Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
by: Benjamin Stevenson
Ernest Cunningham, Book 2
Picking up some time after the narrator's first novel, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, we find him, Ernest, struggling to pen a second book for which he has already been paid a royalty. He is also on a train with other writers for a book event. This book within a book may seem a little confusing at the start before settling into a nice rhythm. With mentions of Fair Play Mysteries, Golden Age Detectives, and the father of machine learning, this story has a bit of something for all types of mystery readers.
A heady read with story complexities that may or may not be done to distract the reader. Don't worry, your "reliable narrator" will keep you on track, or so Ernest keeps telling you.
As expected, someone dies. Ernest is unable to help himself and, along with fellow writers, each with their own "speciality", investigates. Ernest is a suspect, accused of murder, to give himself something to write about.
It is a story that keeps the reader on their toes to keep up with events and try to solve the whodunit.
A good read.
Happy Reading!
