Evil in the Family vs The Color of Death: Which Should You Read?
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Evil in the Family
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‘Will keep you up at night… I can’t get enough’ ★★★★★‘Wow. Michael Wood has done it again… I definitely felt my heart rate increase’ ★★★★★A FAMILY SLAIN When Detective Inspector Foley is called out to a crime scene,…
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The Color of Death
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From the number-one New York Times bestselling author and FOX News host Trey Gowdy comes a dark mystery debut about a murder in a small South Carolina town. Assistant DA Colm Truesdale must pick up the pieces of his own…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Evil in the Family has the widest readership — 953 ratings behind its score.
- Evil in the Family runs the darker storyline; The Color of Death stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Evil in the Family | The Color of Death | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (953) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 3.2 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (19) | 4.5 (418) |
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Reception
| Evil in the Family | The Color of Death | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 953 | 418 |
| Editions | — | 5 |
| Want to read | 515 | — |
| Reading it now | 343 | — |
| Written reviews | 140 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 213 |
| Pages | — | 288 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Evil in the Family or The Color of Death?
Evil in the Family has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Evil in the Family 4.5/5, The Color of Death 4.5/5).