A Long Shadow vs A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2): Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Great Britain, Police, Fiction
A Long Shadow
It's New Year's Eve, 1919. Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge has accompanied his sister to the home of mutual friends for dinner but gets a call from the office and has to leave. On the steps outside, he sees a brass…
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A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2)
A woman's body is found on the English seacoast, and twisted in her hair is an article screaming murder. For Inspector Alan Grant, the case becomes a nightmare, as too many clues and too many motives arise. (cc.…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate A Long Shadow highest: A Long Shadow 4.4 · A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2) 3.9.
- A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2) is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for A Long Shadow.
- A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2) has the widest readership — 9714 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Long Shadow | A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2) | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (9714) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (6) | 3.9 (12) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (140) | 4.0 (24) |
Reception
| A Long Shadow | A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2) | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 140 | 9714 |
| Editions | 3 | 84 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6 | — |
| Pages | 368 | 197 |