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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone: A Novel (The Ernest Cunningham Mysteries, 1)

By Benjamin Stevenson

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Knives Out and Clue meet Agatha Christie and The Thursday Murder Club in this “utterly original” (Jane Harper), “not to be missed” (Karin Slaughter), fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murder mystery.

“A witty twist on classic whodunits… Stevenson not only 'plays fair,' he plays the mystery game very, very well.” -- Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post

Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than once. I’m not trying to be dramatic, but it is the truth. Some of us are good, others are bad, and some just unfortunate.

I’m Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. I wish I’d killed whoever decided our family reunion should be at a ski resort, but it’s a little more complicated than that.

Have I killed someone? Yes. I have.

Who was it?

Let’s get started.

EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE

My brother

My stepsister

My wife

My father

My mother

My sister-in-law

My uncle

My stepfather

My aunt

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Published Jan 2, 2024

384 pages

Average rating: 7.01

826 RATINGS

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Readers say *Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone* is a fast-paced, witty cozy mystery blending a dysfunctional family reunion with dark humor and...

raeallic

Oct 30, 2025

10/10 stars

Still processing... Holy monkey....

Prompt #40 Set Somewhere I Haven't Been : Australia

Margie Pettersen

Oct 27, 2025

6/10 stars

I lost interest about halfway through. I didn’t like the breezy way the narrator spoke to the audience. “You may have noticed …”. After awhile I didn’t care about the characters or who killed whom.

JShrestha

Oct 06, 2025

9/10 stars

I really enjoyed this book hopefully as much as the author had written it. Written in a playful fictious first person narrative that comes off as a comedic memoir of the events, the author really used the reader's feelings to okay with their direct jokes to call out what is going on, reminders of foreshadowing, and recaps of what has happened in the story so far. With this back and forth :breaking the 4th wall" narration, it made this mystery a great escape and light heart gossip read.

literarily_occupied

Aug 12, 2025

6/10 stars

⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 3 stars

So um I don't know, this one was a bit overwhelming for me. There's a whole lot going on and while it's clever, it's also confusing and very distracting.

The book shifts back and forth between the "story" and the narrator speaking directly to the reader.

It's a unique concept but one I found difficult to follow, at least via the audiobook format that I listened to while at work. I think I will be steering clear of murder mystery type books on audio in the future.

If you like a whodunit with a quirky writing style, then you may enjoy this book. Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone has gotten many great reviews so it may just be a case of "it's not you, it's me".

Thanks to the Libro.fm Librarian ALC program, HarperAudio, and the author for this complimentary Audiobook Listening Copy.

Nefret's mom

Jul 13, 2025

9/10 stars

Quirky and complex, but if you are a fan of the Brits, don't miss it! I'm going back to the library for #2.