Sweet danger vs The Allingham Minibus: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Albert Campion, Campion, England, Mystery, Fiction
Sweet danger
“A small window in the sunlit, yellow side of the Hotel Beauregard, Mentone, opened slowly, and through it a hand appeared, which, after depositing a compact brown suit-case upon the sill, speedily vanished.”
Way back during the crusades Richard I presented the Huntingforest family with the tiny Balkan principality of Averna but since then the kingdom has been forgotten, until circumstances in Europe suddenly render it…
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The Allingham Minibus
In this collection of eighteen short stories, Queen of Crime Margery Allingham dabbles in the occult, the mysterious, and the murderous. Always the perceptive observer, Allingham fills these stories with astute…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Sweet danger has the widest readership — 4050 ratings behind its score.
- The Allingham Minibus runs the darker storyline; Sweet danger stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Sweet danger | The Allingham Minibus | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (4050) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (9) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (35) | — |
Reception
| Sweet danger | The Allingham Minibus | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4050 | 1 |
| Editions | 43 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 1626 | — |
| Reading it now | 357 | — |
| Written reviews | 314 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 230 | — |
| Pages | 256 | 240 |