Sweet danger vs The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion #1): Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Albert Campion, Campion, Private investigators, England, Mystery, 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 Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion #1)
“The view from the narrow window was dreary and inexpressibly lonely.”
The Black Dudley is an ancient, remote mansion inhabited by recluse, Colonel Combe, but owned by Waytt Petrie, a young academic who decides to revive his property with a weekend party to which he invites his friends and…
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 Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion #1) runs the darker storyline; Sweet danger stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Sweet danger | The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion #1) | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (4050) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (9) | 3.4 (24) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (35) | 4.5 (40) |
Reception
| Sweet danger | The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion #1) | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4050 | 40 |
| Editions | 43 | 46 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 1626 | — |
| Reading it now | 357 | — |
| Written reviews | 314 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 230 | — |
| Pages | 256 | 237 |