Boar Island vs Dead to me: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Women Sleuths, Women detectives, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective, Police, Fiction
Boar Island
"Anna Pigeon, in her career as a National Park Service Ranger, has had to deal with all manner of crimes and misdemeanors, but cyber-bullying and stalking is a new one. The target is Elizabeth, the adopted teenage…
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Dead to me
"A riveting, sharply observed and thoroughly modern police procedural featuring a stellar but unlikely female dectective team, perfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen and Deborah Crombie Detective Constable Janet Scott is…
The verdict
- Readers rate Dead to me highest: Dead to me 4.2 · Boar Island 3.6.
- Boar Island has the widest readership — 6274 ratings behind its score.
- Boar Island runs the darker storyline; Dead to me stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Boar Island | Dead to me | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (6274) | 4.2 (5289) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (11) | 3.3 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (132) | — |
Reception
| Boar Island | Dead to me | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6274 | 5289 |
| Editions | 1 | 5 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 3051 | — |
| Reading it now | 1241 | — |
| Written reviews | 927 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 113 |
| Pages | 374 | 392 |