Colour scheme vs Death at the Bar: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Alleyn, Roderick Alleyn, Police, England, Mystery, Fiction
Colour scheme
Often regarded as her most interesting book and set on New Zealand's North Island, Ngaio Marsh herself considered this to be her best-written novel. It was a horrible death -- Maurice Questing was lured into a pool of…
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Death at the Bar
A cosy game of darts in a cosy English pub is going well until one of the players dies on the spot. Chief Inspector Alleyn knows it wasn't the dart that killed him, but the prussic acid someone added to the cut.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Colour scheme has the widest readership — 4016 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Colour scheme | Death at the Bar | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (4016) | 3.9 (3784) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (12) | 3.6 (12) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (47) | 4.5 (37) |
Reception
| Colour scheme | Death at the Bar | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4016 | 3784 |
| Editions | 33 | 40 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1304 | 1041 |
| Reading it now | 350 | 449 |
| Written reviews | 314 | 330 |
| Wikipedia attention | 231 | 444 |
| Pages | 288 | 274 |