Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect: A Novel (The Ernest Cunningham Mysteries, 2)

From the bestselling author of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, a fiendishly fun locked room (train) murder mystery that "offers a tip of the hat to the great Agatha Christie novel while at the same time being a modern reinvention of it" (Nita Prose) -- perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz

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

Of course, we should also know how to commit one.

How can you find a killer when all the suspects know how to get away with murder?

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Average rating: 6.9

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Anonymous

Feb 21, 2025

10/10 stars

I literally could not put it down!! Riveting and hilariously meta!

JessPM

Nov 24, 2024

7/10 stars

Took a little longer to get into than the first but still a good storyline that keeps you guessing.

hallieradford

Oct 11, 2024

10/10 stars

This book was ACTUALLY so good. I don't think this book, or this AUTHOR, gets talked about enough. I started out with this book instead of the first one and I honestly think that the way the author wrote it was unique; I didn't HAVE to read the first one to understand what's going on in the book. It was fun to follow along to see who actually did it. The style that it was written in was fun, especially the different sections of the book. I definitely recommend this book to literally anyone and everyone. Easily one of my new favorite books.

SherylStandifer

Oct 08, 2024

6/10 stars

Like the first book, there were a lot of zany characters. I listened on audio, and probably didn’t pay rapt attention while I was doing chores or walking the trails. So I missed some clues, or frankly, didn’t care enough that I was missing the clues. But it kept me distracted enough that I kept at it. The central character, Ernest, is a hoot, stumbling into his murder-solving while giving the reader an insider’s look as to how mysteries are constructed. Glad to see that his book-one girlfriend, Juliette, was along for the ride and kept him properly in his place.

Nova Shari

Aug 02, 2024

7/10 stars

In similar style to his first book, this was a fun read. The placement of clues is engaging. Worth the read.