A Long Shadow vs The Blood Royal: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Great Britain, Police, Fiction
A Long Shadow
It's New Year's Eve, 1919. Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge has accompanied his sister to the home of mutual friends for dinner but gets a call from the office and has to leave. On the steps outside, he sees a brass…
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The Blood Royal
A story of murder, mystery and espionage (with a dash of romance) set in London in the long, hot summer of 1922, against the backdrop the Romanov murders and the disappearance of the Tsar's fortune.A beautiful and…
The verdict
- Readers rate A Long Shadow highest: A Long Shadow 4.4 · The Blood Royal 3.9.
- A Long Shadow has the widest readership — 140 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| A Long Shadow | The Blood Royal | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.3 (6) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (140) | 4.0 (18) |
Reception
| A Long Shadow | The Blood Royal | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 140 | 18 |
| Editions | 3 | 4 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6 | — |
| Pages | 368 | 311 |