15 must-read crime books like Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1) by Benjamin Stevenson

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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

By: Benjamin Stevenson

3.79

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than onc…

"But I promised to be reliable, not competent"

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"Family is not whose blood runs in your veins, it's who you'd spill it for."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"Call me a reliable narrator. Everything I tell you will be the truth, or, at least, the truth as I knew it to be at the time that I thought I knew it."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"...my editor had crossed out my first go at this sentence and written Hypo=cold, Hyper=hot in the margin, in that helpful yet smug voice editors are born with, wishing to both correct you and impart their correctness upon you at the same time."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

If you liked the crime plot in Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1) by Benjamin Stevenson , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) by Anthony Horowitz

1. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. First Lie Wins

By: Ashley Elston

4.05

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

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3. Home Is Where the Bodies Are

By: Jeneva Rose

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here com… read more

Similar categories in Jeneva Rose's Home Is Where the Bodies Are book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. Listen for the Lie

By: Amy Tintera

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if… read more

Similar categories in Amy Tintera's Listen for the Lie book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Men say shit,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"What are you doing here?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"We were all so repressed in our twenties,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"Lucy, didn’t you want to be a writer once?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

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5. The Fury

By: Alex Michaelides

3.38

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex–movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneo… read more

Similar categories in Alex Michaelides's The Fury book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Character is fate"

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

"Love is mutual respect, and constancy- and friendship"

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

"Do not despair at being different. For that very difference, initially such a source of shame, so humiliating, and painful, will one day become a badge of honor and pride"

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

"I'd never seen Lana lose control. I won't say it wasn't frightening; but then, uncontained emotion is always distressing to be around, isn't it? Particularly when it's from someone you love."

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

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6. How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

By: Kristen Perrin

3.80

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Frances Adams always said she'd be murdered. She was right. It’s 1965 and teenage Frances Adams … read more

Similar categories in Kristen Perrin's How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1) book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"My favourite chess saying is very simple: You can play without a plan, but you’ll probably lose.’ - Rutherford Gravesdown"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"You stupid b*tch, you think you're so worthy? You deserve nothing but a hole in the ground. You're a wh*re and a liar, and I swear if you don't stop this I'll snap your scrawny neck like a twig."

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"Don’t worry, Annie, I’m not going to murder you.’ ‘I appreciate that, Saxon,’ I reply. ‘I’m not going to murder you either.’ And then we both smile, because this is such a strange thing to say ten mi…"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"You little b*tch, you think you can stand in my way? You're so used to getting what you want, with your perfect pretty face. If you don't stop I swear I'll ruin that face. I'll put your bones in a bo…"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

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7. The Husbands

By: Holly Gramazio

3.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world … read more

Similar categories in Holly Gramazio's The Husbands book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. The Last Murder at the End of the World

By: Stuart Turton

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Wat… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Turton's The Last Murder at the End of the World book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. One Perfect Couple

By: Ruth Ware

3.68

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

Runtime: 14 hours and 9 minutes Harkening to Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Ware's One Perfect Couple book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Heiress

By: Rachel Hawkins

3.87

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest w… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hawkins's The Heiress book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"One rarely finds salvation in Florida."

-Rachel Hawkins, The Heiress

"Sometimes it's fun to give people enough rope with which to hang themselves."

-Rachel Hawkins, The Heiress

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11. The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

By: Nita Prose

3.83

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

When an acclaimed author dies at the Regency Grand Hotel, it's up to a fastidious maid to uncover t… read more

Similar categories in Nita Prose's The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2) book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"We all make mistakes. It’s what we do after that matters."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"Mr. Grimthorpe and I have always maintained that books can rehabilitate anyone."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"You can fight monsters you can see, or you can run away from them. But the invisible ones are inescapable."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

"It's a matter of polish," I say. "With most things, especially masterpieces, it's about removing the tarnish to reveal the shine."

-Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)

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12. Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1)

By: Catherine Mack

3.53

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Ten days, eight suspects, six cities, five authors, three bodies . . . one trip to die for. All … read more

Similar categories in Catherine Mack's Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1) book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

By: Rupert Holmes

3.85

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller! From Edgar Award–winning novelist, playwright, and story-songwriter Ru… read more

Similar categories in Rupert Holmes's Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The only law I'd ever knowingly broken was white wine with steak..."

-Rupert Holmes, Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

"Apparently the kitchen is to be commended for their successful use of fire."

-Rupert Holmes, Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

"I'm afraid I was buried in thought. Yes, and I'm sure it was a shallow grave."

-Rupert Holmes, Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

"And many students can't go a week without a savory cheese tart they call a 'pizza'...."

-Rupert Holmes, Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

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14. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

Cover of Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4) by Elle Cosimano

15. Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4)

By: Elle Cosimano

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero are in sore need of a girls’ weekend away. They … read more

Similar categories in Elle Cosimano's Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4) book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We can't go in there, Vero! Do you know what happens to women who go into creepy basements? Murder! Murder happens to women to go into creepy basements."

-Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4)

Cover of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

16. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

4.04

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing… Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Q. Sutanto's Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1) book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

By: Benjamin Stevenson

3.79

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than onc… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1) book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"But I promised to be reliable, not competent"

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"Family is not whose blood runs in your veins, it's who you'd spill it for."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"Call me a reliable narrator. Everything I tell you will be the truth, or, at least, the truth as I knew it to be at the time that I thought I knew it."

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

"...my editor had crossed out my first go at this sentence and written Hypo=cold, Hyper=hot in the margin, in that helpful yet smug voice editors are born with, wishing to both correct you and impart …"

-Benjamin Stevenson, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

Cover of The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley

18. The Midnight Feast

By: Lucy Foley

3.64

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Secrets. Lies. Murder. Let the festivities begin... It’s the opening night of The Manor, and no … read more

Similar categories in Lucy Foley's The Midnight Feast book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. Mother-Daughter Murder Night

By: Nina Simon

3.58

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door. A lighthearted whodunnit about a gran… read more

Similar categories in Nina Simon's Mother-Daughter Murder Night book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. The Golden Spoon

By: Jessa Maxwell

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Every summer for the past ten years, six awe-struck bakers have descended on the grounds of Grafton… read more

Similar categories in Jessa Maxwell's The Golden Spoon book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Sometimes we must do what we can to keep our mistakes a secret, don't we?"

-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

"It's an optimistic scene of pastel colors and light woods. One that lends itself well to the show's folksy niceness."

-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

"Recipes are like architecture; a combination of tested methods with personal elements is what makes a bake memorable."

-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

"They are all unique and lovingly constructed. There's one for a chocolate ganache tart striped with hazelnut and praline, a honey cake with orange marmalade filling, coconut cream-filled doughnuts wi…"

-Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon

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21. Middle of the Night

By: Riley Sager

3.74

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must … read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's Middle of the Night book and Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

21 must-read fiction books like Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1) by Benjamin Stevenson

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Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Transform Your Habits

First Lie Wins

Ashley Elston

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Jeneva Rose

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

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21 must-read fiction books like The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

Transform Your Habits

Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

Robert Thorogood

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Zero Days

Ruth Ware

3.65

Transform Your Habits

The Fury

Alex Michaelides

3.38

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