A Darkness More Than Night vs The Concrete Blonde: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, California, Police, Thriller
A Darkness More Than Night
Terrence McCaleb is asked by the LAPD to help them investigate a series of murders that have them baffled. They are the kind of ritualized killings that McCaleb specialized in solving with the FBI, and he is reluctantly…
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The Concrete Blonde
The Dollmaker was the name of the serial killer who had stalked Los Angeles ruthlessly, leaving grisly calling cards on the faces of his female victims. Now with a single faultless shot, Detective Harry Bosch thinks he…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Concrete Blonde has the widest readership — 82860 ratings behind its score.
- The Concrete Blonde runs the darker storyline; A Darkness More Than Night stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Darkness More Than Night | The Concrete Blonde | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (82860) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (114) | 4.1 (192) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 4.5 (6) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1500) | 4.5 (1725) |
Reception
| A Darkness More Than Night | The Concrete Blonde | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1500 | 82860 |
| Editions | 10 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 15241 |
| Reading it now | — | 6478 |
| Written reviews | — | 3678 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1136 | 1344 |
| Pages | 418 | 367 |