Paw and Order vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Paw and Order Paw and Order Spencer Quinn ★★★★☆ 4.3 336 pages · ≈ 6 h 13 m · Moderate
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In the seventh installment in the brilliant New York Times bestselling mystery series, canine narrator Chet and PI Bernie Little journey to Washington, DC, and the dog-eat-dog world of our nation’s capital.Chet and…

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Cover of The Blue Ice The Blue Ice Hammond Innes · 1948 ★★★★☆ 3.8 246 pages · ≈ 4 h 33 m · Challenging
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Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…

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The verdict

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How to choose

Scores by source

Paw and OrderThe Blue Ice
Goodreads — 3.8 (449)
Hardcover 4.0 (9) 4.0 (3)
Apple Books 4.5 (95) —
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Reception

Paw and OrderThe Blue Ice
Ratings 95 449
Editions — 30
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read — 179
Reading it now — 59
Written reviews — 31
Wikipedia attention — 46
Pages 336 246
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Paw and Order or The Blue Ice?

Paw and Order has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Paw and Order 4.3/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).

Which is shorter to read: Paw and Order or The Blue Ice?

The Blue Ice is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Blue Ice (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m); Paw and Order (336 pages, ≈ 6 h 13 m).

Which is harder to read: Paw and Order or The Blue Ice?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Paw and Order: Moderate; The Blue Ice: Challenging.

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