God Save the Child vs Painted Ladies: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Spenser, Boston, Private investigators, Fiction
God Save the Child
New York Times bestselling author of the Spenser series of crime thrillers - Book 2 in the series -Appie Knoll is the kind of suburb where kids grow up right. But something is wrong. Fourteen-year-old Kevin Bartlett…
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Painted Ladies
Called upon by The Hammond Museum and renowned art scholar Dr. Ashton Prince, Boston PI Spenser accepts his latest case: to provide protection during a ransom exchange-money for a stolen painting. The case becomes…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Painted Ladies has the widest readership — 537 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| God Save the Child | Painted Ladies | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.7 (29) | 3.6 (14) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (320) | 4.0 (537) |
Reception
| God Save the Child | Painted Ladies | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 320 | 537 |
| Editions | 5 | 2 |
| Citations | 3 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 197 | 56 |
| Pages | 185 | 291 |