Temple tower vs The final count: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Temple tower Temple tower H. C. McNeile · 1900 ★★★★☆ 3.9 146 pages · ≈ 2 h 42 m · Challenging
“You " snarled Spragge. "I've warned you once: now you can have it." I almost laughed: how many men had said words to that effect in days gone by? And with the same result. Spragge shot out a fist like a leg of mutton, which encountered air, and the next instant he was lying flat on his back in the middle of the road, completely knocked out. "Quick, Peter," said Hugh urgently. " Sling the bli”

Captain Hugh Drummond, enjoying country life in his house on Romney Marsh, notices red and blue lights from a lonely farmhouse know as Spragge’s Farm. Investigating with his friend Peter Darrell, they stumble across a…

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Cover of The final count The final count H. C. McNeile · 1926 246 pages · ≈ 4 h 33 m · Challenging
“With the paper-knife he prised open the lid, and even he gave a startled exclamation when he saw what was inside. Personally it filled me with a feeling of nausea, and I saw Toby Sinclair clutch the table. It was a spider of sorts, but such a spider as I have never dreamed of in my wildest nightmares. Its body was the size of a hen's egg; its six legs the size of a crab's. And it was covered wi”

Book #4 in the Bulldog Drummond "His four round with Carl Peterson" series.

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Editions 36 39
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 43 —
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Wikipedia attention 41 52
Pages 146 246

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