The Fashion in Shrouds vs The Labours of Hercules: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Private investigators in fiction, English Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators, England, Fiction
The Fashion in Shrouds
Detective Albert Campion has a talented dress designer sister with celebrated clients. Georgia Wells is a glamorous actress who exemplifies the 1930s femme fatale. Vain, stupid, and selfish, she attracts men like…
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The Labours of Hercules
The Labours of Hercules is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1947. It features Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and gives an account of…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Fashion in Shrouds highest: The Fashion in Shrouds 4.1 · The Labours of Hercules 3.8.
- The Labours of Hercules has the widest readership — 33728 ratings behind its score.
- The Fashion in Shrouds runs the darker storyline; The Labours of Hercules stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Fashion in Shrouds | The Labours of Hercules | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (33728) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (7) | 3.6 (87) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (34) | 4.5 (14) |
Reception
| The Fashion in Shrouds | The Labours of Hercules | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 34 | 33728 |
| Editions | 33 | 89 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 20793 |
| Reading it now | — | 1253 |
| Written reviews | — | 2236 |
| Wikipedia attention | 711 | 3359 |
| Pages | 290 | 258 |