Dead Irish vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Thriller
Dead Irish
THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING DISMAS HARDY SERIES!In his new life as a bartender at the Little Shamrock, Dismas Hardy is just hoping for a little peace. He’s left both the police force and his…
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The Blue Ice
Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Blue Ice is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Dead Irish.
- The Blue Ice has the widest readership — 449 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Dead Irish | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | 3.4 (8) | 4.0 (3) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (201) | — |
Reception
| Dead Irish | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 201 | 449 |
| Editions | 4 | 30 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 179 |
| Reading it now | — | 59 |
| Written reviews | — | 31 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 46 |
| Pages | 424 | 246 |