Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect

Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect

Summary

***THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH, FROM THE AUTHOR OF INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE***

'Brilliant, great fun. Takes the scenario of Murder on the Orient Express and plays it for laughs'
THE TIMES, CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH

'Clever, satisfying, impossible to put down and gloriously inventive. It's fantastic' STUART TURTON

SIX WRITERS. FIVE DETECTIVES. FOUR DAYS. THREE WEAPONS. TWO MURDERS. ONE TRAIN . . .

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, six authors quickly turn into five detectives. Together, we should know how to solve a crime.

Or commit one . . .

But how do you catch a killer, when all your suspects know how to get away with murder?

Praise for Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect

'Sparkling with wit...Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect offers a tip of the hat to the great Agatha Christie novel while at the same time being a modern reinvention of it. Leave it to Stevenson to make high-jinx and murder deviously good fun' NITA PROSE

'An outstanding and exceptional mystery from start to finish...everything fans would hope for' JANE HARPER

Why readers LOVE Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect

'A perfect choice for anyone who enjoys witty thrillers' 5***** reader review
'I cannot recommend it more highly'
5***** reader review
'Absolutely wonderful - a must read for crime writing fans' 5***** reader review
'Amusing, engaging and impressive' 5***** reader review
'Will hook you in, keep you engaged and will make you want to read MORE!' 5***** reader review
'You will be in for twists and turns that will leave you guessing until the very end. I didn't have a clue whodunnit!' 5***** reader review

Reviews

  • Brilliant, great fun. Takes the scenario of Murder on the Orient Express and plays it for laughs. A more accomplished performance [than] Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
    The Times, Crime Book of the Month

About the author

Benjamin Stevenson

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.

He is the author of several books, including the international bestseller Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone which has sold in twenty-four territories around the world, been named as one of The Sunday Times's best crime novels of 2022, and will soon be adapted into a major HBO TV series.
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