Post-mortem vs Written in Bone: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Enquêtes, Meurtre, Investigation, Murder
Post-mortem
A jogger is running near the perimeter of the African Lion Safari theme park in southern Ontario when he stumbles across a near- mummified skeleton in a field. The skeletal remains are studied at the Hamilton morgue by…
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Written in Bone
“GIVEN THE RIGHT temperature, everything burns.”
Written in Bone is a novel written by the British crime fiction writer Simon Beckett, first published in 2007. It is the second novel to feature Dr. David Hunter. Set in the Outer Hebrides, this crime novel features…
The verdict
- Readers rate Written in Bone highest: Written in Bone 3.9 · Post-mortem 3.3.
- Post-mortem is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 7 for Written in Bone.
- Post-mortem has the widest readership — 1920 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Post-mortem | Written in Bone | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.3 (1920) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 3.9 (37) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (14) | 4.0 (34) |
Reception
| Post-mortem | Written in Bone | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1920 | 37 |
| Editions | 6 | 24 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 182 | — |
| Reading it now | 75 | — |
| Written reviews | 16 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 17655 | 187 |
| Pages | 276 | 430 |