A Caribbean Mystery vs A Murder is Announced: Which Should You Read?
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A Caribbean Mystery
As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an…
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A Murder is Announced
The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which read: 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- A Murder is Announced has the widest readership — 90291 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| A Caribbean Mystery | A Murder is Announced | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (90291) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (117) | 3.9 (184) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (52) | 4.5 (47) |
Reception
| A Caribbean Mystery | A Murder is Announced | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 117 | 90291 |
| Editions | 107 | 127 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 44295 |
| Reading it now | — | 3459 |
| Written reviews | — | 6456 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3785 | 4774 |
| Pages | 224 | 288 |