L'affaire Lerouge vs Miss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance: Which Should You Read?

Cover of L'affaire Lerouge L'affaire Lerouge Émile Gaboriau · 1800 ★★★★☆ 3.8 478 pages · ≈ 8 h 51 m · Challenging

Le jeudi 6 mars 1862, surlendemain du Mardi gras, cinq femmes du village de La Jonchere se presentaient au bureau de police de Bougival.

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Cover of Miss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance Miss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance Catherine Lloyd · 2024 ★★★★☆ 4.2 402 pages · ≈ 7 h 27 m · Moderate

Social standing is everything in Regency England—and no one knows better than Miss Caroline Morton, a lady’s companion from a disgraced line. But when she has a chance to claim what’s rightfully hers, the one obstacle…

The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

L'affaire LerougeMiss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance
Goodreads 3.8 (635) —
Hardcover — 4.0 (1)
Apple Books — 4.5 (41)

Reception

L'affaire LerougeMiss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance
Ratings 635 41
Editions 148 2
Want to read 1038 —
Pages 478 402

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