A Particular Eye for Villainy vs American Icon: Which Should You Read?

A Particular Eye for Villainy Ann Granger · 2012 ★★★★☆ 3.8 373 pages · ≈ 6 h 54 m · Moderate

A Victorian gentleman . . . A brutal killing . . . When a neighbour is murdered in his own home, Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie dig deep into his tragic past to find out who is behind the bludgeoning. A…

American Icon Bryce G. Hoffman · 2012 ★★★★☆ 4.5 363 pages · ≈ 6 h 43 m · Moderate

At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler…