Benjamin Stevenson
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Benjamin Stevenson is an award-winning stand-up comedian and author. Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone will soon be adapted into a major HBO TV series. Benjamin has sold out live shows from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival all the way to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and has appeared on ABC TV, Channel 10 and The Comedy Channel.
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Trust Me When I Lie by ISBN: 9781492691150Publication Date: 2019-08-13Producer Jack Quick knows how to frame a story so the murder mystery makes an impact. So says the subject of Jack's new true crime docuseries, Curtis Wade, who was convicted for killing a young woman four years ago. In the eyes of Jack's viewers, flimsy evidence and police bias sent an innocent man to jail...but off-screen, Jack himself has doubts. Curtis could be a murderer. But when the series finale is wildly successful, a retrial sees Curtis walk free. And then another victim turns up dead. To set things right, Jack goes back to the sleepy vineyard town where it all began, bent on discovering what really happened. Because behind the many stories he tells, the truth is Jack's last chance. He may have sprung a killer from jail, but he's also the one that can send him back.
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Discussion Questions
- What do you think of Ronald Knox's 10 Commandments of Detective Fiction? Do you feel they are relevant today or old fashioned/predictable?
- Are Knox's rules often broken in modern crime? Do you view this as a positive or negative thing?
- How well does Stevenson stick to the rules?
- The narrator has a unique role to play in this book, how does the narrator differentiate this book from other crime novels?
- Did you enjoy the pre-emptive reveals of events in the book (ie. the page numbers)? Does knowing what's coming, but not how or why, increase or decrease suspense?
- Which family members did you like/dislike?
- Which family members did you suspect the most?
- Did you find it funny? Does a humorous tone work in crime?
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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by ISBN: 9780063279025Publication Date: 2023-01-17Everyone 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 Me
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The Thursday Murder Club by ISBN: 9781984880963Publication Date: 2020-09-22Welcome to... THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by ISBN: 9781250241702Publication Date: 2021-02-02Finlay Donovan is a stressed-out single-mom of two and struggling novelist. When Finlay is overheard discussing the plot of her new suspense novel with her agent over lunch, she's mistaken for a contract killer, and inadvertently accepts an offer to dispose of a problem husband in order to make ends meet. Soon, Finlay discovers that crime in real life is a lot more difficult than its fictional counterpart, as she becomes tangled in a real-life murder investigation. Fast-paced, deliciously witty, and wholeheartedly authentic.
A Bad Day for Sunshine by ISBN: 9781250149442Publication Date: 2020-04-07Del Sol, New Mexico, native Sunshine Vicram has returned to town as the elected sheriff and she expects her biggest crime wave to involve an elderly flasher named Doug. But a teenage girl is missing, a kidnapper is on the loose, and all of this is reminding Sunshine why she left Del Sol in the first place. Add to that the trouble at her daughter's new school, and a kidnapped prized rooster named Puff Daddy, and the forecast looks anything but sunny. But even clouds have their silver linings. This one's got Levi, Sunshine's sexy, almost-old-flame, and a fiery-hot US Marshal.
