Hot Mahogany vs The Last Detective: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Détectives, Private investigators, Mystery, Fiction
Hot Mahogany
CIA boss Lance Cabot hires Stone Barrington to watch over his brother Barton, a former army intelligence officer suffering from amnesia. As Stone discovers, Barton is a spy with a rather unusual hobby: building and…
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The Last Detective
Elvis Cole is back...With his acclaimed bestsellers, Hostage (a New York Times Notable Book) and Demolition Angel, Robert Crais drew raves for his unstoppable pacing, edgy characterizations, and cinematic prose. Now, in…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Last Detective highest: The Last Detective 4.3 · Hot Mahogany 4.0.
- The Last Detective has the widest readership — 21368 ratings behind its score.
- The Last Detective runs the darker storyline; Hot Mahogany stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Hot Mahogany | The Last Detective | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.3 (21368) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (7) | 4.0 (30) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (399) | 4.5 (896) |
Reception
| Hot Mahogany | The Last Detective | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 399 | 21368 |
| Editions | 5 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 3288 |
| Pages | 291 | 302 |