Falling Stars

By Benjamin Stevenson.

I've been rereading a lot of Agatha Christie lately, and really craving more stories in the same vein. Classic murder mysteries with locked room puzzles and fair play solutions, and beautifully done sleight-of-hand.

So when I came across a new book called Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect, my attention was riveted. Not just a title that's a clear homage, but it's also set at a mystery writers' festival! That takes place on a train. And not just any train, but the Ghan! (Yay for mysteries set in modern day Australia!)

And of course, someone is killed, and the mystery writers decide to become amateur detectives, because they believe they're experts on how to solve a murder. But on the other hand, as the tagline says, "How can you find a killer when all the suspects know how to get away with murder?"

This is actually the second book in the series, so I wanted to start with the first one, in case of spoilers. (Which was the right move. While the author doesn't spoil the actual solution, obviously there are other spoilers due to which characters have survived to show up in the second book.)

( Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone )

( Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect )

I listened to the audiobooks for both of these. (Yay also for hearing Australian accents in audiobooks!) Very well done, would recommend them.