Silent witness vs Turning angel: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Male friendship, Trials, Legal stories, Fiction
Silent witness
1967, Lake City, Ohio. Tony Lord and Sam Robb, both in their teens, are best friends and athletic rivals. Twenty-eight years later, Tony is a successful San francisco attorney; sam is an assistant principal at Lake City…
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Turning angel
Lawyer Penn Cage returns to defend his best friend since childhood for the murder of a young female student, with whom his friend was intimate, at their old alma mater, St. Stephen's Prep.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Turning angel is the quickest read — about 9 hours vs 14 for Silent witness.
- Turning angel has the widest readership — 30462 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Silent witness | Turning angel | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (6769) | 4.2 (30462) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (2) | 3.9 (43) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (15) | 4.5 (1024) |
Reception
| Silent witness | Turning angel | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6769 | 30462 |
| Editions | 8 | 6 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2305 | 9810 |
| Reading it now | 286 | 3379 |
| Written reviews | 297 | 1797 |
| Pages | 772 | 501 |