Colour scheme vs Death in a White Tie: Which Should You Read?
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Colour scheme
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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…
Death in a White Tie
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A body in the back of a taxi begins an elegantly constructed mystery, perhaps the finest of Marsh's 1930s novels.The season had begun. Debutantes and chaperones were planning their luncheons, teas, dinners, balls. And…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Death in a White Tie highest: Death in a White Tie 4.1 · Colour scheme 3.8.
- Death in a White Tie has the widest readership — 11705 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Colour scheme | Death in a White Tie | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (4016) | 4.1 (11705) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (12) | 4.2 (17) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (47) | 4.5 (73) |
Reception
| Colour scheme | Death in a White Tie | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4016 | 11705 |
| Editions | 33 | 40 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1304 | 4029 |
| Reading it now | 350 | 727 |
| Written reviews | 314 | 471 |
| Wikipedia attention | 231 | 268 |
| Pages | 288 | 352 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Colour scheme or Death in a White Tie?
Death in a White Tie has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Death in a White Tie 4.1/5, Colour scheme 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Colour scheme or Death in a White Tie?
Colour scheme is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Colour scheme (288 pages, ≈ 5 h 20 m); Death in a White Tie (352 pages, ≈ 6 h 31 m).
Which is harder to read: Colour scheme or Death in a White Tie?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Colour scheme: Challenging; Death in a White Tie: Challenging.