'Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone' by Benjamin Stevenson is a novel that captivates you from the first page and continues to catapult you through the intrigue and suspense of a family's deepest, darkest secrets right until the very end. 

I think it's important to note that while Goodreads categorizes this as a Mystery Thriller, I personally would say that the focus is definitely heavy on  Cozy Mystery, with a few Thriller elements sprinkled in. While for me that didn't matter as I love a Cozy Mystery, I think that it could be misleading to some readers. 

This books was written in a unique (at least to me) manner and I think that was one of the things that made me enjoy it so much. Told in the third person from the main character's perspective, Ernest Cunningham, he makes it apparent pretty early on that he is a reliable narrator and he's not going to hold anything back, even if he hasn't told you it just yet. He even goes as far as to tell you "The Murders take place on page...." or "Our lips touch on page..." and he focuses the entire mystery based off of the "Ten Commandments of Mystery Books" that were created by a team of Mystery Authors many years earlier. He makes it really clear that while you may not know exactly what is happening in  that moment, you're going to eventually figure it out or be told. 

You're following Ernest and the rest of his family to a snowy, secluded, mountain resort at the insistence of his Aunt to have a family reunion. And while this might seem like a good idea, for this family, it's definitely not. They all have a different secret or different motive and they also don't really get along due to past events, but someone - that's not a part of their party - ending up dead in the middle of the hill brings their events to a screeching halt and now everyone is a suspect, but also trying to not be next. You'll follow the story line from there, as Ernest and other family members all blame and question one another as they search for the truth. The family history unravels and you're left all flipped around at your opinions of different characters. 

Truthfully, I just had a blast reading this! It's lighthearted at times mixed in with the tension that only a family reunion can create. There's some character development as well as family development and while the family is dysfunctional at best, I really enjoy the dynamics and know that they do love each other for the most part. I read this while I was at the beach on family vacation and it was definitely what I needed to be able to read something light, but packed with excitement. 

If Cozy Mystery is your thing; or you like a story that talks about family and their many secrets with a little murder and a little suspicion on the edges, I definitely encourage you to give this a try! It's a unique reading experience from the first page and I think that anyone can truly enjoy it. 

Last thing I'll add - while this is part of a series and I am looking forward to the next book by this Author; I also think it's important to know that you can totally reads this independently and have closure so that you don't feel like a second or third or fourth is required.