Peril at End House vs Whose Body?: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Detectives, English Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators, England, English literature, Mystery
Peril at End House
Hercule Poirot is vacationing on the Cornish coast when he meets Nick Buckley. Nick is the young and reckless mistress of End House, an imposing structure perched on the rocky cliffs of St. Loo. Poirot quickly takes a…
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Whose Body?
The first of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, in which the suave and witty gentleman foregoes a rare-book auction to investigate the presence of a bespectacled nude body in an architect's bathtub near the Wimsey's…
The verdict
- Readers rate Peril at End House highest: Peril at End House 4.0 · Whose Body? 3.8.
- Whose Body? is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for Peril at End House.
- Peril at End House has the widest readership — 87661 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Peril at End House | Whose Body? | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (87661) | 3.8 (63250) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (224) | 3.5 (137) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (240) | 4.5 (18) |
Reception
| Peril at End House | Whose Body? | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 87661 | 63250 |
| Editions | 111 | 319 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 42034 | 59135 |
| Pages | 279 | 155 |