Basket Case vs Jack Tier or the Florida Reef: Which Should You Read?
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Basket Case
Once a hotshot investigative reporter, Jack Tagger now bangs out obituaries for a South Florida daily, "plotting to resurrect my newspaper career by yoking my byline to some famous stiff." Jimmy Stoma, the infamous…
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Jack Tier or the Florida Reef
Jack Tier is a tale set against arms smuggling to Mexico in 1846. Under cover of respectable four shipping, Captain Stephen Spike is shipping gun powder to the Mexican government for use against the U.S. The Mexican…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Basket Case has the widest readership — 127 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Basket Case | Jack Tier or the Florida Reef | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.8 (29) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (127) | 4.0 (6) |
Reception
| Basket Case | Jack Tier or the Florida Reef | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 127 | 6 |
| Editions | 20 | 61 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 387 | — |
| Pages | 413 | 506 |