A Line to Kill vs The Sentence Is Death: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Celebrities, Mystery & Detective, Investigation, Crime, English literature, Murder
A Line to Kill
The New York Times bestselling author of the brilliantly inventive The Word Is Murder and The Sentence Is Death returns with his third literary whodunit featuring intrepid detectives Hawthorne and Horowitz."Horowitz is…
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The Sentence Is Death
You shouldnt be here. Its too late... These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of winea…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Sentence Is Death has the widest readership — 563 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| A Line to Kill | The Sentence Is Death | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.8 (103) | 3.9 (136) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (455) | 4.0 (563) |
Reception
| A Line to Kill | The Sentence Is Death | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 455 | 563 |
| Editions | 11 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 691 |
| Pages | 384 | 384 |