Dead winter vs Death at Charity's Point: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Dead winter Dead winter William G. Tapply · 1989 ★★★★☆ 4.0 317 pages · ≈ 5 h 52 m · Moderate

When a minister's son is accused of murder, Boston lawyer Brady Coyne doesn't know whom to trust in this "very satisfying caper" (Publishers Weekly).   Desmond Winters has had more trouble than a Unitarian…

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Cover of Death at Charity's Point Death at Charity's Point William G. Tapply · 1984 ★★★★☆ 3.7 213 pages · ≈ 3 h 57 m · Moderate

A Boston lawyer investigates a prep school teacher's suspicious suicide in this debut for "one of the most likeable sleuths to appear on the crime scene" (The Washington Post Book World).   Brady Coyne never meant…

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Dead winterDeath at Charity's Point
Goodreads — 3.7 (628)
Apple Books 4.5 (7) 4.0 (22)

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Dead winterDeath at Charity's Point
Ratings 7 628
Editions 5 5
Want to read — 366
Reading it now — 130
Written reviews — 80
Pages 317 213

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