[Subdue] Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson - 4 stars

[Robin P]

Hmm, is this adventure? There are people trapped in a blizzard at a ski lodge with a killer on the loose, there are fights and a truck going through the ice and a huge fire, plus reference to multiple earlier crimes.

This book is "meta" in that the purported author, Ernest Cunningham, is a writer of books on How to Write Mysteries. He talks to the reader throughout about how he is following the rules from the Golden Age of mysteries. There is a lot of humor, although much of it is dark, as you could assume from the title. I'm sure Stevenson had great fun writing this, and it was a quick read.

[Tien]

I loved all the references to classic mysteries - this one is a 'locked room' mystery and I believe there's a second book with a Murder on the Orient Express vibe

I found this one enjoyable and quite clever at some points though only half of my bookclub agreed lol The others found it boring...?!?!??????

[Robin P]

Well, sometimes I thought it was a bit too clever/cute. But it was still entertaining. I'm not sure I totally followed the final reveal of how all the different parts of the crimes fit together but I don't think it matters.

[Tien]

Robin P wrote: "Well, sometimes I thought it was a bit too clever/cute. But it was still entertaining. I'm not sure I totally followed the final reveal of how all the different parts of the crimes fit together but..."

The writer is one half of a comedian duo... so I think this one is more for the entertaining value.