The Color of Death vs The Night Gardener: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Color of Death The Color of Death Trey Gowdy & Christopher Greyson · 2025 ★★★★☆ 4.5 288 pages · ≈ 5 h 20 m · Moderate

Bruce Alexander Cook (1932 – November 9, 2003) was an American journalist and author who also wrote under the pseudonym Bruce Alexander, creating historical novels about a blind 18th-century Englishman and also a…

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Cover of The Night Gardener The Night Gardener George Pelecanos ★★★★☆ 3.9 377 pages · ≈ 6 h 59 m · Moderate

The Night Gardener is a 2006 crime novel by George Pelecanos. It is set in Washington, DC and focuses on homicide detective Gus Ramone, and ex-cops Dan "Doc" Holiday and TC Cook as they investigate the possible return…

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The Color of DeathThe Night Gardener
Hardcover 3.2 (2) 3.7 (13)
Google Books — 3.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.5 (418) 4.0 (114)

Reception

The Color of DeathThe Night Gardener
Ratings 418 114
Editions 5 21
Pages 288 377

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