L'affaire Lerouge vs Murder and the Missing Treasure: Which Should You Read?

Cover of L'affaire Lerouge L'affaire Lerouge Émile Gaboriau · 1800 ★★★★☆ 3.8 478 pages · ≈ 8 h 51 m · Challenging
“ON Thursday, the 6th of March, 1862, two days after Shrove Tuesday, five women of the village of Jonchere presented themselves at the bureau of police at Bougival.”

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 Murder and the Missing Treasure Murder and the Missing Treasure C.J. Archer ★★★★☆ 4.4 278 pages · ≈ 5 h 09 m · Moderate

When the celebrated biographer of the infamous pirate Blackheart takes a suite at the Mayfair Hotel to live out his final months, Goliath the porter is desperate to ask the one question that has haunted treasure hunters…

The verdict

How to choose

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L'affaire LerougeMurder and the Missing Treasure
Goodreads 3.8 (635) —
Apple Books — 4.5 (95)

Reception

L'affaire LerougeMurder and the Missing Treasure
Ratings 635 95
Editions 148 —
Want to read 1038 —
Written reviews 106 —
Pages 478 278

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