Family Honor vs The Judas Goat: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Massachusetts, Boston, Private investigators, Fiction
Family Honor
PI Sunny Randall of Boston searches for a rich man's daughter who ran away to be a prostitute. After finding her Sunny must guard her because the girl is on a hit list. She witnessed a conspiracy involving state…
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The Judas Goat
Private eye Spenser returns to take on the terrorists who killed his client's wife and daughters in a London bombing, chasing them across Europe to the Montreal Olympics and a devastating climax.
The verdict
- Readers rate The Judas Goat highest: The Judas Goat 4.4 · Family Honor 4.0.
- The Judas Goat is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 5 for Family Honor.
- Family Honor has the widest readership — 6861 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Family Honor | The Judas Goat | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (6861) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (10) | 4.0 (22) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (235) | 4.5 (377) |
Reception
| Family Honor | The Judas Goat | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6861 | 377 |
| Editions | 4 | 5 |
| Citations | — | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2014 | — |
| Reading it now | 823 | — |
| Written reviews | 395 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 615 | 120 |
| Pages | 321 | 181 |