A Quiet Flame vs The Visitor: Which Should You Read?
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A Quiet Flame
Philip Kerr returns with his best-loved character, Bernie Gunther, in the fifth novel in what is now a series: a tight, twisting, compelling thriller that is firmly rooted in history.A Quiet Flame opens in 1950. Falsely…
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The Visitor
Lee Child's latest unputdownable thriller starring Jack Reacher features a chilling serial killer.Sergeant Amy Callan and Lieutenant Caroline Cook have a lot in common. Both were army high-flyers.Both were acquainted…
The verdict
- Readers rate A Quiet Flame highest: A Quiet Flame 4.2 · The Visitor 3.8.
- A Quiet Flame has the widest readership — 9284 ratings behind its score.
- A Quiet Flame runs the darker storyline; The Visitor stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Quiet Flame | The Visitor | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (9284) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (8) | 3.8 (333) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (216) | — |
Reception
| A Quiet Flame | The Visitor | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 9284 | 333 |
| Editions | 4 | 55 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2742 | — |
| Reading it now | 506 | — |
| Written reviews | 634 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 356 | 1583 |
| Pages | 416 | 496 |