Author Benjamin Stevenson In Conversation
November 7, 2024 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Benjamin Stevenson is an award-winning stand-up comedian and a best-selling author of books such as’ Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect’ and ‘Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone’.
Benjamin will sit down at the library for a conversation with local Paul Stafford about his new book ‘Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret.’
Bookings are essential- call 6333 6281.
About the book
My name’s Ernest Cunningham. I used to be a fan of reading Golden Age murder mysteries, until I found myself with a haphazard career getting stuck in the middle of real-life ones. I’d hoped, this Christmas, that any self-respecting murderer would kick their feet up and take it easy over the holidays. I was wrong.
So here I am, backstage at the show of world-famous magician Rylan Blaze, whose benefactor has just been murdered. My suspects are all professional tricksters: masters of the art of misdirection.
THE MAGICIAN
THE ASSISTANT
THE EXECUTIVE
THE HYPNOTIST
THE TWIN
THE COUNSELLOR
THE STAGEHAND
My clues are even more abstract: A suspect covered in blood, without a memory of how it got there; A murder committed without setting foot inside the room where it happens; And an advent calendar. Because, you know, it’s Christmas.
If I can see through the illusions, I know I can solve it.
After all, a good murder is just like a magic trick, isn’t it?