Sweet danger vs The Fashion in Shrouds: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Albert Campion, Campion, Private investigators, England, 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 Fashion in Shrouds
Detective Albert Campion has a talented dress designer sister with celebrated clients. Georgia Wells is a glamorous actress who exemplifies the 1930s femme fatale. Vain, stupid, and selfish, she attracts men like…
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 Fashion in Shrouds runs the darker storyline; Sweet danger stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Sweet danger | The Fashion in Shrouds | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (4050) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (9) | 3.7 (7) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (35) | 4.5 (34) |
Reception
| Sweet danger | The Fashion in Shrouds | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4050 | 34 |
| Editions | 43 | 33 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1626 | — |
| Reading it now | 357 | — |
| Written reviews | 314 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 230 | 711 |
| Pages | 256 | 290 |