L'affaire Lerouge vs Watching the Detectives: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Mystery
L'affaire Lerouge
“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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Watching the Detectives
Ellison Russell wanted a decorator, not a corpse. Too bad she finds Mrs. White in the study killed with a revolver. Things go from bad to worse when she finds Mr. White in the dining room killed with a candlestick.With…
The verdict
- Readers rate Watching the Detectives highest: Watching the Detectives 4.2 · L'affaire Lerouge 3.8.
- Watching the Detectives is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 8 for L'affaire Lerouge.
- L'affaire Lerouge has the widest readership — 635 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| L'affaire Lerouge | Watching the Detectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (635) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (43) |
Reception
| L'affaire Lerouge | Watching the Detectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 635 | 43 |
| Editions | 148 | 4 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 1038 | — |
| Written reviews | 106 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 99 |
| Pages | 478 | 240 |