Requiem for a dummy vs The Last Detective: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Détectives, Private investigators, Fiction
Requiem for a dummy
London 1943. Successful ventriloquist Raymond Carter begins receiving death threats over the telephone. These calls are especially unnerving as the threats are made in the voice of his dummy, Charlie Dokes. Carter calls…
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The Last Detective
“A silence filled the canyon below my house that fall; no hawks floated overhead, the coyotes did not sing, the owl that lived in the tall pine outside my door no longer asked my name.”
Elvis Cole is back...With his acclaimed bestsellers, Hostage (a New York Times Notable Book) and Demolition Angel, Robert Crais drew raves for his unstoppable pacing, edgy characterizations, and cinematic prose. Now, in…
The verdict
- The Last Detective runs the darker storyline; Requiem for a dummy stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Requiem for a dummy | The Last Detective | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.3 (21368) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (30) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (896) |
Reception
| Requiem for a dummy | The Last Detective | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 21368 |
| Editions | 3 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 3288 |
| Reading it now | — | 1460 |
| Written reviews | — | 781 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 4634 |
| Pages | 223 | 302 |