FATAL PURSUIT vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Thriller
FATAL PURSUIT
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A MESSAGE CARVED IN FLESH. A THRILLER THAT CUTS LIKE A KNIFE. When a murder victim turns up in a Baltimore motel room with investigator Dave O'Donnell's name carved into his chest, O'Donnell knows he's being called back…
The Blue Ice
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Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…
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The verdict
- Readers rate FATAL PURSUIT highest: FATAL PURSUIT 4.3 · The Blue Ice 3.8.
- FATAL PURSUIT is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 4 for The Blue Ice.
- The Blue Ice has the widest readership — 449 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| FATAL PURSUIT | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (160) | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (6) | 4.0 (3) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (9) | — |
Reception
| FATAL PURSUIT | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 160 | 449 |
| Editions | — | 30 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 179 |
| Reading it now | — | 59 |
| Written reviews | — | 31 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 46 |
| Pages | 135 | 246 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: FATAL PURSUIT or The Blue Ice?
FATAL PURSUIT has the higher combined reader rating across sources (FATAL PURSUIT 4.3/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: FATAL PURSUIT or The Blue Ice?
FATAL PURSUIT is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: FATAL PURSUIT (135 pages, ≈ 2 h 30 m); The Blue Ice (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m).
Which is harder to read: FATAL PURSUIT or The Blue Ice?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — FATAL PURSUIT: Moderate; The Blue Ice: Challenging.