Five Card Murder vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
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Five Card Murder
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An inheritance worth millions. A killer with a list… and Smiley's on it.Blind PI Steve Smiley unexpectedly becomes the executor of a large Texas estate after the rancher dies under suspicious circumstances. His task…
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 Five Card Murder highest: Five Card Murder 4.4 · The Blue Ice 3.8.
- The Blue Ice has the widest readership — 449 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Five Card Murder | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (94) | — |
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Reception
| Five Card Murder | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 94 | 449 |
| Editions | 2 | 30 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 179 |
| Reading it now | — | 59 |
| Written reviews | — | 31 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 46 |
| Pages | 246 | 246 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Five Card Murder or The Blue Ice?
Five Card Murder has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Five Card Murder 4.4/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Five Card Murder or The Blue Ice?
Five Card Murder is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Five Card Murder (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m); The Blue Ice (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m).
Which is harder to read: Five Card Murder or The Blue Ice?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Five Card Murder: Moderate; The Blue Ice: Challenging.