Dumb Witness vs Murder on the Orient Express: Which Should You Read?
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Dumb Witness
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Emily Arundel changed her will only days before her death, and Hercule Poirot must "determine which of the victim's disgruntled relatives did not have a motive for murder."--Cover.
Murder on the Orient Express
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While en route from Syria to Paris, in the middle of a freezing winter's night, the Orient Express is stopped dead in its tracks by a snowdrift. Passengers awake to find the train still stranded and to discover that a…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Murder on the Orient Express highest: Murder on the Orient Express 4.2 · Dumb Witness 3.9.
- Murder on the Orient Express has the widest readership — 765496 ratings behind its score.
- Murder on the Orient Express runs the darker storyline; Dumb Witness stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Dumb Witness | Murder on the Orient Express | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (51513) | 4.2 (765496) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (140) | 4.5 (5) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (45) | 4.5 (290) |
Reception
| Dumb Witness | Murder on the Orient Express | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 51513 | 765496 |
| Editions | 97 | 247 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 26889 | 507548 |
| Reading it now | 1967 | 23902 |
| Written reviews | 3806 | 52399 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2509 | 64317 |
| Pages | 228 | 168 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Dumb Witness or Murder on the Orient Express?
Murder on the Orient Express has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Murder on the Orient Express 4.2/5, Dumb Witness 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Dumb Witness or Murder on the Orient Express?
Murder on the Orient Express is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Murder on the Orient Express (168 pages, ≈ 3 h 07 m); Dumb Witness (228 pages, ≈ 4 h 13 m).
Which is harder to read: Dumb Witness or Murder on the Orient Express?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Dumb Witness: Moderate; Murder on the Orient Express: Moderate.