Curtain vs The Fashion in Shrouds: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Private investigators in fiction, English Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators, England, Fiction
Curtain
wheelchair-bound Poirot returns to Styles, the venue of his first investigation, where he knows another murder is going to take place… The house guests at Styles seemed perfectly pleasant to Captain Hastings; there was…
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The Fashion in Shrouds
The Fashion in Shrouds is a crime novel by English writer Margery Allingham. It was originally published in 1938 in the United Kingdom by Heinemann, London and in the United States by Doubleday, New York. It is the…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Curtain has the widest readership — 52013 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Curtain | The Fashion in Shrouds | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (52013) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (96) | 3.7 (7) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (149) | 4.5 (34) |
Reception
| Curtain | The Fashion in Shrouds | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 52013 | 34 |
| Editions | 112 | 33 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 35152 | — |
| Pages | 232 | 290 |