DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) vs The Maltese Falcon: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Investigadores privados, Novela de misterio, California, Ficción, Private investigators, Fiction

DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) Walter Mosley · 1990 ★★★★☆ 4.0 219 pages · ≈ 4 h 03 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett · 1929 ★★★★☆ 3.9 256 pages · ≈ 4 h 44 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.0 vs 3.9 — either is a safe pick by score.
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) is the easier read (Moderate), The Maltese Falcon more demanding (Challenging).