Death at the Bar vs Death in a White Tie: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Alleyn, Roderick Alleyn, Police, England, Mystery, Fiction
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.
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Death in a White Tie
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…
The verdict
- Readers rate Death in a White Tie highest: Death in a White Tie 4.1 · Death at the Bar 3.9.
- Death in a White Tie has the widest readership — 11705 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Death at the Bar | Death in a White Tie | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (3784) | 4.1 (11705) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (12) | 4.2 (17) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (37) | 4.5 (73) |
Reception
| Death at the Bar | Death in a White Tie | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3784 | 11705 |
| Editions | 40 | 40 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1041 | 4029 |
| Reading it now | 449 | 727 |
| Written reviews | 330 | 471 |
| Wikipedia attention | 444 | 268 |
| Pages | 274 | 352 |