Lord Edgware Dies vs Q Is for Quarry: Which Should You Read?
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Lord Edgware Dies
Poirot had been present when Jane bragged of her plan to 'get rid of' her estranged husband. Now the monstrous man was dead, but how could Jane have stabbed Lord Edgware to death in his library at exactly the same time…
1 film adaptation
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Q Is for Quarry
“It was Wednesday, the second week in April, and Santa Teresa was making a wanton display of herself.”
She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Lord Edgware Dies is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Q Is for Quarry.
- Lord Edgware Dies has the widest readership — 65552 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Lord Edgware Dies | Q Is for Quarry | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (65552) | 4.0 (31893) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (184) | 3.9 (35) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (209) | 4.0 (407) |
Reception
| Lord Edgware Dies | Q Is for Quarry | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 65552 | 31893 |
| Editions | 113 | 33 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 29536 | 8501 |
| Reading it now | 2029 | 1984 |
| Written reviews | 4646 | 1389 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3012 | 312 |
| Pages | 226 | 385 |