Bones in London vs Fifty Candles: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction
Bones in London
The new Managing Director of Schemes Ltd has an elegant London office and a theatrically dressed assistant - however Bones, as he is better known, is bored. Luckily there is a slump in the shipping market and it is not…
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Fifty Candles
Biggers had always been interested in mystery fiction, but his interest in Hawaii clearly stems from a 1919 vacation in Honolulu. While there, he read a newspaper article on a Chinese detective named Chang Apana. Apana…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Fifty Candles has the widest readership — 160 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Bones in London | Fifty Candles | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.4 (144) | 3.6 (160) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (7) | — |
Reception
| Bones in London | Fifty Candles | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 144 | 160 |
| Editions | 27 | 258 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 151 | 69 |
| Reading it now | 56 | 13 |
| Written reviews | 17 | 25 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 27 |
| Pages | 184 | — |