Cape May Court House vs Homicide: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Homicide investigation, Homicide, True Crime, Nonfiction
Cape May Court House
No one in Cape May Court House, New Jersey, was surprised when Eric Thomas, a popular young doctor, sued Ford Motor Company for the wrongful death of his pregnant wife, Tracy. The accident they were involved in was…
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Homicide
“Pulling one hand from the warmth of a pocket, Jay Landsman squats down to grab the dead man's chin, pushing the head to one side until the wound becomes visible as a small, ovate hole, oozing red and white.”
The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed or bludgeoned to death. At the centre of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of hard men who fight for…
The verdict
- Readers rate Homicide highest: Homicide 4.2 · Cape May Court House 3.8.
- Cape May Court House is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 11 for Homicide.
- Homicide has the widest readership — 572 ratings behind its score.
- Homicide runs the darker storyline; Cape May Court House stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Cape May Court House | Homicide | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (572) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (9) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (7) | 4.5 (292) |
Reception
| Cape May Court House | Homicide | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7 | 572 |
| Editions | 12 | 18 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 3011 |
| Reading it now | — | 35 |
| Written reviews | — | 92 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1292 | 33415 |
| Pages | 368 | 608 |