Local Girl Missing vs The Color of Death: Which Should You Read?
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Local Girl Missing
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Through swirling dawn fog, they follow the trail of discarded items at their feet: a tube of glittery lip gloss; a cell phone; a cracked make-up compact, broken chunks of ivory powder spilling into the grass. Then the…
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The Color of Death
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From the number-one New York Times bestselling author and FOX News host Trey Gowdy comes a dark mystery debut about a murder in a small South Carolina town. Assistant DA Colm Truesdale must pick up the pieces of his own…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Local Girl Missing has the widest readership — 580 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Local Girl Missing | The Color of Death | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.8 (4) | 3.2 (2) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (580) | 4.5 (418) |
Reception
| Local Girl Missing | The Color of Death | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 580 | 418 |
| Editions | 1 | 5 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 213 |
| Pages | — | 288 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Local Girl Missing or The Color of Death?
Local Girl Missing has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Local Girl Missing 4.5/5, The Color of Death 4.5/5).
Which is harder to read: Local Girl Missing or The Color of Death?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Local Girl Missing: Moderate; The Color of Death: Moderate.