A fine dark line vs Cross: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Ex-police officers, Boys, Mystery, Fiction
A fine dark line
It is the summer of 1958 in Dewmont, Texas, a town the great American postwar boom passed by. The kids listen idly to rockabilly on the radio and waste their weekends at the Dairy Queen. And an undetected menace simmers…
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Cross
A boy has been crucified in Galway city. People are shocked; the broadsheets debate how the brutal death reflects the state of the nation; the Irish Church is scandalized. No further action is taken. Then the sister of…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- A fine dark line has the widest readership — 4741 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| A fine dark line | Cross | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (4741) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (7) | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (24) |
Reception
| A fine dark line | Cross | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4741 | 24 |
| Editions | 5 | 5 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 96 | 7486 |
| Pages | 307 | 288 |