The Circular Staircase vs The clue of the new pin: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction, Mystery, Fiction
The Circular Staircase
“THIS is the story of how a middle-aged spinster lost her mind, deserted her domestic gods in the city, took a furnished house for the summer out of town, and found herself involved in one of those mysterious crimes that keep our newspapers and detective agencies happy and prosperous.”
This is the story of how a middle-aged spinster lost her mind, deserted her domestic gods in the city, took a furnished house for the summer out of town, and found herself involved in one of those mysterious crimes that…
1 film adaptation
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The clue of the new pin
Tab Holland, newspaper reporter and a friend of a local police investigator, is surprised to discover that his roommate’s uncle Jesse Transmere, a wealthy miser, has been found murdered in a cellar vault locked from the…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Circular Staircase has the widest readership — 7030 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Circular Staircase | The clue of the new pin | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (7030) | 3.6 (241) |
| Hardcover | 3.2 (17) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (96) | — |
Reception
| The Circular Staircase | The clue of the new pin | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7030 | 241 |
| Editions | 182 | 56 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 4962 | 141 |
| Reading it now | 738 | 14 |
| Written reviews | 761 | 22 |
| Wikipedia attention | 715 | 5 |
| Pages | 304 | 214 |