Audiobook was a 5 star but the story didn't hold up to my childhood nostalgia for it.

"Sequels aren't always a disappointment..."
AGREED.
This was yet another entertaining read. The sarcasm and quippy lines always hit perfectly for me. I felt like I was given just enough information to feel fairly confident in my assessment of the murderer... only to be wrong, yet all the information and links to the killer still made sense. It's no fun when the murderer is an obvious or seemingly random choice. This book however, is fourteen hundred tons of fun.
I'm officially committed to reading anything Benjamin Stevenson writes.
Excited for more adventures with Ernest and to reread via audiobook, the next time around.

Thanks to NetGalley and Mariner Books for the eARC

11/2023- reread via audiobook- Even better the 2nd time around, catching a lot of the clues sprinkled throughout. The narration was fun and nailed the tone/sarcasm perfectly.


02/2023- An entertaining mystery with major Kiss Kiss Bang Bang vibes... this book might even be 5 stars; being more clever upon a re-read than I realized this first time through.