A Purple Place for Dying vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
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A Purple Place for Dying
From a beloved master of crime fiction, A Purple Place for Dying is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.   Travis McGee’s taking his retirement in…
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The Blue Ice
Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Blue Ice has the widest readership — 449 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| A Purple Place for Dying | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (11) | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (20) | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (299) | — |
Reception
| A Purple Place for Dying | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 299 | 449 |
| Editions | — | 30 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 179 |
| Reading it now | — | 59 |
| Written reviews | — | 31 |
| Wikipedia attention | 192 | 46 |
| Pages | — | 246 |