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Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret by Benjamin Stevenson
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Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret

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Length 5 hours 2 minutes
Language English
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Summary

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My name is Ernest Cunningham.

I’m not a detective. I just happen to have a knack for what makes mysteries – and murderers – tick. I’d hoped, this Christmas, that any killers out there might be willing to take a break for the holidays.

I was wrong.

So here I am, backstage at the Christmas show of world-famous magician Rylan Blaze, whose benefactor has just been murdered. From the magician’s assistant to the hypnotist, my suspects are all professional tricksters. Masters in the art of misdirection.

My clues are even more of a mystery:

A suspect covered in blood, with no memory of how it got there.
A murder committed without setting foot inside the room where it happens.
And an advent calendar. Because, you know. It’s Christmas.

Solving the murder is the only gift I want this year. But can I catch a killer, and make it home for Christmas alive?

'Fun and diverting, with a plethora of red herrings' New York Times

Praise for Benjamin Stevenson
'Leave it to Stevenson to make high-jinx and murder deviously good fun' Nita Prose
'This crackles on the page. Such an original voice' Jane Fallon
'It's Knives Out meets Richard Osman' A.J. Finn
'Deliciously dark, funny and intriguing' Alex Pavesi


© Benjamin Stevenson 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

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Reviews

Hilariously comic, devilishly ingenious and wonderfully tongue in cheek...delectable stuff and just the right novella-length, for a holiday treat Praise for Benjamin Stevenson An ingenious and hilarious meta-murder mystery An outstanding and exceptional mystery from start to finish As fresh and zingy as a salted lime. It's Knives Out meets Richard Osman. Or Dexter by way of Agatha Christie. Or Schitt's Creek with a body count. It's also the most luxuriantly enjoyable novel I've read in years Clever, satisfying, impossible to put down and gloriously inventive. It's fantastic This crackles on the page. Such an original voice This book had me hooked from the first chapter. Deliciously funny, dark and intriguing This was such a clever, compelling read. It's a must for anyone who loves the rules of crime fiction, but it still packs plenty of twists. It had me laughing and turning the pages in equal measure. Bravo Mr Stevenson! The best thing I've read in ages. I absolutely loved it. Whip-smart, twisted, funny, and constructed with the pinpoint precision of a bloodthirsty watchmaker Fun and diverting, with a plethora of red herrings Sparkling with wit and witticisms...Leave it to Stevenson to make high-jinx and murder deviously good fun I loved this fun, Christmas-themed mystery, that's divided into 24 chapters - with 24 clues - making it a great Advent read Expand reviews
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