Free Fall in Crimson vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
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Free Fall in Crimson
Free Fall in Crimson (1981) is the nineteenth novel in the Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald. In the plot McGee sets out to investigate the death of an ailing millionaire, and encounters a motorcycle gang,…
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The Blue Ice
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…
The verdict
- Readers rate Free Fall in Crimson highest: Free Fall in Crimson 4.0 · The Blue Ice 3.8.
- The Blue Ice has the widest readership — 449 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Free Fall in Crimson | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (9) | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (163) | — |
Reception
| Free Fall in Crimson | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 163 | 449 |
| Editions | — | 30 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 179 |
| Reading it now | — | 59 |
| Written reviews | — | 31 |
| Wikipedia attention | 119 | 46 |
| Pages | — | 246 |