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Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone book club notes

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone is a fiendishly clever mystery that will keep your book club guessing and introduces a family of characters brilliant for discussion.

After getting snowed in at a mountain resort, bodies are piling up around the Cunninghams with our unwitting narrator-turned-detective searching for answers. The thing is, the Cunninghams don’t really get along. They’ve only got one thing in common: they’ve all killed someone. Will Ernest Cunningham discover who's behind the mountain murders?

This witty and clever book is full of twists that make it a great book to discuss with your reading group!

Discussion points and 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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