The Bibliophile's Compass

Title : Everyone this Christmas Has a Secret Author : Benjamin Stevenson Publication Year : 2024 Pages : 175 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre : Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Humor, Metafiction Source : Audiobook @storytel.tr Thanks to @storytel.tr, I was able to finish my Ernest Cunningham series. Now, I will be eagerly waiting for “Everyone in This Bank is a Thief,” which is set to be released in October 2025. Generally, authors can ruin a series as they progress, but Stevenson is not one of those authors. He has become even bolder than he was in the earlier books. For goodness' sake, he wrote his Golden Rules of Crime Fiction in this one! He is more self-destructive than ever, both literally and figuratively. I know I’m not dealing with a logical narrative, even though it pretends to be one. But how on Earth does the main character get hurt in each book and continues to function physically and mentally? I worry about Ernest if the series reaches the tenth book! At this rate, there would ...

Title : Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect Author : Benjamin Stevenson Publication Year : 2023 Pages : 371 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre : Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Humor, Metafiction Source : Audiobook @everand_us After reading “Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone,” I realized that if a book combines mystery, humor, metafiction, and crime, it definitely has my full attention. Plus, I have this particular quirk—once I start a series, I'm all in, come hell or high water! Thankfully, I haven’t begun any series that seem to go on forever, like the 40th book in a never-ending series XXX. So, when I dove into his second book, “Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect,” I was armed with high expectations, and believe me, Stevenson delivered like a well-trained waiter at a five-star restaurant. Now, let’s get to the juicy stuff—the plot! The title does all the work: everyone on this train is a suspect. Picture this: Ernest, our charmingly neurotic narrator, is aboard a train where famous ...

Title : Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone Author : Benjamin Stevenson Publication Year : 2022 Pages : 371 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre : Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Humor, Metafiction Source : Audiobook @everand_us I was looking for something light and entertaining, something that would definitely make me laugh, and Stevenson did not disappoint! The humor was sharp, witty, and refreshingly clever—definitely a solid four stars right from the start! Then, just when I thought it couldn't get any better, our charismatic narrator, Ernest Cunningham, an author in his own right, reveals all the juicy secrets—not just about the murders, but also about how he crafted this captivating tale. Just like that, it earned five stars! So, what’s the plot? Well, the title gives it all away: it’s about a family with a killer streak—literally! Our goal, as curious readers, is to figure out how every single member of this clan, even the extended family, became a murderer! You can’t help but wonder...