I received a copy of this book from the publisher， via NetGalley for review。 。。。more
Lexine
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5/5 - sequels are hard but this guy has aced it
Vickij
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DNF， made it nearly half way through and gave up， too many other books in my pile waiting to be read。
Andrea
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A quick read that kept me guessing until the very end。
Tracy
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Ernest Cunningham is back in the second book writing in the first person。 I definitely enjoyed the first book more。 The first 2/3 of this book are thought were a little slow moving and while it was sometimes funny and clever the mystery just didn’t wasn’t moving along very quickly。 The last 1/3 of the book had quite a few twists and turns and it really came together which really made the book for me。
Jennifer
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I really enjoyed the first installment of this series， “Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone，” but I think I actually liked this even more。So many twists。 I tried to play detective and figure out who the killer was， but I ended up giving up trying to figure out who dunit and enjoy the story。 The reveal？ It kind of blew me away。 Not even close to what I was thinking。 I’d definitely recommend this to others。I received this book free of charge from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review。
Hugh Wilson
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A great sequel。 That brings back so many of the elements that worked in the first one。 Like a good sequel it adds and improves on what worked last time while also adding new elements and good character grow。 A fun series of books。
Megan Cooper
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I love this series… very clever and funny。 Great light mystery fare。
Vera Elwood
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I am so glad I had the opportunity to listen to this book through the Libro ALC program。 I hadn't been in the mood for a mystery novel for a while， but the premise of this was so interesting that I had to give it a shot and it really reignited my love of mysteries。 If you are a fan of mysteries in any capacity， you have to pick up this novel！ It is compelling， hilarious， exciting， and a surprisingly deep character study。 I don't often enjoy books that break the fourth wall， but I found myself la I am so glad I had the opportunity to listen to this book through the Libro ALC program。 I hadn't been in the mood for a mystery novel for a while， but the premise of this was so interesting that I had to give it a shot and it really reignited my love of mysteries。 If you are a fan of mysteries in any capacity， you have to pick up this novel！ It is compelling， hilarious， exciting， and a surprisingly deep character study。 I don't often enjoy books that break the fourth wall， but I found myself laughing out loud every time it happened in this book。 I genuinely couldn't put the audiobook down and would only pause it to tell my husband "you HAVE to read this。" I do feel like there were a few things that I missed by listening to the audio rather than reading a print or digital edition of the book （punctuation matters， people！）。 Even through the voice acting was stellar and I enjoyed the way the author rephrased a couple sections for the audio （ex。 referring to readers as listeners）， I would recommend reading this one rather than listening。 Also， this only took me so long to get through because I had to stop halfway through to finish a book for book club。 。。。more
Shannon
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A clever locked door （or train in this case） murder mystery with an unreliable narrator who breaks the fourth wall （always fun）。 While I did like this， I wasn't blown away and I did find the huge cast of characters/suspects a bit difficult to keep track of。 Recommended for fans of Agatha Christie and good on audio too。 Many thanks to Librofm and the publisher for an early ALC in exchange for my honest review。 While this is technically a sequel， featuring the same MMC as Everyone is my family has A clever locked door （or train in this case） murder mystery with an unreliable narrator who breaks the fourth wall （always fun）。 While I did like this， I wasn't blown away and I did find the huge cast of characters/suspects a bit difficult to keep track of。 Recommended for fans of Agatha Christie and good on audio too。 Many thanks to Librofm and the publisher for an early ALC in exchange for my honest review。 While this is technically a sequel， featuring the same MMC as Everyone is my family has killed someone， it can be read as a standalone without a problem。 。。。more
Kara
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I am going to need like another 5 books in the Ernest Cunningham series。 I guessed some of the 'twists' but not in a way that was in detriment to the book， in fact it elevated it。 A funny and gripping。 。。。 and that epilogue and my physical reaction I had at both the start and the end of it。 I am going to need like another 5 books in the Ernest Cunningham series。 I guessed some of the 'twists' but not in a way that was in detriment to the book， in fact it elevated it。 A funny and gripping。 。。。 and that epilogue and my physical reaction I had at both the start and the end of it。 。。。more
Maddy
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Twisty and funny and satisfying， and our delightfully fourth-wall-pulverising narrator is just as delightful as the original。 A hard sequel to pull off， without the layers of decades of family history that filled the first one， but there was still a relatively big cast of characters who were all hiding something， even though only one was hiding murder！ That’s the Agatha Christie golden age style， isn’t it？ Everyone is acting suspiciously！ Everyone is hiding some secret！ I was definitely picking Twisty and funny and satisfying， and our delightfully fourth-wall-pulverising narrator is just as delightful as the original。 A hard sequel to pull off， without the layers of decades of family history that filled the first one， but there was still a relatively big cast of characters who were all hiding something， even though only one was hiding murder！ That’s the Agatha Christie golden age style， isn’t it？ Everyone is acting suspiciously！ Everyone is hiding some secret！ I was definitely picking up on clues and suspicion for my chosen suspect， and I wasn’t entirely wrong because she was doing something！ But she killed no one， so I also was wrong。 Anyway， very fun， read the first one first then read this！ 。。。more
