Bats Fly at Dusk vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
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Bats Fly at Dusk
Cool & Lam Mystery #7 (1942) Donald is temporarily on the lam from Cool & Lam, having joined the Navy to fight a world war, but it's Bertha who's all at sea, regularly blowing her cool, chasing elusive cash cows on…
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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
| Bats Fly at Dusk | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (18) | — |
Reception
| Bats Fly at Dusk | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 18 | 449 |
| Editions | 10 | 30 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 179 |
| Pages | 191 | 246 |