Painted Ladies vs The Judas Goat: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Spenser, Boston, Private investigators, Fiction
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…
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The Judas Goat
Private eye Spenser returns to take on the terrorists who killed his client's wife and daughters in a London bombing, chasing them across Europe to the Montreal Olympics and a devastating climax.
The verdict
- Readers rate The Judas Goat highest: The Judas Goat 4.4 · Painted Ladies 4.0.
- The Judas Goat is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 5 for Painted Ladies.
- Painted Ladies has the widest readership — 537 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Painted Ladies | The Judas Goat | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.6 (14) | 4.0 (22) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (537) | 4.5 (377) |
Reception
| Painted Ladies | The Judas Goat | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 537 | 377 |
| Editions | 2 | 5 |
| Citations | — | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 56 | 120 |
| Pages | 291 | 181 |