Blood ties vs Fünf: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Women Sleuths, Serial murder investigation, Women detectives, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective, Fiction
Blood ties
"Homicide detective Ellen Ridley of the SFPD is tracking a serial killer terrorizing young women in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ridley is sure she's cornered her most likely suspect: Stephen Tregear, a hacker and code…
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Fünf
"A woman's corpse is discovered in a meadow. A strange combination of letters and numbers has been tattooed on the soles of her feet. Detective inspector Beatrice Kaspary from the local murder squad quickly identifies…
The verdict
- Readers rate Blood ties highest: Blood ties 4.0 · Fünf 3.7.
- Blood ties has the widest readership — 9254 ratings behind its score.
- Blood ties runs the darker storyline; Fünf stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Blood ties | Fünf | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (9254) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 3.2 (4) |
Reception
| Blood ties | Fünf | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 9254 | 4 |
| Editions | 1 | 5 |
| Want to read | 11208 | — |
| Reading it now | 1774 | — |
| Written reviews | 933 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 50 | — |
| Pages | 318 | 324 |