A Stranger in Mayfair vs The Bad Place: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Private investigators, Crime, Murder, Mystery, Fiction
A Stranger in Mayfair
In Charles Finch's A Stranger in Mayfair, the next enthralling installment in the Charles Lenox Mysteries, detective Lenox tries to resist the lure of a case and focus on his new career in Parliament. Returning from a…
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The Bad Place
Detectives Bobby and Julie agree to watch over Frank after he wakes up in a motel to find his hands covered with blood and strange objects in his pockets. Frank knows he's not a killer.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Bad Place has the widest readership — 39014 ratings behind its score.
- The Bad Place runs the darker storyline; A Stranger in Mayfair stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Stranger in Mayfair | The Bad Place | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (39014) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (8) | 3.6 (44) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (9) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (195) | 4.5 (227) |
Reception
| A Stranger in Mayfair | The Bad Place | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 195 | 39014 |
| Editions | 2 | 53 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 15669 |
| Reading it now | — | 991 |
| Written reviews | — | 1017 |
| Wikipedia attention | 31 | 903 |
| Pages | 336 | 392 |