Double Cross vs Violets Are Blue: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Police psychologists, African American police, Alex Cross, Cross, Washington, Serial murders
Double Cross
Just when Alex Cross's life is calming down, he is drawn back into the game to confront a criminal mastermind like no other. The elaborate murders that have stunned Washington, DC, are the wildest that Alex Cross and…
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Violets Are Blue
D.C. Detective Alex Cross has seen a lot of crime scenes. But even he is appalled by the gruesome murders of two joggers in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park - killings that look more like the work of savage beasts than…
The verdict
- Readers rate Violets Are Blue highest: Violets Are Blue 4.0 · Double Cross 3.6.
- Violets Are Blue has the widest readership — 73170 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Double Cross | Violets Are Blue | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (4159) | 4.0 (73170) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (38) | 3.7 (61) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (617) | 4.5 (742) |
Reception
| Double Cross | Violets Are Blue | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4159 | 73170 |
| Editions | 36 | 44 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 20220 |
| Reading it now | — | 3123 |
| Written reviews | — | 1788 |
| Wikipedia attention | 572 | 333 |
| Pages | 448 | 401 |