Dumb Witness vs Poirot's Early Cases: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Private investigators in fiction, Poirot, Hercule Poirot, Private investigators, England, English literature
Dumb Witness
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.
vs
Poirot's Early Cases
With his career still in its formative years, we learn many things about how Poirot came to exercise those famous "grey cells" so well. Fourteen of the eighteen stories collected herein are narrated by Captain Arthur…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Dumb Witness has the widest readership — 51513 ratings behind its score.
- Poirot's Early Cases runs the darker storyline; Dumb Witness stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Dumb Witness | Poirot's Early Cases | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (51513) | 3.9 (17165) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (140) | 3.6 (39) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (45) | 4.5 (56) |
Reception
| Dumb Witness | Poirot's Early Cases | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 51513 | 17165 |
| Editions | 97 | 63 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 26889 | 15513 |
| Reading it now | 1967 | 1538 |
| Written reviews | 3806 | 1029 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2509 | 8128 |
| Pages | 228 | 304 |