The Color of Death vs The Taken Ones: 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
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From the number-one New York Times bestselling author and FOX News host Trey Gowdy comes a dark mystery debut about a murder in a small South Carolina town. Assistant DA Colm Truesdale must pick up the pieces of his own…

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Cover of The Taken Ones The Taken Ones J. A. Jance ★★★★☆ 3.9 Unknown
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New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance has penned a twisty, fast-paced mystery in which young girls are going missing and private investigator J. P. Beaumont is the only one who can find them.Despite her name,…

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The Color of DeathThe Taken Ones
Hardcover 3.2 (2) 4.0 (28)
Apple Books 4.5 (418) —
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Reception

The Color of DeathThe Taken Ones
Ratings 418 28
Editions 5 —
Wikipedia attention 213 —
Pages 288 —
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: The Color of Death or The Taken Ones?

The Color of Death has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Color of Death 4.5/5, The Taken Ones 3.9/5).

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