Lauren Boczek
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Such a fun read featuring amateur detective Ernest Cunningham！ A cross between Agatha Christie & "Clue，" "Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect" is a delightful whodunit set on a train in Australia。 Throughout the journey， bodies begin to pile up under suspicious circumstances during an on-board book festival。 As the title states， everyone on the train - authors， festival goers， employees - are suspected of these murders because they all have motive。 Lots of twists & turns before the climatic endi Such a fun read featuring amateur detective Ernest Cunningham！ A cross between Agatha Christie & "Clue，" "Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect" is a delightful whodunit set on a train in Australia。 Throughout the journey， bodies begin to pile up under suspicious circumstances during an on-board book festival。 As the title states， everyone on the train - authors， festival goers， employees - are suspected of these murders because they all have motive。 Lots of twists & turns before the climatic ending， with a lot of humor along the way！ I loved Stevenson's style of writing， as his comedic background brings so much flavor to the storyline。 It's hard not to love his main character Cunningham， though at times he can make you exasperated！ Can't wait to dive into the first book in this series。 While there are some references to "Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone，" this book does not read like a true sequel， so I had no issues following along。 Nonetheless， it's moving up on my TBR List because this one was so much fun！ 。。。more
Dee
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I’m not sure what to say about this book。 I did like the setting of the Ghan train， Australia， Alice Springs， and Coober Pedy but it seemed like there were too many characters and side stories。 The previous book was also mentioned so often I wondered if I was missing something because I didn’t read it first。 Some parts seemed off and it was a little difficult to get into it。 I kept reading because I wanted to find out who did it。 Maybe I should have kept a list of clues but didn’t feel like doin I’m not sure what to say about this book。 I did like the setting of the Ghan train， Australia， Alice Springs， and Coober Pedy but it seemed like there were too many characters and side stories。 The previous book was also mentioned so often I wondered if I was missing something because I didn’t read it first。 Some parts seemed off and it was a little difficult to get into it。 I kept reading because I wanted to find out who did it。 Maybe I should have kept a list of clues but didn’t feel like doing any homework。 The best part was the last quarter of the book。 I thank the author， publisher and Goodreads for the book。 My opinions are my own。 #goodreadsgiveaway 。。。more
Nic
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I really liked this one - engaging mystery， humour， and some delightfully frustrating characters。 It didn't quite have the emotional impact of the first book， but I guess that makes sense in the context。 Though I did have fun exploring Ernest's relationship and seeing just how how much of an idiot he is - very enjoyable。（view spoiler）[ Unfortunately， like the first one， I found there to be way too much info dumped on me right at the end。 Too much for me to ever guess it all， even if I can guess I really liked this one - engaging mystery， humour， and some delightfully frustrating characters。 It didn't quite have the emotional impact of the first book， but I guess that makes sense in the context。 Though I did have fun exploring Ernest's relationship and seeing just how how much of an idiot he is - very enjoyable。（view spoiler）[ Unfortunately， like the first one， I found there to be way too much info dumped on me right at the end。 Too much for me to ever guess it all， even if I can guess whodunnit based off vibes。 Which is kind of annoying， because Stevenson is good at drip feeding clues - I just wish we got more of those big revelations throughout the book， so it wasn't such a leap to the solve at the end。 （hide spoiler）]I hope he writes another one。 。。。more
Bethan
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Found this book just so fun and cleverly written， perfect combo！
Teresa
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One great twisty murder mystery with a lot of humor。 Set in a winter ski lodge it’s a perfect winter read。 I can’t remember the last time I had so much fun reading a book！ I laughed， the story progressed nicely and held my interest from beginning to end。 Excellent characters， some a bit sleazy （grin） and some a bit crazy， and an ending you won’t see coming。 If you love Christie novels， this one is right up your alley。It’s always a plus when you learn something new from a book。 In the beginning， One great twisty murder mystery with a lot of humor。 Set in a winter ski lodge it’s a perfect winter read。 I can’t remember the last time I had so much fun reading a book！ I laughed， the story progressed nicely and held my interest from beginning to end。 Excellent characters， some a bit sleazy （grin） and some a bit crazy， and an ending you won’t see coming。 If you love Christie novels， this one is right up your alley。It’s always a plus when you learn something new from a book。 In the beginning， we are told of the membership oath for the Detection Club of 1930。 We are then presented with the 10 Commandments of Detective Fiction by Ronald Knox – 1929。 I had never heard of such a club and curious looked it up。 Turns out this was – and still is – a club for mystery writers with the exact quoted guidelines。 。。。more
Margaret
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I enjoyed this slightly zany （both in structure and plot） story， but did not 'love' it and I wanted to。 Maybe it got just a little too crazy for me。 I also think it would have been a better read as a physical book， as I often wanted to go back to check things and find that easier with an actual book。 That being said it was still worth my time and I would read the next in the series。 Thanks to Edelweiss for the digital advance reading copy。 3。5/5 stars。 I enjoyed this slightly zany （both in structure and plot） story， but did not 'love' it and I wanted to。 Maybe it got just a little too crazy for me。 I also think it would have been a better read as a physical book， as I often wanted to go back to check things and find that easier with an actual book。 That being said it was still worth my time and I would read the next in the series。 Thanks to Edelweiss for the digital advance reading copy。 3。5/5 stars。 。。。more
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