Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone

Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone is an entertaining novel written by Benjamin Stevenson.

Written from the perspective of Ernst Cunningham, who describes himself as a reliable narrator.  He is writing down the recollection of events that he says happened to his family.  He is both the Sherlock and the Watson for this story.

He and his family are coming together for the first time in three years for a reunion. Ernst introduces us to the members of his family who are gathering a very isolated ski resort, of course during a snowstorm.  Building on the idea that he will give the reader all the facts and backstories about each character, Ernst introduces us to all the family members.  He also tells the reader at the very beginning of the book the page numbers where deaths will happen or be reported.  Then as the plot progresses he refers us back to those page notations as we approach a new death.

New facts about each character are revealed as the story moves through the week the family is gathered together.  Each person in the family is in someway tied to a death.  In a funny, tongue in cheek, retelling of events, Cunningham leads us on a wild goose chase through white snow and on a chair lift, into a frozen pond to uncover the mystery that connects all the deaths and characters who are in the novel.

There are some good twists and turns and even if you think Ernst has been honest and given you all the facts there are still some reveals that lead to the ending.